Film Centre and CBC to support new TV talent

TORONTO - The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) has announced a new, three-year, $600,000 sponsorship initiative with CBC Television to help foster emerging Canadian television talent. The advanced training program, to be known as the CBC Prime Time Television Program, is considered to be an essential source of trained writers and newly developed projects for the TV marketplace. “The CBC is recognized as the major leader in producing and broadcasting Canadian episodic drama, while the CFC has a proven track record of developing successful television writers/creators,” said Slawko Klymkiw, CFC executive director and former CBC Television programming chief, in a statement....