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ThinkFilm-ers reunite under Urman
Former ThinkFilm topper Mark Urman is back in indie distribution, this time with his own company, Paladin. The new outfit reunites Urman with two other former ThinkFilm execs, Amanda Sherwin, who becomes head of marketing at Paladin, and Michael Tuckman, who oversees theatrical sales. Sherwin and Tuckman filled the same posts at ThinkFilm.
Sutherland leading CFC training effort
Kiefer Sutherland has been placed atop a new effort at the Canadian Film Centre to train actors.
CHEK lives to see another day
It’s business as usual at CHEK-TV, thanks to last-minute negotiations that saw the troubled Victoria station change hands from Canwest Global Communications to its employees themselves.
Summer box jumps 8%
Exhibitors aren’t complaining about grey clouds and rainy skies, which along with a strong lineup of films such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Up and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, boosted the summer box office to yet another record-setting take in 2009.
Ontario falls short on tax credit
Ontario’s tax break will fall short of matching Quebec’s all-encompassing 25% credit, a glitch that may already be sending one project over the border.
Networks launch new fee campaign
Public and private broadcasters have come together in yet another effort to win fee-for-carriage from Ottawa. CTV, its A channels, Global Television and the CBC unveiled a joint, national campaign looking to ‘set the record straight’ regarding their ongoing squabble with cable and satellite companies, with an eye on this fall’s CRTC hearings.
No added commercials, say networks
Canadian conventional networks can now air as many TV commercials in primetime as they wish, after the CRTC completed its two-year phase-out of per-hour ad-minute restrictions on Sept. 1.
CTV strikes VOD deal with Rogers
CTV and Rogers Cable have signed a lucrative deal that will put an array of CTV programs, including fall pickup The Vampire Diaries, up for grabs on a new channel on Rogers On Demand.
Canucks want TV everywhere, says study
A new study finds nearly seven out of 10 Canadian TV viewers want to be able to access their cable channels on the web or mobile.
CRTC turns down Slice
The CRTC has turned down a bid by Slice to reduce its annual Cancon requirements to 60% from the current 82.5%. The regulator also rejected the specialty channel’s request to spend just 45% of the previous year’s gross revenues on Canadian content, down from 71%.
Kelen unveils new distribution outfit
Former Breakthrough exec also looks to extend coproduction opportunities for Canuck indie producers
Trailer Park Boys still hot
Alliance Films sequel hit 1.4 million over the weekend and exceeded expectations. ‘It was pent-up demand,’ says Slone
Nickelodeon enters Canada
Corus and MTV Networks plan to launch new 24-hour digital channel in November
Ramsay gets animated with Cuppa Coffee
Toronto toon house to develop primetime animated comedy series featuring profanity-prone chef
CLF goes interactive with Death
Prodco will develop multiplatform extensions of CBC comedy which reunites members of Kids in the Hall
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