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Cineplex puts $1M into CFC
Five-year donation sees center’s film program rebranded. Permanent, six-figure scholarship also added
Special Genies for Gulkin, Dupuis
Producer and Oscar-winning makeup artist will be honored for their contributions to film
Second Toronto megastudio takes shape
But even as work crews head in, partners in the project are still weighing the feasibility of putting up another high-tech studio in city’s west end
Producers side with HD proposal
Second day of hearings into proposed national service brings a blessing from CFTPA, and more shots from potential competitors
Little word on French lifestyle channel
TVA says its digital Télé-Services will launch shortly, but won’t say what it will show
Rogers buying Aurora
Media giant signs deal for neighboring cable operator, serving parts of southern Ontario
CRTC grills execs from HDTV
The wannabe high-definition network faced a tough crowd at its licence application in Gatineau, taking pointed questions about its plans to sidestep local markets
Writers strike officially over
Last evening, after three months on the picket line, 92.5% of Writers Guild of America members voted to end their work stoppage immediately and ratify a new contract with television and movie producers on Feb. 25.
Solid second place for Mayerthorpe
Sunday night went to the Grammys and not the MOW about slain Mounties, which nonetheless stood up admirably; nets now look ahead with WGA strike over
Braude, Muskala to steer Sprockets
Toronto festival insiders step in as co-bosses of the kiddie film festival and of the learning programs at its parent, the TIFF Group
Banff praises Plowman
Maker of The Office and Absolutely Fabulous is pretty fab himself, says festival, tapping the British veteran for its lifetime achievement award
Hit-maker Albie Hecht opens KidScreen
CEO behind SquarePants and Dora the Explorer to discuss shifting landscape of kids media at start of New York conference
Laverdière to manage $10-million CBC fund
Exec in charge of programs at France’s TV5 Monde returns to the pubcaster to head up new cross-cultural fund
Maximum busy in Berlin
Toronto distributor picks up sales rights to Sundance winner about post-Katrina New Orleans, plus period romance South Solitary, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal
Step Up busts a Move
How She Move is getting an early exit from theaters after just three weeks, pushed aside by that other urban-set dance drama from Touchstone
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