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Rival companies rush to air HD
HDTV Networks has big plans to air high-definition for free across Canada, but it faces an opponent that has its own ideas, almost the same name and a head start
Service business under siege
The threat of more labor trouble and a high loonie add up to an uncertain 2008 for those who make a living off guest productions
Harkins takes Hill prize
Inaugural award, named for slain experimental filmmaker, goes to Halifax’s Heather Harkins for She’s A Lady Animator
Shaftesbury takes science on the road
Company sends cast of ReGenesis into schools with a geneticist, an ethicist and Daily Planet science reporter Jay Ingram
Prentice to ‘accommodate’ creators on copyright
Industry Ministry says it will check in with film and TV makers on its overdue bill, following an uproar over feared U.S.-style laws. ACTRA calls complaints ‘over the top’
Eastern Promises, Away from Her up for Golden Globes
Cronenberg thriller leads the Canadian charge with three award noms, while Julie Christie and The Tudors also make the shortlist
‘We won, hands down,’ says Rabinovitch
In a one-on-one exit interview with Playback, outgoing but unbowed CBC boss insists the network came out ahead after the bitter lockout in 2005. But critics say he is rewriting history
Strike playing havoc with schedules
The talks in Hollywood are off, again, but broadcasters here have no shortage of other programs. The problem, say the ad people, is that nothing has an exact schedule
CBC, CTV jump on iTunes bandwagon. Finally
Little Mosque, Corner Gas and a handful of U.S. cable shows added to long-neglected video section of the Apple media store, though there is no sign of any new shows from Global
What did Comerica know?
And when did it know it? Questions rise over why the California bank dealt with Peace Arch Entertainment when it believed Gary Howsam had forged loan documents. And why did PAE allow Howsam to run the company?
Natali goes back to the future with Splice
‘This is the film I’ve been planning to do ever since Cube,’ says the director, partway through the Toronto shoot of his $27-million CG horror show
Humphries back at Citytv
One month after her sudden exit, the Toronto sportscaster is back on the job for the Rogers-owned station group, plus a few other outlets
Protesting directors hand out DVDs
Binamé, Falardeau and some 200 other members of the ARRQ play Santa with their own films, protesting their lack of status under Canada’s copyright law — the rewrite of which has been delayed yet again
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