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MuchMusic Video Awards live on mobile
CHUM is putting everything it’s got into this year’s MuchMusic Video Awards, including a first-time live mobile experience
Tony Roman 1942-2007
The Quebec singer and producer gave up a successful music career to venture into the film world, coming up with the idea for the hit comedy Camping Sauvage
CFC takes shorts mobile
The Canadian Film Centre partners with iThentic and Telus to launch a new mobile film festival for shorts
Pitches pay off at Banff
Final day of the festival sees some $100,000 go to projects on chess prodigies, the Mafia and summer camp counselors
B.C.’s Bridge Studios sold
The provincial government believes that Vancouver’s first studio will be better run privately
CHUM boosts Top Model
The broadcaster’s aggressive campaign appears to be paying off for the reality show with good ratings out of the gate
CTF committed to transparency
Following its annual general meeting, board says it will put off proposed bylaw amendments until CRTC review
Quebec exhibitors fete Girard, Loewy
The province’s cinema owners have handed prizes to thesp Rémy Girard and distrib Victor Loewy for helping to build the local industry
No plans to change Citytv brand, says Rogers
The new owner of the five Citys says it wants to keep the profile and persona of its new channels intact
Cunningham new CFTPA chair
The Strada Films prexy is in for a ride in her new role, as the industry faces increasing consolidation and fragmentation
Spike Lee takes top prize at Banff
Post-Katrina project When the Levees Broke wins grand prize and best social doc at U.S- and U.K-dominated awards gala
The Sopranos delivers for TMN and MC
The acclaimed mob drama’s puzzling final episode brings The Movie Network a record audience
Movieola signs with Joost
Short film channel agrees to provide content to the still-developing online TV service
Leboeuf, Goulem nab Montreal ACTRA Awards
Thesps from Human Trafficking and The Tournament lead the list of winners at the annual performers’ fete
Perlmutter: ‘Our role is to give voice’
Tom Perlmutter has been director-general of English programming at the National Film Board since 2001. Renowned as a clear-headed administrator and crucial creative force in the team that former NFB commissioner Jacques Bensimon assembled, many see Perlmutter as the natural successor for the post. Prior to starting his five-year term as the NFB’s 15th commissioner on June 11, he sat down with Playback to discuss his vision for the board and the challenges he faces.
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