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Archives for: June 20085
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Business booming for Canada’s TV operators
Thursday June 19th 2008Canada’s cable and satellite TV operators experienced robust revenue and profit growth in 2007, Canada’s TV watchdog said Wednesday. The CRTC reported that cable revenue rose 16.1% between 2006 and ’07 to a record $7.1 billion, while revenue for wireless cable and satellite TV distributors jumped 11.4% year-to-year to $1.85 billion.
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‘Passchendaele’ to open Toronto
Thursday June 19th 2008The all-Canadian WWI drama “Passchendaele” will open the 33rd Toronto Film Festival. Written, directed and produced by veteran Canadian actor Paul Gross, the film is inspired by the experiences of Gross’ grandfather, who served in the 10th Battalion, CEF, at the 1917 battle of Passchendaele. The film is a Rhombus Media, Whizbang Films and Damberger Film and Cattle Co. production. It cost C$20 million and was shot mostly in Alberta.
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Buzz from the Banff festival floor
Thursday June 19th 2008The 2008 Banff World Television Festival wrapped with more than a few big announcements. In a nutshell: WestWind Pictures announced that Fox Network will be making a US version of “Little Mosque on the Prairie”. Shaftesbury Films added a Digital Division by acquiring award-winning Smokebomb Entertainment. GlassBOX Television Inc. announced[…]
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OMDC launches $2 million screen-based content initiative
Wednesday June 18th 2008The Ontario Media Development Corporation announced the establishment of the OMDC Screen-based Content Initiative, a $2 million program that will provide Ontario screen-based content creation companies – including film and television producers – with funding for early-stage development activities required to bring projects closer to production and to help attract financing
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Oscar winner Stan Winston dies
Wednesday June 18th 2008Stan Winston, the Oscar-winning special effects, creature and makeup artist whose innovative creations include the full-scale animatronic dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park” and the futuristic Terminators, has died. He was 62. Winston died Sunday at his home in Malibu after a seven-year battle with myeloma, a Stan Winston Studio spokeswoman said.[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: June 20085
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Business booming for Canada’s TV operators
Thursday June 19th 2008Canada’s cable and satellite TV operators experienced robust revenue and profit growth in 2007, Canada’s TV watchdog said Wednesday. The CRTC reported that cable revenue rose 16.1% between 2006 and ’07 to a record $7.1 billion, while revenue for wireless cable and satellite TV distributors jumped 11.4% year-to-year to $1.85 billion.
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‘Passchendaele’ to open Toronto
Thursday June 19th 2008The all-Canadian WWI drama “Passchendaele” will open the 33rd Toronto Film Festival. Written, directed and produced by veteran Canadian actor Paul Gross, the film is inspired by the experiences of Gross’ grandfather, who served in the 10th Battalion, CEF, at the 1917 battle of Passchendaele. The film is a Rhombus Media, Whizbang Films and Damberger Film and Cattle Co. production. It cost C$20 million and was shot mostly in Alberta.
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Buzz from the Banff festival floor
Thursday June 19th 2008The 2008 Banff World Television Festival wrapped with more than a few big announcements. In a nutshell: WestWind Pictures announced that Fox Network will be making a US version of “Little Mosque on the Prairie”. Shaftesbury Films added a Digital Division by acquiring award-winning Smokebomb Entertainment. GlassBOX Television Inc. announced[…]
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OMDC launches $2 million screen-based content initiative
Wednesday June 18th 2008The Ontario Media Development Corporation announced the establishment of the OMDC Screen-based Content Initiative, a $2 million program that will provide Ontario screen-based content creation companies – including film and television producers – with funding for early-stage development activities required to bring projects closer to production and to help attract financing
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Oscar winner Stan Winston dies
Wednesday June 18th 2008Stan Winston, the Oscar-winning special effects, creature and makeup artist whose innovative creations include the full-scale animatronic dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park” and the futuristic Terminators, has died. He was 62. Winston died Sunday at his home in Malibu after a seven-year battle with myeloma, a Stan Winston Studio spokeswoman said.[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: June 20085
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Business booming for Canada’s TV operators
Thursday June 19th 2008Canada’s cable and satellite TV operators experienced robust revenue and profit growth in 2007, Canada’s TV watchdog said Wednesday. The CRTC reported that cable revenue rose 16.1% between 2006 and ’07 to a record $7.1 billion, while revenue for wireless cable and satellite TV distributors jumped 11.4% year-to-year to $1.85 billion.
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‘Passchendaele’ to open Toronto
Thursday June 19th 2008The all-Canadian WWI drama “Passchendaele” will open the 33rd Toronto Film Festival. Written, directed and produced by veteran Canadian actor Paul Gross, the film is inspired by the experiences of Gross’ grandfather, who served in the 10th Battalion, CEF, at the 1917 battle of Passchendaele. The film is a Rhombus Media, Whizbang Films and Damberger Film and Cattle Co. production. It cost C$20 million and was shot mostly in Alberta.
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Buzz from the Banff festival floor
Thursday June 19th 2008The 2008 Banff World Television Festival wrapped with more than a few big announcements. In a nutshell: WestWind Pictures announced that Fox Network will be making a US version of “Little Mosque on the Prairie”. Shaftesbury Films added a Digital Division by acquiring award-winning Smokebomb Entertainment. GlassBOX Television Inc. announced[…]
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OMDC launches $2 million screen-based content initiative
Wednesday June 18th 2008The Ontario Media Development Corporation announced the establishment of the OMDC Screen-based Content Initiative, a $2 million program that will provide Ontario screen-based content creation companies – including film and television producers – with funding for early-stage development activities required to bring projects closer to production and to help attract financing
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Oscar winner Stan Winston dies
Wednesday June 18th 2008Stan Winston, the Oscar-winning special effects, creature and makeup artist whose innovative creations include the full-scale animatronic dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park” and the futuristic Terminators, has died. He was 62. Winston died Sunday at his home in Malibu after a seven-year battle with myeloma, a Stan Winston Studio spokeswoman said.[…]
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