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Fichman working on Hobo
A feature version of the faux trailer Hobo with a Shotgun looks good to go with executive producer Niv Fichman, marking a change of direction for the multi-award-winning filmmaker behind Blindness and Passchendaele.
Doc digs into oil sands
The producers of an upcoming doc on the Alberta oil sands, H2Oil, hope to get Canadians talking about one of the world’s largest industrial projects and its potentially devastating environmental impact.
True story inspires cop’s film
Director Calum deHartog worked for 10 years as a Toronto beat cop before he captured the emotional journey of an empathetic police officer and an everyday criminal for the small screen. The result is the six-minute Bravo!Fact short Urban Trenches, now being developed into a possible TV series with writer Brad Smith (All Hat) and director John L’Ecuyer (ReGenesis, The Guard).
Frankie goes to Vancouver
Academy Award winner Halle Berry has begun principal photography in Vancouver on the $20-million psychological thriller Frankie and Alice. Directed by White Noise helmer Geoffrey Sax, the film is produced by Berry alongside her longtime manager Vincent Cirrincione and Hassain Zaidi of Toronto-based Access Motion Pictures. Simon DeKaric is also producing.
Online syndication brings content to eyeballs
Kate Hanley, B.A., LL.B., is president of Digital Theory Media Consulting, which specializes in assisting traditional players exploit opportunities in digital media. She can be contacted at khanley@digitaltheory.ca
QuickPlay positioned for mobile TV explosion
Despite ongoing challenges in the mobile content sector, QuickPlay Media says it continues to grow through strategic deal-making and solid partnerships in a transformative industry still playing catch-up to Asia and Europe.
Game makers to converge in Montreal
For the fifth consecutive year, Montreal will host one of the most important meetings of video-game industry professionals on the eastern seaboard.
Innovations Forum speakers divided over commercial potential
Industry players remain at odds with each other over the commercial potential of digital media, as was apparent at the Playback Innovations Forum on Oct. 28.
NextMEDIA to focus on monetization
When it comes to digital entertainment, the only questions people in the industry seem concerned with are who pays for it, and how do we make money from it? On Nov. 18 and 19, the digital media community will congregate in Toronto with hopes of learning the answers.
CTV and Bell ramp up mobile
CTV and Bell Mobility have signed a deal that makes more content from MuchMusic, MTV, TSN, eTalk and others available through video-enabled Bell cell phones.
Groups to present united front at CRTC hearings
Industry unions and guilds are planning to present a united front at the spring CRTC licence renewal hearings for private over-the-air broadcasters, where they will collectively call for the reinstatement of Canadian drama expenditure requirements, which were removed by the commission in 1999.
CRTC poised to referee industry ‘bun fight’
Private broadcasters are accused of dragging their feet to sign off on so-called ‘terms-of-trade’ agreements with independent producers.
Positive signs SAG strike will be averted
With a federal mediator meeting with the Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood studios, at press time there is renewed optimism that the impasse in the U.S. actor labor dispute may be broken and a strike averted.
DGC CEO looks to expand political reach
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Current TV comes north with CBC
Bold move by Stursberg will see new website and digichannel air Canuck-generated content
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