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Telus says Canadian regulator needs clearer rules on television content
Thursday September 23rd 2010Telus Corp., Canada’s third-largest wireless phone company, said Shaw Communications Inc.’s assurance that it won’t stop competitors from distributing its television content over wireless devices doesn’t eliminate the need for clearer rules from the regulator. It would be “highly beneficial” for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to give clear[…]
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Flurry of film deals as Toronto comes to close
Tuesday September 21st 2010In a last-minute burst of activity that began Friday and continued through the weekend as the Toronto International Film Festival wound to a close, U.S. distributors snapped up six more movies. Focus Features took home Mike Mills’ father-and-son tale “Beginners”; Image Entertainment selected Mitch Glazer’s “Passion Play,” starring Mickey Rourke; Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions joined forces again to pick up the Will Ferrell drama “Everything Must Go,” written and directed by Dan Rush; IFC Films made its third buy of a festival film by scooping up “Peep World,” Barry Blaustein’s tale of a dysfunctional family gathering; and Oscilloscope Laboratories opted for Kelly Reichardt’s Western drama “Meek’s Cutoff,” starring Michelle Williams and Bruce Greenwood, and Jalmari Helander’s “Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale,” a modern take on the Santa Claus legend.
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Netflix to unveil Canadian service
Tuesday September 21st 2010Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings will be in Toronto Wednesday to launch an online video subscription service that will allow Canadians to download their favorite flicks and TV shows for a monthly fee. Entering the Canadian market is Netflix’s first foreign expansion. The move has local video distribution players[…]
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 09/17/10 to 09/19/10
Monday September 20th 2010FilmTotalThe Town, WB$23,808,032Easy A, SGem$17,734,040Devil, Uni.$12,289,375Resident Evil: Afterlife, SGem$10,002,592Alpha and Omega, LGF$9,106,906Takers, SGem$3,026,285The American, Focus$2,672,521The Other Guys, Sony$1,972,046Inception, WB$1,967,137Machete, Fox$1,755,550
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‘King’s Speech’ nabs TIFF audience award
Monday September 20th 2010The odds on Colin Firth grabbing the best actor Oscar shortened Sunday as Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech” picked up the top audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Firth was edged out last year at the Academy Awards with his “A Single Man” nomination. But his star turn in the uplifting British drama as King George VI will give Firth bragging rights as the awards season gets underway post-Toronto.
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Archives for: September 20105
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Telus says Canadian regulator needs clearer rules on television content
Thursday September 23rd 2010Telus Corp., Canada’s third-largest wireless phone company, said Shaw Communications Inc.’s assurance that it won’t stop competitors from distributing its television content over wireless devices doesn’t eliminate the need for clearer rules from the regulator. It would be “highly beneficial” for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to give clear[…]
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Flurry of film deals as Toronto comes to close
Tuesday September 21st 2010In a last-minute burst of activity that began Friday and continued through the weekend as the Toronto International Film Festival wound to a close, U.S. distributors snapped up six more movies. Focus Features took home Mike Mills’ father-and-son tale “Beginners”; Image Entertainment selected Mitch Glazer’s “Passion Play,” starring Mickey Rourke; Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions joined forces again to pick up the Will Ferrell drama “Everything Must Go,” written and directed by Dan Rush; IFC Films made its third buy of a festival film by scooping up “Peep World,” Barry Blaustein’s tale of a dysfunctional family gathering; and Oscilloscope Laboratories opted for Kelly Reichardt’s Western drama “Meek’s Cutoff,” starring Michelle Williams and Bruce Greenwood, and Jalmari Helander’s “Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale,” a modern take on the Santa Claus legend.
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Netflix to unveil Canadian service
Tuesday September 21st 2010Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings will be in Toronto Wednesday to launch an online video subscription service that will allow Canadians to download their favorite flicks and TV shows for a monthly fee. Entering the Canadian market is Netflix’s first foreign expansion. The move has local video distribution players[…]
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 09/17/10 to 09/19/10
Monday September 20th 2010FilmTotalThe Town, WB$23,808,032Easy A, SGem$17,734,040Devil, Uni.$12,289,375Resident Evil: Afterlife, SGem$10,002,592Alpha and Omega, LGF$9,106,906Takers, SGem$3,026,285The American, Focus$2,672,521The Other Guys, Sony$1,972,046Inception, WB$1,967,137Machete, Fox$1,755,550
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‘King’s Speech’ nabs TIFF audience award
Monday September 20th 2010The odds on Colin Firth grabbing the best actor Oscar shortened Sunday as Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech” picked up the top audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Firth was edged out last year at the Academy Awards with his “A Single Man” nomination. But his star turn in the uplifting British drama as King George VI will give Firth bragging rights as the awards season gets underway post-Toronto.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: September 20105
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Telus says Canadian regulator needs clearer rules on television content
Thursday September 23rd 2010Telus Corp., Canada’s third-largest wireless phone company, said Shaw Communications Inc.’s assurance that it won’t stop competitors from distributing its television content over wireless devices doesn’t eliminate the need for clearer rules from the regulator. It would be “highly beneficial” for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to give clear[…]
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Flurry of film deals as Toronto comes to close
Tuesday September 21st 2010In a last-minute burst of activity that began Friday and continued through the weekend as the Toronto International Film Festival wound to a close, U.S. distributors snapped up six more movies. Focus Features took home Mike Mills’ father-and-son tale “Beginners”; Image Entertainment selected Mitch Glazer’s “Passion Play,” starring Mickey Rourke; Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions joined forces again to pick up the Will Ferrell drama “Everything Must Go,” written and directed by Dan Rush; IFC Films made its third buy of a festival film by scooping up “Peep World,” Barry Blaustein’s tale of a dysfunctional family gathering; and Oscilloscope Laboratories opted for Kelly Reichardt’s Western drama “Meek’s Cutoff,” starring Michelle Williams and Bruce Greenwood, and Jalmari Helander’s “Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale,” a modern take on the Santa Claus legend.
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Netflix to unveil Canadian service
Tuesday September 21st 2010Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings will be in Toronto Wednesday to launch an online video subscription service that will allow Canadians to download their favorite flicks and TV shows for a monthly fee. Entering the Canadian market is Netflix’s first foreign expansion. The move has local video distribution players[…]
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 09/17/10 to 09/19/10
Monday September 20th 2010FilmTotalThe Town, WB$23,808,032Easy A, SGem$17,734,040Devil, Uni.$12,289,375Resident Evil: Afterlife, SGem$10,002,592Alpha and Omega, LGF$9,106,906Takers, SGem$3,026,285The American, Focus$2,672,521The Other Guys, Sony$1,972,046Inception, WB$1,967,137Machete, Fox$1,755,550
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‘King’s Speech’ nabs TIFF audience award
Monday September 20th 2010The odds on Colin Firth grabbing the best actor Oscar shortened Sunday as Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech” picked up the top audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Firth was edged out last year at the Academy Awards with his “A Single Man” nomination. But his star turn in the uplifting British drama as King George VI will give Firth bragging rights as the awards season gets underway post-Toronto.
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