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Releases roundup: Golden opportunity for Victoria
Alliance looks to Blunt’s best actress nomination for an edge over Avatar
In other news…
Gross gives it away, the Raccoons resurface on iTunes and another news chopper goes down in Quebec, injuring two
Toronto critics split on best film and script
Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds shares top spot with British lesser-known Hunger
Fostering Canuck screenwriting talent
Montreal distributor behind one-of-a-kind initiative that pays screenwriters to write feature scripts
Court rules in favor of Canwest
Goldman Sachs loses fight over whether 13 Canadian specialty channels are included in the broadcaster’s court-directed restructuring
Young in at Temple Street
Toronto prodco puts lawyer and board member in charge of company’s day-to-day operations
Worst Driver on a ratings roll
Discovery reality series inches closer to one-million viewer mark for season five. TSN scores with curling
Another expansion for Cinespace
Thirty-acre site in suburban Toronto expected to open in 2010, spurred by tax credit
Source Code bound for Montreal
$35 million sci-fi thriller will shoot in 2010, thanks to lucrative Quebec tax credits
Taylor tops at KnightTV
Former YTV exec to add more co-viewing
Reber exits CBC for NPR
Radio news veteran to lead new investigative unit at U.S. network
Dolan passed up at Golden Globes
Quebec filmmaker’s acclaimed J’ai tué ma mère fails to make the cut on the final five shortlist
A long time coming
It’s the biggest story of the year if not the decade. After hiding in plain sight for at least 30 years, it’s finally going to happen: the CBC will work with Telefilm Canada to make feature films for Sunday primetime national telecasts.
Present and future tense
Can you say converging? That’s the direction for Canadian media after 2009 – a year in which industry players questioned their existing business models and experimented with new ones, amid a challenging economy and changing consumer habits.
Person of the Year: Konrad von Finckenstein
One part pilot in a storm, one part referee in a cage match, it’s sometimes difficult to reconcile the role of CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein.
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