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Archives for: June 20095
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Vfx Emmy contenders do more with less
Thursday June 04th 2009At February’s Visual Effects Society Awards, VES chairman Jeff Okun spoke out from the podium about the miracles being performed in television f/x. “They’re doing great work,” he said to the packed ballroom, “and they’re doing it with no money and no time.” With viewers demanding ever-higher production values and[…]
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Global Television fall schedule unveiled
Thursday June 04th 2009Canada’s Global Television network unveiled a fall primetime schedule Wednesday with few tweaks and a slew of returning Fox and CBS series. “We have a stable, reliable schedule, and there’s nothing people want more than that,” said Barbara Williams, executive vp content at parent Canwest Global Communications Corp., with an eye to TV viewers and advertisers bothered by incessant U.S. network schedule cancellations and disruptions.
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Canadian kids TV faces finance challenge
Thursday June 04th 2009TORONTO — Veteran producer Peter Moss likes to equate kids TV shows with gateway drugs, where repetitive viewing of quality TV by young Canadians can lead to an appetite for more serious homegrown dramas in adulthood. So Moss, a former creative head at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Cinar, has[…]
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CTV picks up ‘Vampire Diaries’
Wednesday June 03rd 2009TORONTO — Having bought sparingly at the recent Los Angeles Screenings, Canadian broadcaster CTV on Tuesday unveiled a barely changed fall schedule filled with returning U.S. dramas and dance competition series. CTV will strip Sony and Harpo Prods.’ “The Dr. Oz Show” at 5 p.m. and schedule the rookie CW[…]
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Two COOs upped at Fox Searchlight
Wednesday June 03rd 2009Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley, who have been serving as chief operating officers of Fox Searchlight Pictures, have been promoted to presidents of Fox’s specialty film division. Under new multiyear deals, they will report directly to Fox Filmed Entertainment chairmen Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos. The duo — Gilula comes[…]
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Archives for: June 20095
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Vfx Emmy contenders do more with less
Thursday June 04th 2009At February’s Visual Effects Society Awards, VES chairman Jeff Okun spoke out from the podium about the miracles being performed in television f/x. “They’re doing great work,” he said to the packed ballroom, “and they’re doing it with no money and no time.” With viewers demanding ever-higher production values and[…]
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Global Television fall schedule unveiled
Thursday June 04th 2009Canada’s Global Television network unveiled a fall primetime schedule Wednesday with few tweaks and a slew of returning Fox and CBS series. “We have a stable, reliable schedule, and there’s nothing people want more than that,” said Barbara Williams, executive vp content at parent Canwest Global Communications Corp., with an eye to TV viewers and advertisers bothered by incessant U.S. network schedule cancellations and disruptions.
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Canadian kids TV faces finance challenge
Thursday June 04th 2009TORONTO — Veteran producer Peter Moss likes to equate kids TV shows with gateway drugs, where repetitive viewing of quality TV by young Canadians can lead to an appetite for more serious homegrown dramas in adulthood. So Moss, a former creative head at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Cinar, has[…]
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CTV picks up ‘Vampire Diaries’
Wednesday June 03rd 2009TORONTO — Having bought sparingly at the recent Los Angeles Screenings, Canadian broadcaster CTV on Tuesday unveiled a barely changed fall schedule filled with returning U.S. dramas and dance competition series. CTV will strip Sony and Harpo Prods.’ “The Dr. Oz Show” at 5 p.m. and schedule the rookie CW[…]
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Two COOs upped at Fox Searchlight
Wednesday June 03rd 2009Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley, who have been serving as chief operating officers of Fox Searchlight Pictures, have been promoted to presidents of Fox’s specialty film division. Under new multiyear deals, they will report directly to Fox Filmed Entertainment chairmen Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos. The duo — Gilula comes[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: June 20095
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Vfx Emmy contenders do more with less
Thursday June 04th 2009At February’s Visual Effects Society Awards, VES chairman Jeff Okun spoke out from the podium about the miracles being performed in television f/x. “They’re doing great work,” he said to the packed ballroom, “and they’re doing it with no money and no time.” With viewers demanding ever-higher production values and[…]
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Global Television fall schedule unveiled
Thursday June 04th 2009Canada’s Global Television network unveiled a fall primetime schedule Wednesday with few tweaks and a slew of returning Fox and CBS series. “We have a stable, reliable schedule, and there’s nothing people want more than that,” said Barbara Williams, executive vp content at parent Canwest Global Communications Corp., with an eye to TV viewers and advertisers bothered by incessant U.S. network schedule cancellations and disruptions.
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Canadian kids TV faces finance challenge
Thursday June 04th 2009TORONTO — Veteran producer Peter Moss likes to equate kids TV shows with gateway drugs, where repetitive viewing of quality TV by young Canadians can lead to an appetite for more serious homegrown dramas in adulthood. So Moss, a former creative head at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Cinar, has[…]
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CTV picks up ‘Vampire Diaries’
Wednesday June 03rd 2009TORONTO — Having bought sparingly at the recent Los Angeles Screenings, Canadian broadcaster CTV on Tuesday unveiled a barely changed fall schedule filled with returning U.S. dramas and dance competition series. CTV will strip Sony and Harpo Prods.’ “The Dr. Oz Show” at 5 p.m. and schedule the rookie CW[…]
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Two COOs upped at Fox Searchlight
Wednesday June 03rd 2009Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley, who have been serving as chief operating officers of Fox Searchlight Pictures, have been promoted to presidents of Fox’s specialty film division. Under new multiyear deals, they will report directly to Fox Filmed Entertainment chairmen Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos. The duo — Gilula comes[…]
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