Digital producers discuss failure and risk

Interactive Ontario chose a novel subject for its inaugural iLunch 9.01 digital media event: business failure.

The Non-Fiction Pitch Guide: W Network

Pitching to the W Network? Find out what does and doesn’t work for the Corus net here first.

Score Media swings to Q4 profit on revenue gains

Cross-platform revenue gains helped Score Media on Thursday swing to a fourth quarter profit.

Growing video game voice work for Canadian actors

Brush up on your monster accents, Canadian thesps. Voice work in video game production has become a gold mine for performers.

Studio Upstairs adds Goetz

Post/FX facility The Studio Upstairs has appointed Joachim Goetz as senior Colorist and 3D stereoscopic specialist.

GameTreeTV offers viewers new entertainment opps

Imagine after watching Survivor in prime-time a message popped up asking if you wanted to continue your Survivor experience. Agree, and you are taken to a screen filled with games based on the series that can be played right through your TV.

Durham County plans TV movie for HBO Canada

Durham County producer Back Alley Film Productions and Muse Entertainment are developing a TV movie for HBO Canada to follow the homegrown drama’s third and final season.

Wizzfilms and 2d3d pact to make animated movie

Canadian cartoon house Wizzfilms is pacting with France’s 2d3d Animations to produce a stop-motion animated feature based on a French comic book series.

Malcolm Gladwell sells spy drama to HBO

Canadian author and New Yorker journalist Malcolm Gladwell has sold a spy drama pitch to HBO.

The Non-Fiction Pitch Guide: TVO

Looking to get a commission from TVO? Start here first.

Buffalo Gal opens Toronto office, hires Tyson

Western Canadian producer Buffalo Gal Pictures is opening a Toronto office.

CBC to focus on Canadian, regional and digital content

Having steadied the ship after last year’s job and programming cuts, CBC president Hubert Lacroix signaled a renewed focus on Canadian, regional and digital content as the public broadcaster enters still-choppier waters to 2015.

Knight returns to CTV News at Noon

CTV News at Noon weather specialist Anwar Knight is back at work Thursday after his battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Controversial Khadr doc to screen on Parliament Hill

A controversial documentary about Omar Khadr’s 2003 interrogation by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service from Montreal-based documentary filmmakers Luc Cote and Patricio Henriquez will be shown to federal MPs on on Parliament Hill tonight.

THQ ramps up in Montreal

US game publisher THQ (Ultimate Fighting Championship, World Wrestling Entertainment) is bringing on local Canadian talent as it looks to fill 400-some jobs over the next few years and develop new IP.