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More cash for CBC, says report
Unions cheer as Heritage committee calls for stable funding at the network, but dissent among the Tories has one watchdog worried
Alliance cashes in on Country
Oscar breathes new life into the modern western No Country for Old Men, nearly tripling its screen count on Friday, while TVA rereleases the Edith Piaf biopic La vie en rose
Leibel leaving CBC Sports
Pioneering sportscaster and Olympic host says she will retire this summer. ‘We are losing a great talent,’ says sports boss Scott Moore
APTN expands regional shows
Six hours set aside as channel rolls out new schedule for spring
Producers repeat call for copro fund
Ottawa ignored its pleas for increased film and TV funding in the budget, but the APFTQ is still pushing for a separate fund to support costly but key coproductions
The little mystery of a big Boy
Kevin DeWalt has no idea who slipped him a copy of the GG-winning book The Englishman’s Boy, but two days and 300 pages later, he was clamoring to make it into a big-budget mini
Profits up at post houses
New numbers from StatsCan show falling costs across the post-production industry, with major growth noted in B.C. and Alberta
Teletoon pushes Littlest Pet
Hasbro’s new pet-themed toys are getting some custom exposure on-air and online
Federal budget hints at cuts
No mention of film and TV industry in new Tory plan, just ominous wording about a wrapping up of programs at Canadian Heritage. Budget is a missed opportunity, says ACTRA boss
Max Films revisits ice storm
A Parisian woman is cut adrift during the famous freeze of 1998 in a $6-million copro from producer Luc Vadal and France’s Agnés Obadia
iThentic seeks mobile stories
Looking to take mobisodes beyond factual and reality, the online distributor has commissioned shorts from Hubert Davis, Bruce McCall and others on the theme of obsession
Women responding to Slice
The guilty pleasure channel is one year old — a happy birthday marked by a 31% jump with its target audience
Sandra Oh to host Genies
Academy adds star power to this year’s awards — putting the Grey’s Anatomy star front and center amid a revived dinner-theater format
Strong numbers for Week
CBC’s reality about the female-free small town is flirting with the one-million mark after hitting a series high last week
Oscars down to 4.4 million viewers
Early numbers for the big night, which featured many sideshows from CTV, slid in Canada, as in the U.S.
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