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CFC and Cirque offer live event masterclass
Appealing to filmmakers who have moved into live production, the CFC has teamed up with Cirque du Soleil for a new series of masterclasses.
Olympic consortium takes first night of Geminis
The CTV-Rogers consortium that broadcast the 2010 Winter Olympic Games from Vancouver grabbed six Gemini trophies Tuesday night for TV sports coverage, while the CBC dominated the TV news and information categories.
eOne snags Canadian rights to two action pics
Entertainment One has secured the Canadian distribution rights to the Jason Statham action picture The Killer Elite and the action drama Tomorrow When the War Began as part of a two-picture deal with Inferno Entertainment.
On set in Budapest with The Borgias
The first nine episodes of The Borgias, a US-Canada-Ireland co-venture, are almost complete. Denis Seguin reports from Budapest, Hungary.
Gross goes to Ghana
Paul Gross’ Passchendaele is one of several films that will screen during Canada Film Week in Accra, Ghana – an initiative between The High Commission of Canada to Ghana and the Goethe Institut-Ghana.
CRTC revises program category definitions
When is reality TV not a documentary, and when is a Canadian TV award show in the national interest?
CRTC refuses to order Videotron to carry Super Channel
These guys can’t catch a break: Allarco Entertainment has lost a bid before the CRTC to pressure Quebec cable giant Videotron into carrying the Super Channel pay TV service.
CFC announces Telefilm Features Comedy Lab projects
Impressed with the selection of projects submitted to this year’s Telefilm Features Comedy Lab, the industry committee chose six instead of five to be eligible for development financing of up to $75,000.
Thoughts about the CMF?
The CMF has set up a discussion forum that will allow interested parties the chance to offer their feedback.
BCE secures VOD rights to CTV series
No surprise here: BCE’s Bell Fibe TV has secured the VOD distribution rights to virtually all of CTV’s primetime programming.
Will nets spend doc money on dramas?
As English Canadian documentary filmmakers struggle to wrap their heads around the exigencies of the Canada Media Fund’s POV program, a more worrying question looms on the horizon: have broadcasters used the CMF’s new 50% flex rules to finance dramas instead of documentaries?
Canuck ‘property porn’ heads to L.A.
Selling high-end real estate is about to get a whole lot sexier, as JV Productions hopes to emulate the success of its popular Selling New York with an L.A. spin-off.
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