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Archives for: May 20095
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Canadian dramas get Hollywood leg-up
Wednesday May 20th 2009TORONTO — Credit Los Angeles agents and distributors with the heavy lifting behind recent U.S. network deals for Canadian series like CBS’ “Flashpoint” and NBC’s “Howie Do It.” “All roads lead through Hollywood, whether it’s for packaging, financing, distribution, and everyone needs an advocate physically based in Hollywood,” says agent[…]
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Scorsese goes digital with film preservation
Tuesday May 19th 2009Martin Scorsese has expanded the World Cinema Foundation’s campaign to preserve and restore films by forming two key alliances that allow the WCF to take the plunge into digital distribution. Scorsese, who is the WCF founder and chairman, has inked partnerships with B-Side Entertainment and online cinematheque the Auteurs to promote and distribute a slate of WCF titles that begins with four restored films.
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U.K. producers bridge funding gap
Tuesday May 19th 2009LONDON — British shingles are playing an increasingly important part in funding U.K. TV shows as broadcasters trim their commissioning budgets. This is according to research commissioned for producers’ lobby group Pact, “The Economics of U.K. TV Content Supply — Challenges and Opportunities to 2020,” by media consultants Oliver and[…]
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Canada OK for H’w’d spending spree
Monday May 18th 2009MONTREAL — Canada’s broadcast regulator Friday backed down from a proposal that would have forced local broadcasters to spend as much on home-grown programming as they do on American content. It’s good news Stateside — the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission proposal would have radically cut spending on the Hollywood[…]
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 05/15/09 to 05/17/09
Monday May 18th 2009FilmTotalAngels & Demons, Sony$46,204,168Star Trek, Par.$43,034,547X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Fox$14,702,425Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, WB (NL)$6,653,384Obsessed, SGem$4,588,97317 Again, WB$3,368,189Monsters Vs. Aliens, P/DW$3,182,085The Soloist, P/DW$2,402,801Next Day Air, Sum.$2,244,878Earth (2009), BV$1,697,956
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Archives for: May 20095
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Canadian dramas get Hollywood leg-up
Wednesday May 20th 2009TORONTO — Credit Los Angeles agents and distributors with the heavy lifting behind recent U.S. network deals for Canadian series like CBS’ “Flashpoint” and NBC’s “Howie Do It.” “All roads lead through Hollywood, whether it’s for packaging, financing, distribution, and everyone needs an advocate physically based in Hollywood,” says agent[…]
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Scorsese goes digital with film preservation
Tuesday May 19th 2009Martin Scorsese has expanded the World Cinema Foundation’s campaign to preserve and restore films by forming two key alliances that allow the WCF to take the plunge into digital distribution. Scorsese, who is the WCF founder and chairman, has inked partnerships with B-Side Entertainment and online cinematheque the Auteurs to promote and distribute a slate of WCF titles that begins with four restored films.
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U.K. producers bridge funding gap
Tuesday May 19th 2009LONDON — British shingles are playing an increasingly important part in funding U.K. TV shows as broadcasters trim their commissioning budgets. This is according to research commissioned for producers’ lobby group Pact, “The Economics of U.K. TV Content Supply — Challenges and Opportunities to 2020,” by media consultants Oliver and[…]
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Canada OK for H’w’d spending spree
Monday May 18th 2009MONTREAL — Canada’s broadcast regulator Friday backed down from a proposal that would have forced local broadcasters to spend as much on home-grown programming as they do on American content. It’s good news Stateside — the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission proposal would have radically cut spending on the Hollywood[…]
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 05/15/09 to 05/17/09
Monday May 18th 2009FilmTotalAngels & Demons, Sony$46,204,168Star Trek, Par.$43,034,547X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Fox$14,702,425Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, WB (NL)$6,653,384Obsessed, SGem$4,588,97317 Again, WB$3,368,189Monsters Vs. Aliens, P/DW$3,182,085The Soloist, P/DW$2,402,801Next Day Air, Sum.$2,244,878Earth (2009), BV$1,697,956
ARCHIVES
Archives for: May 20095
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Canadian dramas get Hollywood leg-up
Wednesday May 20th 2009TORONTO — Credit Los Angeles agents and distributors with the heavy lifting behind recent U.S. network deals for Canadian series like CBS’ “Flashpoint” and NBC’s “Howie Do It.” “All roads lead through Hollywood, whether it’s for packaging, financing, distribution, and everyone needs an advocate physically based in Hollywood,” says agent[…]
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Scorsese goes digital with film preservation
Tuesday May 19th 2009Martin Scorsese has expanded the World Cinema Foundation’s campaign to preserve and restore films by forming two key alliances that allow the WCF to take the plunge into digital distribution. Scorsese, who is the WCF founder and chairman, has inked partnerships with B-Side Entertainment and online cinematheque the Auteurs to promote and distribute a slate of WCF titles that begins with four restored films.
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U.K. producers bridge funding gap
Tuesday May 19th 2009LONDON — British shingles are playing an increasingly important part in funding U.K. TV shows as broadcasters trim their commissioning budgets. This is according to research commissioned for producers’ lobby group Pact, “The Economics of U.K. TV Content Supply — Challenges and Opportunities to 2020,” by media consultants Oliver and[…]
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Canada OK for H’w’d spending spree
Monday May 18th 2009MONTREAL — Canada’s broadcast regulator Friday backed down from a proposal that would have forced local broadcasters to spend as much on home-grown programming as they do on American content. It’s good news Stateside — the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission proposal would have radically cut spending on the Hollywood[…]
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 05/15/09 to 05/17/09
Monday May 18th 2009FilmTotalAngels & Demons, Sony$46,204,168Star Trek, Par.$43,034,547X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Fox$14,702,425Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, WB (NL)$6,653,384Obsessed, SGem$4,588,97317 Again, WB$3,368,189Monsters Vs. Aliens, P/DW$3,182,085The Soloist, P/DW$2,402,801Next Day Air, Sum.$2,244,878Earth (2009), BV$1,697,956
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