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Are the specialties undervalued?
When was the last time you heard a buyer complain that any medium was priced too low? It just ain’t going to happen. It would be like drivers saying the price of gas should go up.
Canucks run away with Oscars
Canada had a strong showing at the 75th Academy Awards, with four Canucks receiving top honors in Hollywood.
TIFF generated $67M last year for T.O.
The Toronto International Film Festival Group brings more than world premieres, big-name directors and beautiful stars to the city of Toronto; it also brings in the mighty, albeit Canadian, dollar.
Sprockets continues to grow
The Toronto International Film Festival Group is gearing up for growing audiences as it approaches the sixth year of its international children’s film festival Sprockets, running April 25 to May 4 at Famous Players Canada Square and various workshop locations.
CBC calls in the shrink to boost kids block
While most programmers strive to pack their lineups with shows that tap into kid psychographics, few go to the lengths that the CBC has to understand the formulas that create a kid connection.
Quebec budget impact takes hold
Montreal: The two primary issues to emerge following the tabling of the March 11 Quebec budget are the termination of a five-year program which gave broadcaster affiliates access to the Quebec tax-credit program and the issue of which productions are eligible to be grandfathered under the higher, pre-budget tax-credit rates. Only productions that file with SODEC by April 30 can apply for grandfather status.
CTV reaches out to radio
CTV scored marketing points early in the war by providing its audio feed, free of charge, to any and all Canadian radio stations. The ‘no strings attached’ deal allowed stations to retransmit the CTV signal during any live breaking news coverage.
Digital update
After a year and a half on the airwaves, all of the digitals are still operating, but penetration is still below forecast, audiences are still small, and a recent CRTC report confirms that the channels are still bleeding money.
Dalfen: ‘Hundreds of millions’ at risk with signal theft
CTRC chairman Charles Dalfen is calling for renewed efforts on the part of industry and government in the fight against illegal signal theft.
People
* Jeff Campbell has joined as a partner of Spin’s design and VFX team after six years as a senior inferno artist/VFX supervisor at Toybox. Campbell’s movie credits include The Cell, Fight Club and X-Men, and he has been recognized internationally for his work on spots for clients Visa, Nike, Coke, Ford and Coors.
Jump Cuts
Viastar gets 17.5% stake in Yaletown
He said/she said: Calibre staffers devise NAB strategies
Gudrun Heinze is senior VFX artist and Marc Anthony P. Barrette is IT director and senior systems administrator at Calibre Digital Pictures, a Toronto-based animation/FX house for film and TV production
The harsh legal realities of reality TV – part 2
Sandra Richmond is a partner in the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch LLP and a member of the firm’s KNOWlaw Group. This article was prepared with the
They couldn’t have done it without us
If you tuned in to the 75th Annual Academy Awards, you witnessed unprecedented success for the Canadian film biz, including key involvement in the night’s biggest champ.
Corrections
CBC will not necessarily spend the $60 million it received from the Ministry of Canadian Heritage equally across its radio, TV and new media outlets, as reported in our March 17 issue. The network has not yet determined how it will allot the funds.
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