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Buyers expect fewer sprees in L.A.
High rollers bound for the L.A. screenings are betting that a bad advertising market will temper prices for…
No promises from Moore on TV
Heritage Minister James Moore on Wednesday offered support, but no new concrete initiatives, for the ailing over-the-air…
Stursberg defends conventional before CRTC
CBC executives urged the commission to establish a level playing field between conventional broadcasters and specialties, as the pubcaster…
Cookie hires Columbia vet
Tom Mazza is the new EVP and head of worldwide TV for Cookie Jar Entertainment, responsible for…
Howsam cleared on all charges
In a dramatic reversal, California authorities have dropped all bank fraud charges against former Peace Arch Entertainment CEO…
Another curve ball from CRTC chief
Canwest Global head Leonard Asper echoed a warning heard earlier this week from CTVgm’s Ivan Fecan — telling the CRTC that conventional broadcasters will…
Theaters still buoyant — thanks to ‘lipstick’
Despite the economic doldrums, the Canadian box office is up so far this year — by 14% to 16%, depending upon the week — according…
BBC vet to lead digital news
Rachel Nixon is the new director of digital media for CBC News, hiring the BBC vet away from…
Flashpoint creators tapped for Banff
The makers of primetime series including Flashpoint, HBO’s Hung and A&E’s reality Intervention are set to lead…
Shoes heads overseas
Jimmy Two-Shoes has been picked up by the Cartoon Network in Asia and Australia, taking…
Does ‘best practice’ make perfect?
On March 23, Telefilm Canada announced it would implement a set of ‘Best Practices’ for the English-language selective component of the 2009/10 Canada Feature Film Fund investment cycle.
Master of his domain
Many journalists remarked that Quebecor Media owner Pierre Karl Péladeau grinned as Heritage Minister James Moore launched his idea for the Canada Media Fund.
The trouble with metrics
The Canadian media industry needs better systems of measuring and analyzing digital user data if it is ever going to fully exploit emerging platforms. At least that was the consensus at IN 09: The Interactive Exchange, Interactive Ontario’s digital media conference held in Toronto in March. According to the best minds attending, Canada lags far behind the U.S. in this regard.
Andra Sheffer: Digital doyenne
You’d expect someone whose career has revolved around numbers and the administration of stodgy bodies to be, well… rigid. (Hell, her first job was in the bowels of Ottawa’s bureaucracy.) But Andra Sheffer exudes enthusiasm and has a remarkably lithe approach, most recently demonstrated in her role as prime mover in funneling much-needed millions to drama producers.
Atom Egoyan: 25 years of making movies
Over the past quarter century, Atom Egoyan has accomplished something few others have – he has sustained a career making independent feature films that screen around the world. Given the collapsing global market for indie movies, it is a feat even fewer of the younger generation of filmmakers will be able to emulate.
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