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Bell launches IPTV offering Fibe TV
Days after it unveiled a $3.2 billion deal for CTV, phone giant Bell Canada on Monday extended its advance into digital video by launching is Internet-based TV offering Fibe TV.
Brian Linehan Research Room opens
The late Canadian TV host Brian Linehan was famous for Hollywood celebrities responding to his probing questions during interviews with wide-eye astonishment, before injecting: “How did you know that?”
Canwest aboard Titanic
Canwest Global Communications Corp. has jumped aboard the Titanic… The mini-series.
TIFF 2010 in photos: The Town presser
Images from the press conference for Ben Affleck’s The Town.
TIFF 2010 in photos: The Score gala
Kicking things off for TIFF 2010, Score: A Hockey Musical.
TIFF 2010 in photos: From the Score presser
Kicking things off for TIFF 2010, Score: A Hockey Musical.
Malin Akerman joins The Numbers Station
Toronto-raised actress Malin Akerman has been signed to star opposite Ethan Hawke in action-thriller The Numbers Station.
Copperheart starts 88 Arletta Avenue
Indie producer Copperheart Entertainment is set to start shooting next month the feature 88 Arletta Avenue, with Randall Cole directing.
CFC gets $9 million for training
Despite darkened skies, the mood was upbeat at the Canadian Film Centre’s annual TIFF barbeque on Sunday, thanks to a $9 million funding boost announced by the Ontario government.
Landau to be Born Into This?
Martin Landau is in talks to top-line Born Into This, the debut feature from writer/director Emmanuel Shirinian and indie producer Spiral Media.
Bell Lightbox opens
As the countdown from ten began and a beaming Toronto International Film Festival director Piers Handling raised his giant ceremonial scissors, the tears started to flow.
Foundation Features in first-look with D Films
Out of the former Infinity Features, founded a decade ago in Vancouver by the late Bill Vince, has come Foundation Features, and now an exclusive first-look development deal with boutique distributor D Films in Toronto.
Barneys Version wins Golden Lion Cub trophy
The jury has spoken: Robert Lantos’ Barney’s Version on Friday picked up the Leoncino d’Oro award in Venice, voted on by local school children.
BCE bids for CTV, Fecan to retire
BCE on Friday proposed paying $1.296 billion to acquire CTV as part of a friendly $3.2 billion takeover deal. That deal, pending regulatory approval, will also see the departure of CTV CEO Ivan Fecan in late 2011, after 17 years at the network helm.
TIFF 2010: Contemporary World Cinema
Stories of the wounded struggling to liberate themselves from emotional isolation, grief and regret dominate the slate of Canadian features spotlighted in the Contemporary World Cinema section at TIFF this year.
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