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Archives for: April 20095
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Canada considering broadcaster bailout
Thursday April 09th 2009Canada’s federal cabinet is considering the creation of a CAN$150 million ($121.5 million) fund to help rescue local TV operations at private broadcasters such as CTV and Canwest Global Communications Corp. as their ad revenue tanks in hard times. Stephen Waddell, national executive director at Canadian actors union ACTRA, welcomed the small-market TV station lifeline Wednesday, but warned Ottawa not to relax Canadian-content obligations as CTV and Canwest Global prepare to buy U.S. at the Los Angeles Screenings.
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48 Hour film competition expanding
Thursday April 09th 2009The ninth edition of the 48 Hour Film Project, which bills itself as the world’s largest timed filmmaking competition, will expand to nearly 80 cities in 2009. The project’s 2009 tour will kick off at the NAB Show in Las Vegas from April 17-19. The project will challenge asbout 35,000 people worldwide to complete the entire filmmaking process — from writing and casting to shooting and editing — in a mere 48 hours. First-ever local contests will be held in Beijing; Prague; Lisbon, Portugal; Savannah, Ga.; and Paducah, Ky.
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Sony nabs int’l rights to Obama doc
Wednesday April 08th 2009Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has acquired all international media rights (excluding U.K. television) as well as domestic home entertainment rights to the documentary “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama.” Produced by Edward Norton’s Class 5 Films and directed by Amy Rice and Alicia Sams, the film will air on HBO, which picked up other U.S. rights in November.
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Canwest Media hopes third time’s the charm
Wednesday April 08th 2009TORONTO — Canadian broadcaster Canwest Global Communications on Tuesday said that subsidiary Canwest Media has received another two-week extension in talks with senior lenders to renegotiate a CAN$300 million ($243 million) credit facility. The deadline has now been pushed to April 21 after it was earlier extended two times. “During[…]
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SAG task force updated on contract talks
Wednesday April 08th 2009The wheels of progress continue to turn, ever so slowly, on the labor front. But don’t expect any breakthroughs before the Screen Actors Guild’s next national board meeting set for April 18-19. SAG’s TV-theatrical negotiations task force convened Tuesday for two-plus hours to hear an update on negotiations from interim[…]
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Archives for: April 20095
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Canada considering broadcaster bailout
Thursday April 09th 2009Canada’s federal cabinet is considering the creation of a CAN$150 million ($121.5 million) fund to help rescue local TV operations at private broadcasters such as CTV and Canwest Global Communications Corp. as their ad revenue tanks in hard times. Stephen Waddell, national executive director at Canadian actors union ACTRA, welcomed the small-market TV station lifeline Wednesday, but warned Ottawa not to relax Canadian-content obligations as CTV and Canwest Global prepare to buy U.S. at the Los Angeles Screenings.
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48 Hour film competition expanding
Thursday April 09th 2009The ninth edition of the 48 Hour Film Project, which bills itself as the world’s largest timed filmmaking competition, will expand to nearly 80 cities in 2009. The project’s 2009 tour will kick off at the NAB Show in Las Vegas from April 17-19. The project will challenge asbout 35,000 people worldwide to complete the entire filmmaking process — from writing and casting to shooting and editing — in a mere 48 hours. First-ever local contests will be held in Beijing; Prague; Lisbon, Portugal; Savannah, Ga.; and Paducah, Ky.
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Sony nabs int’l rights to Obama doc
Wednesday April 08th 2009Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has acquired all international media rights (excluding U.K. television) as well as domestic home entertainment rights to the documentary “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama.” Produced by Edward Norton’s Class 5 Films and directed by Amy Rice and Alicia Sams, the film will air on HBO, which picked up other U.S. rights in November.
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Canwest Media hopes third time’s the charm
Wednesday April 08th 2009TORONTO — Canadian broadcaster Canwest Global Communications on Tuesday said that subsidiary Canwest Media has received another two-week extension in talks with senior lenders to renegotiate a CAN$300 million ($243 million) credit facility. The deadline has now been pushed to April 21 after it was earlier extended two times. “During[…]
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SAG task force updated on contract talks
Wednesday April 08th 2009The wheels of progress continue to turn, ever so slowly, on the labor front. But don’t expect any breakthroughs before the Screen Actors Guild’s next national board meeting set for April 18-19. SAG’s TV-theatrical negotiations task force convened Tuesday for two-plus hours to hear an update on negotiations from interim[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: April 20095
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Canada considering broadcaster bailout
Thursday April 09th 2009Canada’s federal cabinet is considering the creation of a CAN$150 million ($121.5 million) fund to help rescue local TV operations at private broadcasters such as CTV and Canwest Global Communications Corp. as their ad revenue tanks in hard times. Stephen Waddell, national executive director at Canadian actors union ACTRA, welcomed the small-market TV station lifeline Wednesday, but warned Ottawa not to relax Canadian-content obligations as CTV and Canwest Global prepare to buy U.S. at the Los Angeles Screenings.
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48 Hour film competition expanding
Thursday April 09th 2009The ninth edition of the 48 Hour Film Project, which bills itself as the world’s largest timed filmmaking competition, will expand to nearly 80 cities in 2009. The project’s 2009 tour will kick off at the NAB Show in Las Vegas from April 17-19. The project will challenge asbout 35,000 people worldwide to complete the entire filmmaking process — from writing and casting to shooting and editing — in a mere 48 hours. First-ever local contests will be held in Beijing; Prague; Lisbon, Portugal; Savannah, Ga.; and Paducah, Ky.
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Sony nabs int’l rights to Obama doc
Wednesday April 08th 2009Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has acquired all international media rights (excluding U.K. television) as well as domestic home entertainment rights to the documentary “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama.” Produced by Edward Norton’s Class 5 Films and directed by Amy Rice and Alicia Sams, the film will air on HBO, which picked up other U.S. rights in November.
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Canwest Media hopes third time’s the charm
Wednesday April 08th 2009TORONTO — Canadian broadcaster Canwest Global Communications on Tuesday said that subsidiary Canwest Media has received another two-week extension in talks with senior lenders to renegotiate a CAN$300 million ($243 million) credit facility. The deadline has now been pushed to April 21 after it was earlier extended two times. “During[…]
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SAG task force updated on contract talks
Wednesday April 08th 2009The wheels of progress continue to turn, ever so slowly, on the labor front. But don’t expect any breakthroughs before the Screen Actors Guild’s next national board meeting set for April 18-19. SAG’s TV-theatrical negotiations task force convened Tuesday for two-plus hours to hear an update on negotiations from interim[…]
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