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Ottawa tightening Copyright Act
Latest attempt at new law would fine pirates up to $20,000 and allow broadcasters to bar time-shifting. ACTRA cheers, musicians hiss
Layoffs at NFB
Six people, including last in-house filmmakers, lose jobs. Other vacant positions gone on paper, says board
Sex sells, but is hard to market
The poster campaign for Young People Fucking stayed safe by omitting a few key letters, but Maple Pictures had a harder time with its TV spots
Delayed Da Vinci makes it to air
True story of 1925 murder retold with coroner-turned-mayor. Saturday slot ‘better than being in the vault,’ says Haddock
CTVgm puts up cash for women
Grant will go towards series of initiatives and workshops for female filmmakers
Bugs and Tweety go French
And Pepe le Pew, presumably, as Teletoon extends Retro channel into Quebec following deal with Videotron
Business brisk at Banff
Delegates head home with wins and contracts. Grizzly bears and teen actors among pitch winners
Nitro star takes to skydiving
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge draws on real-life parachute training for Jumping into the Void
Degrassi gets virtual with vSide
CTV’s next-gen high-schoolers move into online world to promo windup of season seven
Ottawa, London to see Sun
New transmitters will this fall expand the reach of the Toronto station to nearly all of Ontario
Canwest launches Amex web channel
Membership has its privileges, apparently
Gratton in for Barrett atop CTF
CHUM alum jokes there will be ‘no more crises’ now, prepares for closer look at CRTC recommendations
Filmport awaits SAG breakthrough
Mostly finished but still unoccupied, the prospects for the long-awaited studio depend on talks with the U.S. union. Will go ‘down to the wire’ on June 30, says Ferguson
Heavyweight joins Fight Network
CNN and Headline News vet Nory LeBrun hired to lead charge into U.S. market
‘Bite-size’ series bows on Discovery
Animated shorts deliver quick hits on wild animals and garbage in space
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