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Bots rolls to Mexico
A broadcast licence has been secured by Televix Entertainment with Televisa in…
Video: CTF names new, final board
Partway to becoming the Canada Media Fund, the Canadian Television Fund on Tuesday named most of the people who will make up its…
Spin-offs, prequels set for fall
CTV on Tuesday rallied behind its specialty channels as it unveiled a raft…
Rogers in ‘big league’ this fall
The media conglom was upbeat when unveiling its fall 2009 schedule to ad buyers…
Two new from W
W Network is producing two new series, sending Anna & Kristina’s Style Bag and…
Strange bedfellows: actors and producers hook up
A lot that was once unthinkable for the Canadian industry has become normal during the current recession.
Robin Smith: navigating the distribution scene
Robin Smith lightheartedly, and perhaps surprisingly, draws on a 14th century epic poem to explain his role in the Canadian distribution landscape.
Interactive sector bullish on CMF – so far
To producers of pure interactive media, the most worrisome aspect of bringing together the Canada New Media Fund and the Canadian Television Fund into one financing body was the belief that, going forward, all digital projects eligible for support would have to be tied to a TV program.
When it comes to drama, viewers don’t care
As a Brit, I know I should like BBC wildlife shows and Channel 4 sitcoms. And I should probably bolster ITV’s ad story by watching endless Agatha Christie murder mysteries.
The specialist: Canwest programmer Daniel Eves
Almost lost in the coverage of Canwest’s much-publicized troubles is the success the media giant has had with its specialties, both homegrown and those acquired in 2008 from Alliance Atlantis.
Three things you didn’t know about…Maureen Parker
Maureen Parker is executive director of the Writers Guild of Canada
How to manage your insolvency risk and protect your copyrights: 3 hot tips
Andrea Wood is the head of Bennett Jones’ National Media and Entertainment Practice.
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Special Post-L.A. Edition
Straight Up & Down
+ E1 Entertainment closed a raft of international sales for Amreeka following Cannes. The copro between Winnipeg’s Buffalo Gal Pictures and U.S. and Kuwaiti partners has been sold to Sharmill Films (Australia), National Geographic (U.S.), WEG (India) and Cineart (Benelux). Elsewhere, it will be handled by Look Now! (Switzerland), Festival Films (Spain), Iguana (Italy) and Memento Films (France).
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