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Gas goes out on a high note
Canadians flocked to the Corner Gas finale on Monday night as 2.9 million viewers tuned in to CTV for the last…
Knight takes Ellis
Knightscove Media is moving to buy Ellis Entertainment, looking to add the latter’s library of family and wildlife titles…
Shadow falls on Europe
Breakthrough Films and Television has struck a deal with European distributor Free Dolphin for the broadcast and DVD rights to…
MTV goes to College
MTV will premiere two new series next Tuesday, aimed at…
What future for public broadcasting?
LONDON — While trawling the globe for stories in the run-up to this year’s MIPTV, I couldn’t help but notice that most of the world’s public-service broadcasters are suffering from severe financial cramps at the moment.
Leading by example
For 10 years, British rocker Elvis Costello turned down repeated requests to host a TV chat show with fellow musicians, before he finally accepted the anchor chair on Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…, which bowed April 3 on CTV and Bravo.
The CMF: The devil is in the details
It’s said that nature abhors a vacuum. Well, so does Canadian media.
New CMF board to meet in Banff this June
Out with the old and in with the new, media that is.
Gerald Lunz: Making funny business pay
Gerald Lunz has been central to prominent East Coast-rooted comedy series including CODCO, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and The Rick Mercer Report, yet little is known about the veteran television producer, hailed by CBC programming boss Kirstine Layfield as ‘one of the statesmen of comedy in Canada.’
Google redefines broadcasting
Playback: There has been a lot of talk about ‘free’ distribution on the Internet, but how do people get paid for their work?
Google trivia
• In September 1997, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin decided their BackRub search engine (started in 1995) needed a new name. After some brainstorming, they came up with Google – a play on the word ‘googol,’ a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. The use of the term reflects their mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web
Bolen named CFTPA head
Broadcaster Norm Bolen has been named the new president and CEO of the CFTPA, effective April 15. Bolen is the former EVP of content for Alliance Atlantis Communications, where he oversaw programming for 13 specialty channels. Prior to AAC, he spent 21 years at the CBC as a journalist and executive, with his last position being head of network television current affairs.
Moves & Signings
MOVES
Straight Up & Down
+ One Week has taken in more than $1 million at the Canadian box office since opening March 6. The film, currently playing on 37 screens, was directed by Michael McGowan and stars Joshua Jackson and Liane Balaban.
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