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Duffy returns to Newsnet
Veteran political reporter is back in the pink and back on air following heart surgery
Stillwell leaves Planet
Daily Planet says goodbye to cohost Natasha Stillwell, who is dropping the Discovery show to find work in the U.K.
TQS program did not discriminate, says watchdog
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has cleared L’Avocat et le diable of religious discrimination following a squabble over on-air talk about the rights of ethnic groups
Hunter joins National Geographic
The former Cineflix VP starts Monday in Washington, DC
Water headed to Oscars
Deepa Mehta’s feel-bad smash will face off against foreign-language contenders including After the Wedding and The Lives of Others at next month’s Academy Awards
ACTRA, producers back at the table
Looking to avoid going to court, both sides in the ‘business-as-usual’ strike met for talks in Montreal, coming closer on wages but remaining far apart on new media issues
Cinespace closing Marine studio
The studio that housed X-Men and Chicago is closing amid bitter complaints from operator Cinespace Film Studios
Boos for BloodRayne
The horror-action picture comes in second place among nominees for the worst-of-the-year Razzie Awards, narrowly trailing Basic Instinct 2 and Little Man
Nick picks Planet
Decode Entertainment has sold its Canada/U.K. copro Planet Sketch to Nicktoons
NSI eyes MIPTV
The Winnipeg training center is offering a four-day series of workshops for TV-makers who have projects to pitch and promote on the international market, and will take up to 10 producers to MIPTV this spring.
Pros and cons of CanWest’s AAC deal
Despite complaints of media concentration and a winnowing of options for TV-makers, producers acquainted with Alliance Atlantis Communications and its parent-to-be CanWest Global see an upside to the latter’s proposed $2.3-billion buyout of the Toronto cable channel giant, announced Jan. 10.
ACTRA strike to go before courts
Degrassi: The Next Generation executive producer Stephen Stohn is, like many producers, looking to a higher power to bring an end to the ACTRA strike.
Rocket leads with 13 Genie noms
Box-office successes from French Canada are, for the third straight year, topmost among the nominations for the Genie Awards, which revealed the contenders for the 27th gala at CHUM Television headquarters in Toronto on Jan. 8.
Shaw threatens to exit CTF
Shaw Communications has sparked confusion and frustration among TV-makers following word that it is pulling its financial support from the Canadian Television Fund – taking some $56 million in annual contributions off the table.
Jutras salute Pierre Curzi
Montreal: The lifetime achievement award at this year’s Prix Jutra will go to Pierre Curzi, the veteran Quebec actor known for his appearances in over 50 movies and TV shows including the 1977 miniseries Duplessis and Roméo et Juliette, the Shakespearean adaptation that now lords over the Quebec box office.
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