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TIFF adds Bloor Hot Docs Cinema as screening venue
FILMThe newly renovated venue in Toronto’s Annex neighborhood will feature films from the Vanguard and TIFF Docs programs when the Toronto International Film Festival hits town from Sept. 6-16.
Playback Summit: Branded ent requires balance of egos
DIGITAL / TVCapital C’s Tony Chapman, Starcom Mediavest Group’s Bruce Neve and Bell Media Digital’s Jon Taylor discussed navigating the branded landscape at the inaugural Playback Summit last week in Toronto.
CBC TV schedule takes multi-million dollar hit
TV“Some shows that we wanted to renew won’t be back, because we simply can’t afford them,” said the pubcaster on Friday, as it put a number on the cuts to its English-language TV lineup, amounting to a CDN$21.2 million hit to its schedule. (Pictured: Battle of the Blades, currently on hiatus)
Television still top dog at Toronto TV Day conference
TVYes, it’s a multi-platform media universe, but TV is still the vital centerpiece at the heart of convergence, said a panel of Canadian TV toppers at Toronto’s TV Day conference last week.
Bell Media’s “Fashion Television” suspends production
TVCanada’s Bell Media has confirmed that production has been suspended on 27-year-old factual series Fashion Television, with 10 positions on the show eliminated. (Pictured: host Jeanne Beker)
Proper gets two renewals from Discovery Canada
TVJunk Raiders and Canada’s Worst Driver have been greenlit for new seasons. (Pictured, Junk Raiders host Andrew Younghusband)
TV to take brunt of painful CBC cuts
TVIn the wake of federal government budget cuts, the CBC is going to be “a very different broadcaster,” said CBC/Radio Canada president and CEO Hubert Lacroix in a media conference call on Wednesday.
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CBC and doc makers align to mentor emerging talent
FILMCanada’s Giving Voice: Filmmakers Working with Filmmakers initiative has named five apprentices to work with industry veterans on documentary projects for four months. (pictured, The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche)
WealthTV goes for “GoldMind”
TVThe reality series GoldMind, from Toronto indie producer WestWind Pictures, has been sold to WealthTV in the U.S.
Vanessa Case moves to GlassBox Television
PEOPLE NEWS / TVMost recently with Shaw Media, where she oversaw programming and scheduling for such speciality channels as HGTV Canada, Slice and TVtropolis, Case joins GlassBox as EVP of programming.
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Factual Entertainment Forum 2011 - Kristen Connolly Vadas, SVP alternative programming for The CW, at Realscreen’s Factual Entertainment Forum.