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Ian Scott clarifies CRTC’s stance on algorithms to senators
The CRTC chair said his previous comments on Bill C-11 “have been taken out of context” in his second appearance in front of the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications.
Playback Film Summit: Taking a film from script to screen
The teams behind Ashgrove, Viking and This Place closed the summit with discussions on the making and financing of their features.
Saloon Media promotes Steve Gamester to creative director
Gamester, who is a founding partner of the prodco, will be responsible for expanding its factual slate.
Hasbro puts eOne’s film and TV business up for sale
Hasbro says it has received interest from “several parties” for eOne’s TV and film business as it looks to make a strategic investment in its own core IP.
Playback Film Summit: Telefilm Canada’s evolution and future
Telefilm executives Francesca Accinelli and Mehernaz Lentin outline the Crown corporation’s modernization efforts in the past two years.
Playback Film Summit: Inside the making of three Canadian films
The filmmaking teams behind Rosie, Concrete Valley and Riceboy Sleeps shared how they financed and shot their features during discussions on day one of the summit.
Playback Film Summit: Navigating financing challenges
Industry experts weighed in on the current ecosystem of financing film in Canada and the state of distribution and exhibition during the summit’s day one panels.
Blink49 Studios partners with Vanguarde Artists
The deal will see the studio and the management company develop and produce original IP for the global market.
CMPA reveals Indiescreen Awards nominees
The winners of the Established Producer and the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer awards will be announced at the Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 2.
Demand Film acquires Sean Cisterna’s The Long Rider
Demand Film will release the feature doc in Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., and Ireland in early 2023.
Black Panther sequel breaks November record for Cineplex
Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever propelled Cineplex to new heights for the month, exceeding pre-pandemic levels.
CBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation renew MOU
The continued partnership comes as two projects from their Kindred ABC/CBC Animation Collaboration enter development.
Omnifilm works out new revenue stream with DTC fitness channel
The Vancouver prodco’s fitness channel Movement by NM is now CAVCO-certified, allowing it to tap into additional resources to fund new content.
How CBC’s Sort Of implemented its trans mentorship program
Co-creators Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo discuss using the program, created in partnership with the Trans Film Mentorship, to train trans and non-binary creatives while filming season two.
Newcomers to Canada less likely to own TVs, says study
The MTM study says the vast majority of newcomers own a cellphone and subscribe to SVODs such as Netflix and Prime Video.
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