SEATTLE and BEVERLY HILLS — As was rumoured last week, Amazon and MGM have entered into a merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire MGM for US$8.45 billion.
Still subject…
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TORONTO — The Canada Media Fund (CMF) today released its findings from a first-of-its-kind, in-depth survey of racialized creators, organizations and production companies in Canada’s screen industry.
The survey…
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Production volume for Canadian content was $2.92 billion, a 12.4% decrease
OTTAWA — For the 12-month period ending just prior to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Canadian film…
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TORONTO — The Banff World Media Festival today announced a new initiative, the International Indigenous Screen Industry Summit, which will take place Monday, June 21 via the festival’s virtual…
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TORONTO — Facebook Canada announced today it has signed commercial agreements with 14 Canadian publishers to participate in the News Innovation Test, which the social media giant calls “a…
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TORONTO — Bell Media’s CTV today unveiled its summer schedule of programming, which includes new reality competition series Lego Masters (premiering June 1), hosted by Canadian actor Will Arnett…
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TORONTO — Coinciding with the launch of its A Death in Cryptoland podcast today, CBC Podcasts announced it is adding two more true-crime offerings to its lineup this…
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By Greg O’Brien
“Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it…
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OTTAWA – The federal government today announced an $49 million increase to the short-term compensation fund (STCF) for Canadian audiovisual productions which it set up in 2020 to help…
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TORONTO – Trevor Hampden (above) has been appointed as director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, ACTRA National announced this week.
His job is to support the actors’ union’s “objectives…
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