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Archives for: September 20085
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Canada’s Entertainment One lands $150m credit facility
Thursday September 18th 2008Canadian media conglomerate Entertainment One (E1) has signed a four-year $150m credit facility led by US private bank JP Morgan. The new rotating line of credit will replace the company’s existing debt facilities and provide capital for further expansion. Morgan leads a syndicate including Bank of America, Barclays and Toronto Dominion Bank. Speaking to Screen International, E1 CEO Darren Throop said, “This speaks to the strength of our balance sheet. Our numbers continue to be solid. And important media banks are buying into it.”
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SAG/AFTRA supports Canadian union
Thursday September 18th 2008In a rare show of solidarity, SAG and AFTRA have sent out a joint statement throwing their support behind their sister actors union in Canada and its current stalemate in commercials contract talks. “We applaud the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists for its efforts to be responsive to the changing needs of the advertising industry,” the performers’ unions said. “We believe that it is critical that the industry meets them halfway…”
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Canadian unions seek strike mandate
Wednesday September 17th 2008After 17 months of negotiations with reps of the ad business, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is seeking a strike mandate from its membership. At issue is the pact with the Institute of Communications Agencies and the Assn. of Canadian Advertisers. The current deal expired[…]
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Film society honors Tom Hanks
Wednesday September 17th 2008Actor Tom Hanks will be honoured at the Lincoln Center’s 36th annual film gala in New York. The society’s director, Kent Jones, said Hanks’ “talent, his presence, his versatility” had “set a very high standard for his fellow actors”. Hanks, 52, won best actor Oscars for his starring roles in 1993 film Philadelphia and 1994’s Forrest Gump.
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Maple Pictures adds industry vet to the roster
Wednesday September 17th 2008TORONTO, CANADA (September 16, 2008) – In a move reflecting Maple Pictures’ continued evolution into a Canadian distribution powerhouse, Jim Sherry, formerly Executive Managing Director of Alliance Atlantis MPD, has signed on as Maple’s Co-President, it was announced today by Maple Pictures founders and senior executives Laurie May and Brad[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: September 20085
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Canada’s Entertainment One lands $150m credit facility
Thursday September 18th 2008Canadian media conglomerate Entertainment One (E1) has signed a four-year $150m credit facility led by US private bank JP Morgan. The new rotating line of credit will replace the company’s existing debt facilities and provide capital for further expansion. Morgan leads a syndicate including Bank of America, Barclays and Toronto Dominion Bank. Speaking to Screen International, E1 CEO Darren Throop said, “This speaks to the strength of our balance sheet. Our numbers continue to be solid. And important media banks are buying into it.”
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SAG/AFTRA supports Canadian union
Thursday September 18th 2008In a rare show of solidarity, SAG and AFTRA have sent out a joint statement throwing their support behind their sister actors union in Canada and its current stalemate in commercials contract talks. “We applaud the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists for its efforts to be responsive to the changing needs of the advertising industry,” the performers’ unions said. “We believe that it is critical that the industry meets them halfway…”
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Canadian unions seek strike mandate
Wednesday September 17th 2008After 17 months of negotiations with reps of the ad business, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is seeking a strike mandate from its membership. At issue is the pact with the Institute of Communications Agencies and the Assn. of Canadian Advertisers. The current deal expired[…]
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Film society honors Tom Hanks
Wednesday September 17th 2008Actor Tom Hanks will be honoured at the Lincoln Center’s 36th annual film gala in New York. The society’s director, Kent Jones, said Hanks’ “talent, his presence, his versatility” had “set a very high standard for his fellow actors”. Hanks, 52, won best actor Oscars for his starring roles in 1993 film Philadelphia and 1994’s Forrest Gump.
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Maple Pictures adds industry vet to the roster
Wednesday September 17th 2008TORONTO, CANADA (September 16, 2008) – In a move reflecting Maple Pictures’ continued evolution into a Canadian distribution powerhouse, Jim Sherry, formerly Executive Managing Director of Alliance Atlantis MPD, has signed on as Maple’s Co-President, it was announced today by Maple Pictures founders and senior executives Laurie May and Brad[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: September 20085
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Canada’s Entertainment One lands $150m credit facility
Thursday September 18th 2008Canadian media conglomerate Entertainment One (E1) has signed a four-year $150m credit facility led by US private bank JP Morgan. The new rotating line of credit will replace the company’s existing debt facilities and provide capital for further expansion. Morgan leads a syndicate including Bank of America, Barclays and Toronto Dominion Bank. Speaking to Screen International, E1 CEO Darren Throop said, “This speaks to the strength of our balance sheet. Our numbers continue to be solid. And important media banks are buying into it.”
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SAG/AFTRA supports Canadian union
Thursday September 18th 2008In a rare show of solidarity, SAG and AFTRA have sent out a joint statement throwing their support behind their sister actors union in Canada and its current stalemate in commercials contract talks. “We applaud the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists for its efforts to be responsive to the changing needs of the advertising industry,” the performers’ unions said. “We believe that it is critical that the industry meets them halfway…”
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Canadian unions seek strike mandate
Wednesday September 17th 2008After 17 months of negotiations with reps of the ad business, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is seeking a strike mandate from its membership. At issue is the pact with the Institute of Communications Agencies and the Assn. of Canadian Advertisers. The current deal expired[…]
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Film society honors Tom Hanks
Wednesday September 17th 2008Actor Tom Hanks will be honoured at the Lincoln Center’s 36th annual film gala in New York. The society’s director, Kent Jones, said Hanks’ “talent, his presence, his versatility” had “set a very high standard for his fellow actors”. Hanks, 52, won best actor Oscars for his starring roles in 1993 film Philadelphia and 1994’s Forrest Gump.
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Maple Pictures adds industry vet to the roster
Wednesday September 17th 2008TORONTO, CANADA (September 16, 2008) – In a move reflecting Maple Pictures’ continued evolution into a Canadian distribution powerhouse, Jim Sherry, formerly Executive Managing Director of Alliance Atlantis MPD, has signed on as Maple’s Co-President, it was announced today by Maple Pictures founders and senior executives Laurie May and Brad[…]
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