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Documentary on dam hits a wall
Reporters allowed in, filmmaker held back from hearings on controversial hydro project
Canwest sweeps CAB awards
Gold Ribbons go to Are You Smarter than a Canadian 5th Grader? and ‘da Kink in My Hair
Summit set for New Brunswick
Upswing in region’s industry on the agenda as media-makers gather in Fredericton. Summit joins with local festival
Grumbling execs greet CRTC boss
CAB convention opens under a cloud after controversial rulings. Von Finckenstein says clearer plan needed to fix conventional broadcasters
GlassBOX rushes online
Why wait? Company launches music outlet online while CRTC ponders digichannel
The Bridge joins CTV slate
MOW by former Toronto cop morphs into series with 11-episode order, again under execs Laszlo Barna and Adam J. Shully
Samantha, Kath renewed in U.S.
ABC and NBC stick with sitcoms seen here on A and Global
Lightbox fundraising put on hold
Toronto festival brings in consultants as efforts to pay for new home hit a plateau. ‘Oxygen gets rarer the closer you get to the summit,’ says Handling
Ted Rogers hospitalized
Heart trouble lands cable boss in hospital. Temporary control passed to chairman Alan Horn
Broadcasters unbowed by ruling
Asper says Canwest will seek looser licence obligations at renewal hearings as unions cheer CRTC ruling
Global scores with SNL election antics
Ratings way up over last year, thanks to McCain and Palin, though the Republican presidential nominee was upstaged by his would-be VP
Much to discuss at CAB
Recent CRTC rulings ‘will define the conference,’ says Glenn O’Farrell, as broadcasters converge on Ottawa
Networks lose again on fees
Rethink your business plans, says CRTC, blocking repeat bid to squeeze cash from cable and satellite. New rules open to distant signals, less protection for news and sportscasters
B.C.’s Moore gets Heritage post
Industry insiders optimistic as rising Tory star takes over for Verner. But will film and TV take a back seat to the Olympics?
Fichman working on Hobo feature
First Blindness, then Passchendaele and now… Hobo with a Shotgun? Grisly comedy marks change of pace for arthouse producer
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