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Looking back on Vancouver, ahead to London
Alon Marcovici insists he is not a conspiracy theorist, but even he can hardly believe how perfectly Vancouver 2010 unfolded for the Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. A gold-medal game against the Americans, with Sid the Kid stuffing in the OT winner? It sounds scripted.
Fun and Games: Why the Olympics worked
Canada failed to own the podium in Vancouver, but the CTV/Rogers-led Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium succeeded in owning the sofa.
A whole new race
Dan for Mayor co-executive producers Mark Farrell, Paul Mather and Kevin White consider the evolution of their new series
First time’s a charm for Terri Tatchell
Vancouver scribe still reveling in Hollywood recognition of District 9
Op-Ed: The screen-based industry and the 2010 federal budget
Brian Anthony is national executive director and chief executive officer of the Directors Guild of Canada.
The future of Frantic
Around five years ago, Winnipeg-based Frantic Films, a company with its roots in animation and fiction, announced it would be focusing more on unscripted television. It’s a plan that seems to be working.
Take down
Sony is putting out the word that downloading is a danger, and Canada is one target firmly in its sights. Cue the arrival of Frances Seghers
Carolle Brabant to lead Telefilm
These are heady times for women working in film and television – female helmers swept the top prizes at the Directors Guild of Canada awards in October, Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow was the darling of the Oscars, and for the first time a woman will head Telefilm Canada.
3 things you may not know about… Catherine Winder
Catherine Winder is president/executive producer at Rainmaker Entertainment
Straight Up & Down
+ Jay Switzer is back on the industry scene, and is banking that the CRTC will okay not one, but two channels all about action, and another two about romance. The former top man at CHUM is attached to applications for the proposed Category 2 channels Velocity and Adventure, and Kiss and The Love Channel.
More flexible copro rules on the horizon
Telefilm Canada plans to ‘review’ and ‘relax’ current coproduction guidelines so it can be better ‘adapted to current needs,’ says TFC chair Michel Roy, regarding the 56 official treaties the Crown Corp. administers for Canadian Heritage.
Only Italy copros include new media
With the Canada Media Fund launch just minutes away, it seems an opportune moment to ask Telefilm which of Canada’s official 56 treaties (with 53 countries) include alternate motion picture and entertainment platforms such as mobile, interactive and gaming.
International copros begin in Halifax
This September, the Strategic Partners copro market in Halifax will be spotlighting the U.S. and Germany due to popular demand.
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