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News shuffle okay, says commission
The CRTC has dismissed complaints by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union over Canwest’s plans…
Maddin goes with the Mayor
Guy Maddin has begun work on his next project, and this month will start shooting the short film…
TVA readies rocker biopic
Expectations are high for Quebec producer Roger Frappier’s Dédé, à travers les brumes — a film about the troubled life…
DeNure named COO at DHX
Executive changes are afoot at DHX Media, the Toronto-based parent company of Decode Entertainment…
118 jobs cut at A channels
CTVglobemedia on Tuesday made good on its promise to cut costs at its A-branded channels by chopping 118 jobs, or 28% of the workforce…
Meirelles readies his take on Slings
Brazil’s TV Globo is set to air its own version of Slings & Arrows, from Fernando Meirelles…
CTV again calls for carriage fees
Lower local programming obligations and ending priority programming requirements in primetime are among…
Thieriot joins Chloe cast
Atom Egoyan has cast Max Thieriot in his new project…
Apprentice return catapults ratings
The Sunday 9 p.m. timeslot was dominated by E! this week with the return of Celebrity Apprentice, which…
Vancouver goes 3D
If not in its infancy, 3D remains a toddler – one closely guarded by a handful of companies that have developed proprietary hardware and software to achieve three-dimensional imaging. So, for now, when you hire the company you hire the company’s crew to operate it.
Filmmakers, distribs and theaters align to attract Quebec bums
It’s an unlikely partnership which unites Quebec’s filmmakers and distributors with theater owners. Their goal: to convince moviegoers in la belle province to stop buying American.
Peter Leitch: B.C.’s Mr. Nice Guy
In the B.C. film community, Peter Leitch has a reputation for being a savvy businessman, an articulate spokesperson for the local industry, and super nice guy. In his mind, these attributes aren’t dichotomies; they go hand-in-hand with success.
Dollars and sense
Mercifully, not all Canadian media stocks deserve to be covered in a black shroud during the current market gloom. A surprising number of steady-as-she-goes Canadian companies have survived the recent market debris.
With N.Y. broke, Toronto takes a run at production
‘Due to the program’s enormous success, the allocated funds for this tax credit incentive have now been exhausted,’ said the statement from the Empire State Development Corp., and with that, the program that got New York City soundstages record levels of film and TV production in 2008 was gone. Cash-strapped New York State had run out of money to fund its popular tax-credit program.
CRTC drops licence bomb
In a startling announcement that looks ahead to this spring’s licence renewal hearings, the CRTC said it is poised to shorten licence terms for the country’s over-the-air broadcasters to just one year, down from the traditional seven, and that it may require English broadcasters to spend the same amount on domestic shows as on foreign.
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