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Grupe joins Entertainment One
European sales vet will oversee U.S, U.K. and other territories, and work on Toronto shop’s plans for international expansion
Book deal closes for Derek
Shaftesbury Films has struck a deal to adapt Life with Derek into a series of kids novels, aiming for bookshelves this summer
Citytv moves its news
News, weather and sports arrive an hour earlier in Toronto market and stay an hour longer, as Rogers station jockeys for position with former sister CP24
Canada’s first carbon-neutral studio
Vancouver Film Studios has gone carbon neutral, said to be Canada’s first soundstage facility to have done so, in part to attract green Hollywood productions
Old media meets new in Paris 1919
NFB copro revisits and recreates post-war conference that redrew the world map
VisionTV, CBC push for multicultural audiences
Canada’s multi-faith broadcaster is set to reach out to South Asian viewers on Saturdays, while the country’s pubcaster made its latest installment of Hockey Day in Canada a multilingual affair
Survey gives top marks to TSN, Discovery
Canadian Media Research’s annual TV survey is out, giving high grades to the sports specialty for its HD programs, and to the science and history channel for overall viewer satisfaction
Tracey award up for grabs
Prize honors late writer/director Lindalee Tracey, and will be awarded to a Canuck filmmaker who demonstrates passion, humor and a strong sense of social justice
Shaw reps argue for dismantling CTF
Cable execs tell CRTC the ‘subsidy’ model has failed the industry, shooting down an alternate proposal by Rogers. Péladeau stonewalls for his own fund
Small release, big buzz for Yangtze
KinoSmith and the NFB take advantage of positive word-of-mouth on China-shot documentary, which bows in Toronto before moving west
Big numbers at Cineplex
Net income at Canada’s largest theater chain more than tripled last year, despite sluggish returns at the holiday box office
Milos to be feted at Banff
The star of The Border and CSI: Miami set to receive award of excellence at the TV festival
Cochons leads Jutra race with 13 nods
Quebec awards put smash comedy Les 3 p’tits cochons up for best picture and screenplay, but snub director Patrick Huard. Continental, un film sans fusil follows with eight. Surprise nomination for Up the Yangtze
Quebecor and Shaw take the stand
Cable companies behind the squabble over CTF make their case Thursday before the CRTC, but face stiff opposition from creatives in Quebec
Fire Horse maker joins NFB
Yves Ma has stepped in as a producer at the board’s Pacific and Yukon Centre
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