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Bell drops case after CRTC blinks

Court challenge against regulator shelved following talk of fresh look at fee-for-carriage

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Double dose of Clooney, Herzog

Further TIFF selections include comedy Men Who Stare At Goats and German director’s My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

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Mad Men takes a pass on TV

Deal between Maple Pictures and iTunes makes season three available only through online store

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Langlois, Lachance win with Telefilm

Story of bereaved siblings among projects to draw on some $200,000 in script money. ‘We hope to shoot it sometime next year,’ says Langlois

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CRTC delays hearings

Fresh look at ‘fair market value’ for fees follows legal challenge by Bell

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Park to pick for E1

New Line and Paramount vet posted to L.A., choosing titles for U.S. distribution arm

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Olympic doc to close Montreal fest

Beijing pic The Everlasting Flame among 400 titles. Losique snubs, then praises reporters at one-sided press conference

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U.S. home for Victoria

Indie startup Apparition plans to release biopic of British monarch in November, following TIFF bow

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Alliance snaps up Hughes doc

Filmmakers see silver lining in death of ’80s directing sensation, following a handshake deal for its world rights

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Israeli films come into focus

TIFF lays out details for new urban-minded program. Yodeling concert, roller derby set for outdoor site

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Brightlight follows the money, to Ontario

B.C. company plants stake in Toronto, lured by sweetened tax break. Remake of Saint series and $11 million Hollywood pic expected to follow

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Canwest keeping feds ‘in the loop’

High-level contact between execs and CRTC continues as company restructures

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Goldsmith crosses the hall

Teletoon exec to head original programming at Family and its Playhouse Disney sibling

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Fifty is nifty, but can’t catch Père

Skogland’s IRA drama makes promising bow, though Alliance still leads box office with French titles

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Phase 4 picks up Flashpoint

DVD of season one due on shelves this fall through start-up distributor