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Miramax, Alliance end pact
U.S. outfit goes it alone with release of Smart People, and is said to be in talks with Maple. Alliance boss says Miramax films were underperforming
Uphill fight for Emotional Arithmetic?
Oooo…tough crowd. Paolo Barzman’s Holocaust drama arrives with little help from the critics, while Judd Apatow looks to bounce back with Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Headbangers rock Hot Docs
Anvil! The Story of Anvil, about the aging heavy metal band, gets rapturous reception at festival opener
Yangtze, White Pine up for Rockies
Banff awards snub Canuck comedy, but take a shine to lifestylers including X-Weighted and Til Debt Do Us Part
Sackman steps down at ThinkFilm
The distributor’s CEO is stepping down from the U.S.-focused company he founded in 2001
Rainmaker partners with Stan Lee
Vancouver animation house set to develop Legion of 5, the newest superhero franchise from the co-creator of Spider-Man, X-Men and Fantastic Four
Broadcasters and BDUs battle in TV Wars
A new documentary by Stornaway Productions shows the behind-the-scenes fight for Canada’s airwaves currently playing out at the CRTC hearings
TSN scores top marks in survey
According to new results from Roper Reports Canada, the specialty is sports viewers’ preferred channel for sports coverage and overall viewing
Bell fund spreads the love on Razzberry Jazzberry Jam
The CBC series from Trapeze Animation will use its money from the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund to help stimulate kids’ interest in music
October 1970, Surviving My Mother snag ACTRA noms
The CBC miniseries and the English-language feature film each receive a pair of performance nods from the actors union’s Montreal branch
Regulation ‘stifling’ industry, says Péladeau
Quebecor boss steps up at CRTC hearings, calling for a rethink on the red tape that he says is holding the country back from a top spot in the industry
From trap-maker to director
Toronto’s David Hackl spent the last few Saw movies designing those killer doohickeys for which the franchise is famous. But for its fifth outing he has landed in the director’s chair
Deals close at DHX
After seeing Global step up for a second run of The Guard, DHX Media sells the first season of its well-traveled Kid vs. Kat to Jetix U.S.
Docu-deals at MIP
The French market saw the NFB sell notables including Patrick Reed’s Triage and David Paperny’s Confessions of an Innocent Man
The Establishing Shot: Floodgates for foreign services unlikely to open
As the issue you now hold hits the street, the first week of the CRTC’s BDU hearings is wrapping up. And with the number of players appearing, and given the scope of the issues being addressed, this Gatineau powwow has the potential to redraw the entire Canadian television system as we know it.
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