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Hot Docs unveils eclectic state
Thursday March 25th 2010Hot Docs opens with the Canadian preems of Thomas Balmes’ “Babies,” following tots from Namibia, Mongolia, Japan and the U.S., and Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn’s chronicle of the Canuck rock trio “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage.” North America’s largest docu festival announced Tuesday in Toronto that the confab and mart will unspool 166 pics from 41 countries across 10 programs, including retros, while 28 projects from 11 countries will be pitched to buyers from networks including Canuck pubcaster CBC, France’s Arte, Blighty’s BBC and Channel 4, Japan’s NHK, Italy’s RAI, Finland’s YLE, Germany’s ZDF, Stateside giants HBO and the Sundance Channel during the two-day Toronto Documentary Forum.
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Canadians can afford higher cable fees, CRTC says
Wednesday March 24th 2010Cable subscribers have shrugged at rate increases in the past and might be willing to do so again if new fees are passed on to them, the national broadcast regulator suggested Tuesday. In a report submitted to the federal cabinet, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said it does not believe “that significant affordability issues would be created” for consumers if a new compensation regime is introduced as early as next year.
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AD Nauseum: Hey IKEA, where’s the IDEA?
Wednesday March 24th 2010AD Nauseum The weekly Advertising Critical Review The opinions below are those of the author and don’t necessarily reflect the views of TO411 or its staff. Feel free to communicate your responses/ideas/suggestions by writing directly to AD Nauseum: adnauseum@to411.com. No animals were harmed by these barbs… First of all I think[…]
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CRTC rules TV networks can charge for their signals
Tuesday March 23rd 2010The major television networks have won the right to start charging for their signals, but it will now be up to the courts – and the federal government - to determine whether consumers will pay more on their monthly bills. In a decision that alters how the industry operates, the Canadian[…]
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Toronto’s C.O.R.E Digital Shuts its Doors
Tuesday March 23rd 2010According to Michael Carter, President of CASO, Computer Animation Studios of Ontario, founding member and leading animation and visual effects house C.O.R.E Digital has shut down. Founded in 1994, the Toronto-based C.O.R.E. was a full production and output facility offering a broad range of services such as C.O.R.E. Visual Effects, C.O.R.E. Toons, C.O.R.E. Film Productions and C.O.R.E. Feature Animation. The Hollywood Reporter reported that the company’s financial difficulties were caused by a number of factors, including currency valuation changes against the US dollar, decreasing margins on production work, and their failure to secure loan guarantees from the Ontario provisional government, which has previously granted such subsidies to Starz Animation and Ubisoft.
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Archives for: March 20105
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Hot Docs unveils eclectic state
Thursday March 25th 2010Hot Docs opens with the Canadian preems of Thomas Balmes’ “Babies,” following tots from Namibia, Mongolia, Japan and the U.S., and Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn’s chronicle of the Canuck rock trio “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage.” North America’s largest docu festival announced Tuesday in Toronto that the confab and mart will unspool 166 pics from 41 countries across 10 programs, including retros, while 28 projects from 11 countries will be pitched to buyers from networks including Canuck pubcaster CBC, France’s Arte, Blighty’s BBC and Channel 4, Japan’s NHK, Italy’s RAI, Finland’s YLE, Germany’s ZDF, Stateside giants HBO and the Sundance Channel during the two-day Toronto Documentary Forum.
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Canadians can afford higher cable fees, CRTC says
Wednesday March 24th 2010Cable subscribers have shrugged at rate increases in the past and might be willing to do so again if new fees are passed on to them, the national broadcast regulator suggested Tuesday. In a report submitted to the federal cabinet, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said it does not believe “that significant affordability issues would be created” for consumers if a new compensation regime is introduced as early as next year.
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AD Nauseum: Hey IKEA, where’s the IDEA?
Wednesday March 24th 2010AD Nauseum The weekly Advertising Critical Review The opinions below are those of the author and don’t necessarily reflect the views of TO411 or its staff. Feel free to communicate your responses/ideas/suggestions by writing directly to AD Nauseum: adnauseum@to411.com. No animals were harmed by these barbs… First of all I think[…]
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CRTC rules TV networks can charge for their signals
Tuesday March 23rd 2010The major television networks have won the right to start charging for their signals, but it will now be up to the courts – and the federal government - to determine whether consumers will pay more on their monthly bills. In a decision that alters how the industry operates, the Canadian[…]
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Toronto’s C.O.R.E Digital Shuts its Doors
Tuesday March 23rd 2010According to Michael Carter, President of CASO, Computer Animation Studios of Ontario, founding member and leading animation and visual effects house C.O.R.E Digital has shut down. Founded in 1994, the Toronto-based C.O.R.E. was a full production and output facility offering a broad range of services such as C.O.R.E. Visual Effects, C.O.R.E. Toons, C.O.R.E. Film Productions and C.O.R.E. Feature Animation. The Hollywood Reporter reported that the company’s financial difficulties were caused by a number of factors, including currency valuation changes against the US dollar, decreasing margins on production work, and their failure to secure loan guarantees from the Ontario provisional government, which has previously granted such subsidies to Starz Animation and Ubisoft.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: March 20105
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Hot Docs unveils eclectic state
Thursday March 25th 2010Hot Docs opens with the Canadian preems of Thomas Balmes’ “Babies,” following tots from Namibia, Mongolia, Japan and the U.S., and Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn’s chronicle of the Canuck rock trio “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage.” North America’s largest docu festival announced Tuesday in Toronto that the confab and mart will unspool 166 pics from 41 countries across 10 programs, including retros, while 28 projects from 11 countries will be pitched to buyers from networks including Canuck pubcaster CBC, France’s Arte, Blighty’s BBC and Channel 4, Japan’s NHK, Italy’s RAI, Finland’s YLE, Germany’s ZDF, Stateside giants HBO and the Sundance Channel during the two-day Toronto Documentary Forum.
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Canadians can afford higher cable fees, CRTC says
Wednesday March 24th 2010Cable subscribers have shrugged at rate increases in the past and might be willing to do so again if new fees are passed on to them, the national broadcast regulator suggested Tuesday. In a report submitted to the federal cabinet, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said it does not believe “that significant affordability issues would be created” for consumers if a new compensation regime is introduced as early as next year.
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AD Nauseum: Hey IKEA, where’s the IDEA?
Wednesday March 24th 2010AD Nauseum The weekly Advertising Critical Review The opinions below are those of the author and don’t necessarily reflect the views of TO411 or its staff. Feel free to communicate your responses/ideas/suggestions by writing directly to AD Nauseum: adnauseum@to411.com. No animals were harmed by these barbs… First of all I think[…]
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CRTC rules TV networks can charge for their signals
Tuesday March 23rd 2010The major television networks have won the right to start charging for their signals, but it will now be up to the courts – and the federal government - to determine whether consumers will pay more on their monthly bills. In a decision that alters how the industry operates, the Canadian[…]
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Toronto’s C.O.R.E Digital Shuts its Doors
Tuesday March 23rd 2010According to Michael Carter, President of CASO, Computer Animation Studios of Ontario, founding member and leading animation and visual effects house C.O.R.E Digital has shut down. Founded in 1994, the Toronto-based C.O.R.E. was a full production and output facility offering a broad range of services such as C.O.R.E. Visual Effects, C.O.R.E. Toons, C.O.R.E. Film Productions and C.O.R.E. Feature Animation. The Hollywood Reporter reported that the company’s financial difficulties were caused by a number of factors, including currency valuation changes against the US dollar, decreasing margins on production work, and their failure to secure loan guarantees from the Ontario provisional government, which has previously granted such subsidies to Starz Animation and Ubisoft.
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