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Archives for: November 20085
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Four Canadian directors confirmed for CFC/NFB Feature Documentary Program
Friday November 07th 2008Filmmakers Yung Chang, Sarah Polley, Shelley Saywell and John Walker will participate in the inaugural CFC/NFB Feature Documentary Program. Created by the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and the National Film Board (NFB), the CFC/NFB Feature Documentary Program will launch in January 2009 with the goal of developing successful original feature length documentaries for international cinema audiences.
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Paramount eyes postproduction upgrade
Friday November 07th 2008Paramount is grappling with ways of boosting its on-lot postproduction facilities while raising its post profile in Hollywood. The studio appears to be closing in on an agreement with Technicolor to supervise a planned new sound postproduction facility on the Melrose Avenue lot. Paramount also is mulling an expansion of its film-restoration capabilities and is actively recruiting candidates to oversee those operations. The latest developments follow earlier discussions about a plan to invest more than $60 million in post upgrades on the lot.
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Alliance buys back $400 million debt
Thursday November 06th 2008Leading Canadian distrib Alliance Films is set to buy back $400 million of its debt at a discount — likely in the range of 75¢ on the dollar — putting the Montreal-based company in a much stronger financial position. “The current market environment has presented Alliance Films with a unique opportunity to negotiate the repurchase of our outstanding debt,” said Alliance Films chairman Victor Loewy in a statement: “By opportunistically strengthening our balance sheet, we can become strategically more relevant and positioned for growth.”
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Two shots in the arm for B.C. TV industry
Thursday November 06th 2008B.C.’s sagging TV series industry received a boost with the announcement of two new Canadian series that will soon begin shooting in Vancouver. The series will not be financed by U.S. producers seeking to take advantage of a weaker Canadian dollar, but have been commissioned by CTV and Canwest Broadcasting. The announcement was expected to help invigorate a B.C. industry in which TV series production this year dropped to just over half of what it was in 2007.
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CNN beams in guests with new hologram technology
Thursday November 06th 2008CNN’s tryout of holograms was the talk of TV on a night where networks brought forth all sorts of gizmos and gadgets to cover Barack Obama’s election as president. Yellin stepped into a booth set up in a tent at Chicago’s Grant Park, surrounded by 25 high-definition cameras that duplicated her moving image in much the same way as a flight simulator would. On-screen, it appeared she was standing and talking to Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s New York set, an eerie white halo around her. The hologram left some critics baffled. “It was a cute trick,” wrote Tom Shales in The Washington Post, “but how did it substantially contribute to the coverage? No one seemed to know.”
ARCHIVES
Archives for: November 20085
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Four Canadian directors confirmed for CFC/NFB Feature Documentary Program
Friday November 07th 2008Filmmakers Yung Chang, Sarah Polley, Shelley Saywell and John Walker will participate in the inaugural CFC/NFB Feature Documentary Program. Created by the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and the National Film Board (NFB), the CFC/NFB Feature Documentary Program will launch in January 2009 with the goal of developing successful original feature length documentaries for international cinema audiences.
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Paramount eyes postproduction upgrade
Friday November 07th 2008Paramount is grappling with ways of boosting its on-lot postproduction facilities while raising its post profile in Hollywood. The studio appears to be closing in on an agreement with Technicolor to supervise a planned new sound postproduction facility on the Melrose Avenue lot. Paramount also is mulling an expansion of its film-restoration capabilities and is actively recruiting candidates to oversee those operations. The latest developments follow earlier discussions about a plan to invest more than $60 million in post upgrades on the lot.
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Alliance buys back $400 million debt
Thursday November 06th 2008Leading Canadian distrib Alliance Films is set to buy back $400 million of its debt at a discount — likely in the range of 75¢ on the dollar — putting the Montreal-based company in a much stronger financial position. “The current market environment has presented Alliance Films with a unique opportunity to negotiate the repurchase of our outstanding debt,” said Alliance Films chairman Victor Loewy in a statement: “By opportunistically strengthening our balance sheet, we can become strategically more relevant and positioned for growth.”
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Two shots in the arm for B.C. TV industry
Thursday November 06th 2008B.C.’s sagging TV series industry received a boost with the announcement of two new Canadian series that will soon begin shooting in Vancouver. The series will not be financed by U.S. producers seeking to take advantage of a weaker Canadian dollar, but have been commissioned by CTV and Canwest Broadcasting. The announcement was expected to help invigorate a B.C. industry in which TV series production this year dropped to just over half of what it was in 2007.
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CNN beams in guests with new hologram technology
Thursday November 06th 2008CNN’s tryout of holograms was the talk of TV on a night where networks brought forth all sorts of gizmos and gadgets to cover Barack Obama’s election as president. Yellin stepped into a booth set up in a tent at Chicago’s Grant Park, surrounded by 25 high-definition cameras that duplicated her moving image in much the same way as a flight simulator would. On-screen, it appeared she was standing and talking to Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s New York set, an eerie white halo around her. The hologram left some critics baffled. “It was a cute trick,” wrote Tom Shales in The Washington Post, “but how did it substantially contribute to the coverage? No one seemed to know.”
ARCHIVES
Archives for: November 20085
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Four Canadian directors confirmed for CFC/NFB Feature Documentary Program
Friday November 07th 2008Filmmakers Yung Chang, Sarah Polley, Shelley Saywell and John Walker will participate in the inaugural CFC/NFB Feature Documentary Program. Created by the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and the National Film Board (NFB), the CFC/NFB Feature Documentary Program will launch in January 2009 with the goal of developing successful original feature length documentaries for international cinema audiences.
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Paramount eyes postproduction upgrade
Friday November 07th 2008Paramount is grappling with ways of boosting its on-lot postproduction facilities while raising its post profile in Hollywood. The studio appears to be closing in on an agreement with Technicolor to supervise a planned new sound postproduction facility on the Melrose Avenue lot. Paramount also is mulling an expansion of its film-restoration capabilities and is actively recruiting candidates to oversee those operations. The latest developments follow earlier discussions about a plan to invest more than $60 million in post upgrades on the lot.
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Alliance buys back $400 million debt
Thursday November 06th 2008Leading Canadian distrib Alliance Films is set to buy back $400 million of its debt at a discount — likely in the range of 75¢ on the dollar — putting the Montreal-based company in a much stronger financial position. “The current market environment has presented Alliance Films with a unique opportunity to negotiate the repurchase of our outstanding debt,” said Alliance Films chairman Victor Loewy in a statement: “By opportunistically strengthening our balance sheet, we can become strategically more relevant and positioned for growth.”
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Two shots in the arm for B.C. TV industry
Thursday November 06th 2008B.C.’s sagging TV series industry received a boost with the announcement of two new Canadian series that will soon begin shooting in Vancouver. The series will not be financed by U.S. producers seeking to take advantage of a weaker Canadian dollar, but have been commissioned by CTV and Canwest Broadcasting. The announcement was expected to help invigorate a B.C. industry in which TV series production this year dropped to just over half of what it was in 2007.
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CNN beams in guests with new hologram technology
Thursday November 06th 2008CNN’s tryout of holograms was the talk of TV on a night where networks brought forth all sorts of gizmos and gadgets to cover Barack Obama’s election as president. Yellin stepped into a booth set up in a tent at Chicago’s Grant Park, surrounded by 25 high-definition cameras that duplicated her moving image in much the same way as a flight simulator would. On-screen, it appeared she was standing and talking to Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s New York set, an eerie white halo around her. The hologram left some critics baffled. “It was a cute trick,” wrote Tom Shales in The Washington Post, “but how did it substantially contribute to the coverage? No one seemed to know.”
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