BANFF TV FEST: Doc money, the Act and HD

BANFF - Mountains, cocktails, double espressos and screenings with senators and stars, sure. But the Banff World Television Festival, as with almost every major international entertainment confab, is all about l'argent. Dollars for deals and creators hopes running as high as the bar bills at the Banff Springs Hotel. The biggest rightnow payoff for those high hopes is the CTV Documart pitch session where a total of $100,000 worth of program development cheques is handed out to three teams of documentary pitchers. Walking away with the top prize of $50,000 Wednesday morning was Brett Gaylor, a producer at Montreal's EyeSteelFilm,...