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* Premiere Bobine and Cinetel Films will soon wrap the sci-fi Earth Storm, starring Stephen Baldwin and Amy Price-Francis (Train 48), ending a three-week stay in Hamilton, ON.
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Hoo-ha! Pacino returns to Vancouver
German funds ripe for coproduction
Around mid-winter, Jan Miller figured she’d made the worst decision of her tenure as director of Strategic Partners at the Atlantic Film Festival.
February wedding date for Telefilm & CTF
While the Canadian Television Fund talks about a wedding date early in the new year for it and Telefilm Canada, there remain unresolved a number of details regarding how the newly consolidated TV funding system will operate.
October deadline for Spark Plug
Telefilm Canada has set an Oct. 25 application deadline for the third edition of its Spark Plug program, which provides support for minority filmmakers trying to get their television dramas off the ground.
Forward contracts protect producers from rising loonie
Brent Clackson is the Vancouver-based entertainment business development representative for Custom House, the world’s largest independent foreign exchange company, with 83 branches spread over seven countries and the ability to handle more than 100 international currencies.
DGC gives nods to Ciccoritti, Finkleman, McGowan
‘You never want to lose,’ exclaimed a happy Jerry Ciccoritti after picking up the prize for directing the CTV miniseries Lives of the Saints at the Directors Guild of Canada Awards ceremony in Toronto Oct. 1.
ACTRA, guilds oppose Canadian Film Channel app
The Canadian Film Channel, one of four proposed pay-TV networks seeking a licence from the CRTC, initially sounds like a cause for celebration for the local film industry. The CFC’s mandate would be to air Canadian content 24/7, and to annually commission 10 features and 150 smaller projects. But some of the country’s leading guilds and unions are in fact opposed to the CFC, and have filed interventions with the CRTC, which can be viewed on the regulator’s website.
Canada’s private broadcasters look to the future
Glenn O’Farrell is the president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.
Conventional broadcasters – it’s not that desperate!
Peter Murdoch is the chair of the Coalition of Canadian Audio-visual Unions and VP media of the Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union, which belongs to the CCAU. Other members of the CCAU include ACTRA, the DGC, NABET and the WGC.
Global grabs Geminis
Global Television will produce and air this year’s Gemini Awards on Nov. 19, scooping the annual celebration of Canadian television from its longtime broadcaster, the CBC.
It’s the strongest signal yet that Global, the network once derided as an enemy of Canadian programming, is positioning itself as a Cancon champion. It’s also the latest indication that private casters may be better placed than the CBC to promote such celebrations.
Fournier steps in as CBC chair
Stepping into the thick of its worst-ever labor disruption, prolific author and producer Guy Fournier has been tapped as the new chairman of the board at CBC.
Hurricane leaves Jewison pic in limbo
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has put a cloud over Norman Jewison’s next picture, which had been slated to shoot in New Orleans early next year.
Bread and Tulips, a US$10-12-million remake of a five-year-old Italian romantic comedy, produced by Jewison and his son Michael (The Hurricane), was slated to begin filming in the devastated city in March, after Mardi Gras.
Hockey season looks promising, says media buyer
With the hockey pre-season now underway, TV networks and media buyers are saying viewership of NHL games is set to bounce back despite the league’s 15-month lockout and fears of backlash from the fans.
CBC lockout drags on
While negotiations continued, the war of words between CBC management and employees escalated, as the work stoppage at the network entered its sixth week.
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