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New names at TIFF
Montreal film critic Martin Bilodeau among additions to Canadian programmers
Video: Inside a collapsing stadium
A second look at Immersive Media’s Dodeca goes inside the former home of the Dallas Cowboys
College vamps prove TV is not the final litmus test anymore
It’s a sign of the times – and the future. As the newly minted CMF invests more in traditional TV producers migrating to online delivery, Breakthrough Films and Television’s transmedia vampire serial Valemont is headed the other way, to MTV Networks International as a spin-off TV series.
Something for nothing
Docmakers working with tight budgets may soon be getting more help when it comes to fair dealing.
The CMF debuts
The $350 million Canada Media Fund finally opened the door for business on April 1. Playback turned to stakeholders for their thoughts on how the new fund measures up?
Canadians in Cannes
Canadians have always been MIPTV stalwarts. Wherever you see three or four executives huddled together in conversation, it’s a fair bet that one of them is a Canadian animation or documentary producer looking for co-financing partners. (Or explaining why the Winter Olympic Games is important.)
Cash-strapped TVO eyes bright digital future
As TVO CEO Lisa de Wilde sits for an interview in the boardroom of the educaster’s midtown Toronto office, it is the first day of her fiscal year. It also happens to be April Fool’s Day, but the organization’s budgetary situation is no laughing matter: in February de Wilde told the Economic Club of Canada her station was looking to Ontarians for $10 million to meet its financial status quo and allow the channel to innovate further. It is now two months into TVO’s ‘Go Public’ fundraising drive, and so far she’s happy with the response.
Watch out for the quiet ones
Anyone who dismisses Carolle Brabant as a glorified bean counter will be surprised.
Veteran doc distrib Jan Rofekamp is officially named a ‘mogul’
Veteran doc distributor Jan Rofekamp is this year’s winner of the Doc Mogul Award, to be presented May 4 during the 17th annual Hot Docs bonanza (April 29 to May 9) in Toronto.
Moore weighs in on fee-for-carriage decision
A decision by the Federal Court of Appeal on fee-for-carriage is still months, perhaps years away, yet the debate continues over the implications for consumers who may be hit with additional fees on their monthly cable bills. That’s if the court rules in favor of the CRTC’s recent decision, which clears the way for private broadcasters to seek compensation for their on-air signals from cable and satellite distributors.
Wanted: prodcos seeking interactive partners
Attention all prodcos looking to snag a slice of the new Canada Media Fund pie. Not sure how to navigate its newly implemented rules on interactive components? Alan Sawyer wants to lend a hand with Changing Channels, his recently launched ‘matchmaking’ service for prodcos and interactive companies.
Travis brand moves to primetime on CBC
She’s everywhere.
3 Ttings you may not know about… Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald is executive director of Hot Docs
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