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December 31, 2010
Globe and Mail - The future of 3D home television? It doesn’t involve glasses

December 28, 2010
Broadcaster - Canadian short film fund launches

December 23, 2010
Toronto Sun - $34.5M for T.O. film industry

December 23, 2010
Toronto Star - Total Recall remake to be filmed at Pinewood Toronto’s waterfront studio

December 22, 2010
Toronto Star - Cultural reflections of Toronto in 2010

December 22, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - WGA sends out 'pattern of demands' seeking major contract improvements

December 22, 2010
Mediacaster - History Makers honour Canadian content creators and factual programmers

December 21, 2010
Reuters - Apple TV sales expected to rise to 1 million

December 21, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - FCC passes net neutrality rules

December 21, 2010
Broadcaster - CMF announces 2011-2012 program guidelines

December 20, 2010
Mediacaster - Canada's high-tech hub dubbed Toronto the Technicity

December 20, 2010
Globe and Mail - Google TV faces delays amid poor reviews

December 19, 2010
New York Times - A Hollywood brawl: how soon is too soon for video on demand?

December 19, 2010
The Wrap - Obama tax bill resurrects credit for indie filmmakers and investors

December 19, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - In Hollywood, a tougher climb to studio executive ranks

December 17, 2010
New York Times - The revolution is being shot on digital video

December 17, 2010
Globe and Mail - Canadian TV networks and the search for your funny bone

December 17, 2010
Globe and Mail - Next Superman film to be shot in Vancouver: sources

December 16, 2010
Vancouver Sun - B.C. sells film industry on Hollywood North ahead of HST referendum

December 16, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Hungary slashes state film funding budget

December 16, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - New website aims to help viewers find film, TV content wherever it's available

December 16, 2010
Mediacaster - Funding for web content creation renewed for 2011 by IPF

December 16, 2010
Broadcaster - New coalition calls for completely accessible broadcasting system

December 14, 2010
L.A. Times - New book presents a photographic history of filming in Los Angeles

December 14, 2010
The Wrap - L.A.'s new Film Works Program: Will it silence moaners, lessen runaways?

December 14, 2010
Toronto Star - Drama, love and loss: Top 10 Canadian films of 2010

December 14, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - 'The King's Speech' leads Golden Globe film nominations with 7

December 14, 2010
CBC News - Toronto critics call Social Network year's best

December 13, 2010
L.A. Times - Imagine, Reliance partner for 'writers lab' meant to banish 'development hell'

December 13, 2010
Globe and Mail - TV execs see more web watching in 2011

December 13, 2010
Toronto Star - Netflix to add Canadian shows, SNL

December 13, 2010
L.A. Times - FilmL.A. unveils marketing campaign to tout the local film industry

December 13, 2010
New Zealand Herald - The Hollywood shell game

December 11, 2010
Wall Street Journal - Getting real about movie ratings

December 10, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, AFTRA send contract ballots to membership

December 9, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Banff World Television Festival to honor Netflix

December 9, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - DGA board approves tentative deal

December 9, 2010
The Wrap - DGA approves contract: health plan gains, travel loss

December 9, 2010
Broadcaster - Writers Guild makes presentation on vertical integration of media companies

December 9, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Canadian broadcasters filming more cop dramas

December 9, 2010
Toronto Star - IMAX, foes battle for our attention

December 9, 2010
Mediacaster - Broadcast and new media projects get funding from Bell Fund

December 9, 2010
Montreal Gazette - Too much of a good thing at Mel’s Cité du Cinéma?

December 8, 2010
Calgary Herald - Calgary film hub good, but incentives also needed, industry reps say

December 8, 2010
L.A. Times - Writers seek labor contract on Comcast shows

December 8, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - FilmLA, officials to reveal plans for campaign pushing local productions

December 8, 2010
CBC News - Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men get writing nods

December 8, 2010
Broadcaster - Douglas James Dales: In memoriam

December 8, 2010
Toronto Star - Is the new copyright law ‘fair'? Yes

December 8, 2010
Toronto Star - Is the new copyright law ‘fair'? No

December 8, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Prima Cinema to offer films same day as theatrical release - for $20,500

December 8, 2010
Mediacaster - Filling the 3D pipeline - CRC licenses 2D to 3D conversion tools

December 7, 2010
Halifax Chronicle Herald - Province’s tax credit changes will help animators

December 7, 2010
The Wrap - Producers Guild puts on 3D glasses

December 7, 2010
L.A. Times - Universal Studios puts real money into virtual stage

December 7, 2010
Toronto Star - Toronto critics expand awards

December 7, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Los Angeles city council passes production tax incentive

December 7, 2010
L.A. Times - Directors and studios reach deal on a new labor pact

December 7, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - DGA and studios reach tentative deal

December 7, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Despite upcoming tentpoles, movie admissions expected to be down from last year

December 7, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Technicolor develops 3D certification program

December 6, 2010
Globe and Mail - Internet regulation outside CRTC jurisdiction: expert

December 6, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Amazon to launch rival to Netflix

December 6, 2010
Wall Street Journal - No longer tiny, Netflix gets respect—and creates fear

December 5, 2010
L.A. Times - Hollywood will always have Paris (and is being offered the rest of France)

December 5, 2010
The Wrap - Is Netflix streaming its way towards disaster?

December 5, 2010
Globe and Mail - Don’t care about copyright? You should

December 4, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - SAG health plan announces benefit changes

December 4, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - SAG-AFTRA joint board approves studio deal

December 4, 2010
L.A. Times - Actors unions' board approves new film and TV contract

December 4, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - DGA negotiations go into overtime, then pause

December 3, 2010
Toronto Star - The digital revolution: film

December 3, 2010
Broadcaster - Canadian New Media Awards rebrands

December 3, 2010
Broadcaster - Telefilm announces films to be screened at Sundance Festival

December 3, 2010
Globe and Mail - Companies like Netflix should be regulated by CRTC: Shaw

December 3, 2010
Mediacaster - Telecom profits to increase in 2010

December 2, 2010
Reuters - Future of TV? Snapping, swiping and surfing

December 2, 2010
Globe and Mail - Consumer likely to foot bill as telecoms seek content

December 2, 2010
CBC News - U.S. critics name The Social Network best film

December 2, 2010
Mediacaster - Canadian New Media Awards celebrate 10th anniversary, announces 2010 winners

December 1, 2010
Toronto Star - Canadian films grab 3 Sundance slots

December 1, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Whistler Film Festival shines spotlight on filmmakers

December 1, 2010
Reuters - Netflix scrambles future of TV and films

December 1, 2010
New York Times - Glimmers of hope for small films during glittery Oscar promotions

November 30, 2010
CBC News - Windsor film industry viability gets mixed reviews

November 30, 2010
Mediacaster - Media fund provides record production support

November 30, 2010
Globe and Mail - Where has the support for Canadian documentaries gone?

November 30, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - DGA talks continue for third week

November 29, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Fox sues to stop film and TV script leaks

November 29, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Google TV stumbles one month after launch

November 29, 2010
New York Times - Casting director dismissed from ‘Hobbit’

November 29, 2010
L.A. Times - Netflix stock hits $200 for the first time

November 29, 2010
CBC News - Moguls erode internet's openness: critic

November 29, 2010
Studio Briefing - British Film Institute to take over role of film council

November 29, 2010
Reuters - Microsoft eyes leap back into TV: sources

November 29, 2010
Toronto Star - Techno angst of media corporations

November 28, 2010
L.A. Times - Eyewear shoots for style in 3-D

November 27, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - U.K. film industry ponders its post-'Harry Potter' prospects

November 26, 2010
Toronto Star - An outbreak of laughter in Canadian film

November 26, 2010
Globe and Mail - So much for ‘filmmaking’: Digital is taking over the business

November 25, 2010
CBC News - Canada needs marriage of TV companies and telecommunications providers, MPs told

November 25, 2010
Toronto Star - MuchMusic loses bid to cut music video content

November 24, 2010
New York Times - Hitchcock would’ve had a web site

November 24, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Ascent selling creative and media services divisions to Deluxe

November 24, 2010
Chicago Tribune - Filmmaker pleads guilty in Iowa tax credit scandal

November 24, 2010
Toronto Star - With his team set, Ford looks to woo culture crowd

November 23, 2010
Bloomberg - No more Gran Torinos for states losing $3.5 billion in revenues

November 23, 2010
L.A. Times - No joke: sitcoms fire up L.A. production

November 23, 2010
The Wire Report - NDP MPP introduces labour bill for film, TV industry

November 23, 2010
Mediacaster - New digital media industry survey now online

November 23, 2010
Globe and Mail - CRTC, Industry Canada push for greater powers

November 23, 2010
Broadcaster - CACTUS endorses CRTC call for tougher regulatory tools

November 23, 2010
Globe and Mail - The grassroots threat to cable TV revenue

November 22, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - DGA talks continue

November 22, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - 'Biggest Loser' crew reaches new deal, ends strike

November 22, 2010
Mediacaster - Government provides updates, not strategy, on Canada's digital economy

November 22, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Google eyes Miramax's film library

November 21, 2010
The Guardian U.K. - Oscar-winning producer says fear is behind neglect of British film-making talent

November 19, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - WGA in organizing struggle with comcast

November 19, 2010
Mediacaster - CRTC chair concerned about vertical integration in media

November 19, 2010
Globe and Mail - Canada's culture can still make its mark on the Internet

November 19, 2010
Globe and Mail - We used to see films. Now we see franchises

November 19, 2010
Toronto Star - Shaw Communications CEO suddenly steps down

November 18, 2010
Film Journal - Digital, schmigital...movie theatres continue to dodge web bullets

November 18, 2010
L.A. Times - Nielsen study: We're still a nation of couch pumpkins

November 18, 2010
L.A. Times - Hollywood's new space race

November 18, 2010
Globe and Mail - CBC unveils its winter lineup

November 18, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - California Labor Federation endorses 'Biggest Loser' strike

November 18, 2010
Toronto Star - Canadian documentary on Oscars semifinal list

November 18, 2010
CBC News - Cineplex adds movie download service

November 17, 2010
CBC News - Filmmakers matched with Nunavut talent

November 17, 2010
L.A. Times - Video game revenue down in October

November 17, 2010
Mediacaster - NATPE and nextMEDIA launch digital media partnership

November 17, 2010
CBC News - Canadian actors call for tax to hard drives and mp3 players to protect creators

November 16, 2010
L.A. Times - Amazon.com going into movie producing with new website, first look deal with Warner Bros.

November 16, 2010
Globe and Mail - How the new copyright bill will affect Canadian culture

November 16, 2010
Globe and Mail - Capacity lacking to carry all local TV: Bell, Shaw

November 16, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - L.A. AFL-CIO pledges to send picketers to ‘Biggest Loser’

November 16, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Amazon.com brings moviemaking to the masses with Amazon Studios launch

November 16, 2010
Globe and Mail - Creators push for amendments to planned copyright legislation

November 16, 2010
CBC News - ACTRA calls for changes to copyright bill

November 16, 2010
Toronto Star - Canadian actors urge changes to copyright bill

November 16, 2010
L.A. Times - 'The Biggest Loser' set picketed by crew, labor officials

November 15, 2010
Globe and Mail - Cornwall, Ontario: the next Hollywood of the North?

November 15, 2010
Toronto Star - Small screen gems

November 15, 2010
Broadcaster - The academy announces 25th Gemini Award winners

November 15, 2010
L.A. Times - Disney encourages sales of digital movies

November 15, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Do online viewers watch less TV? New poll's findings might surprise you

November 14, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - SAG/AFTRA negotiations almost unraveled at 'perilous moments'

November 14, 2010
Yourhome.ca (Toronto Star) - Toronto streets to be living movie set

November 12, 2010
Globe and Mail - Toronto’s indie gaming scene levels up

November 12, 2010
New York Times - A parallel universe to TV and movies

November 12, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Why are no female directors on Hollywood's 10 highest-earning women list?

November 12, 2010
Toronto Star - CBC is losing the war to survive

November 11, 2010
The Wrap - Digital media study: online gaming gets it right

November 11, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - DGA negotiations to start next week

November 11, 2010
The Wrap - Trouble at Paramount: Marvel leaves & Katzenberg's restless

November 11, 2010
L.A. Times - Screen Actors Guild reaches accord for actors on basic cable, animation shows

November 11, 2010
L.A. Times - Eyes after the prize; Will the Bigelow Effect carry over for female directors?

November 11, 2010
Globe and Mail - T.O.-based Jersey Shore knock-off criticized for offensive content

November 10, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, AFTRA develop new TV-theatrical contract, look ahead to merger

November 10, 2010
Broadcaster - CRTC amends contributions to programming by BDUs

November 10, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Los Angeles, India form film council

November 10, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - 'Biggest Loser' production halted amid labor dispute

November 10, 2010
Toronto Star - Soon, the movies could be watching you

November 9, 2010
Toronto Sun - Movie rating system out of date?

November 9, 2010
L.A. Times - Warner Bros. acquires Britain's Leavesden Studios

November 9, 2010
Globe and Mail - Oprah’s brand boosts Corus’s women’s channels

November 9, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, AFTRA give up first-class travel

November 9, 2010
The Wrap - Hollywood throws big bucks at untested novelists

November 9, 2010
Reuters - TV networks seek to stop FilmOn

November 8, 2010
The Wrap - Is GLAAD Hollywood's latest bully?

November 8, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - WGA, IATSE weigh in on SAG/AFTRA deal

November 8, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Analysis: How the guilds lost the 'Hobbit' war

November 8, 2010
Toronto Star - Sci fi zombie flick Resident Evil IV top-grossing Canadian film

November 7, 2010
Toronto Star - Lantos on the road building Barney’s Version buzz

November 7, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Canadian producers hiring American stars to boost visibility of films

November 7, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Actors' unions reach deal with AMPTP

November 6, 2010
Globe and Mail - NFB’s Perlmutter goes in search of Canadians’ stories

November 4, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Cure for 3D viewing motion sickness in the works in Canada

November 4, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - BCE sees earnings dip ahead of CTV takeover

November 4, 2010
Globe and Mail - 40 years later, sequel to classic buddy flick Goin’ Down the Road is under way

November 4, 2010
CBC News - CBC's Guns, Tudors win at Geminis bash

November 3, 2010
Toronto Star - Guns miniseries, Olympic coverage win multiple Geminis

November 3, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - How DreamWorks animation is using social gaming to boost 'Megamind'

November 3, 2010
Mediacaster - ACCT honours digital media achievements at industry gala

November 2, 2010
CBC News - Google TV exec says broadcasters 'misunderstand' role of its online TV platform

November 2, 2010
L.A. Times - Video game violence case goes to Supreme Court

November 2, 2010
CBC News - Arts groups re-think the 'creative economy'

November 2, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Why securing U.S. distribution is still a tough sell

November 2, 2010
Globe and Mail - Will Internet TV change the way we watch television?

November 2, 2010
L.A. Times - Hollywood studios grappling with when and where to release their movies on DVD, digital

November 2, 2010
Toronto Star - CTV-led Olympic consortium wins six Geminis

November 2, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Study: 20% of viewers might have trouble watching 3D on television

November 1, 2010
The Hill Times - Canada's copyright: Will government deliver on its promise to protect and create jobs?

November 1, 2010
L.A. Times - To the MPAA ratings board, 'The King's Speech' is just as bad as 'Saw 3D'

November 1, 2010
L.A. Times - Disney merges television distribution into home entertainment

November 1, 2010
Globe and Mail - Rogers Media head rushing to get into apps game

November 1, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Netflix Canada starts streaming on Xbox 360 consoles

November 1, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Like to watch 'Mad Men?' Research shows you're liberal and creative

November 1, 2010
Broadcaster Magazine - CRTC announces revised definitions for television program categories

October 31, 2010
New York Times - Spielberg and DreamWorks energize the magic machine anew

October 31, 2010
New York Times - Moguls and movie stars: A history of Hollywood

October 30, 2010
CBC News - New Zealand passes Hobbit labour law

October 29, 2010
L.A. Times - Does today's Hollywood stack up to the Hollywood of decades past?

October 29, 2010
NextMedia - Google pitches YouTube as a TV network

October 29, 2010
Toronto Star - Will Ford take an axe to culture?

October 29, 2010
Reuters - New Zealand law passed to keep "Hobbit" despite protests

October 28, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - As Canwest Global dies, Shaw Media is born

October 28, 2010
Medicaster - Online voting, top celebrities announced for Gemini Awards show

October 28, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - American Film Market territory reports

October 28, 2010
Variety - Big breaks by the bayou; Crews, studios and tax credits lure shoots to Louisiana

October 27, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Netflix spending on streaming content rises to $1.18 billion

October 27, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - How to create an Internet hit using tricks from TV

October 27, 2010
Reuters - New Zealand divided over government deal to keep Hobbit

October 27, 2010
CBC News - Ottawa expects record year for filmmaking

October 27, 2010
Globe and Mail - Shaw takes reins as CanWest rides into sunset

October 27, 2010
Reuters - TV networks want fair payment from cable, web TV

October 27, 2010
Reuters - Cable, technology, media firms form digital registry

October 27, 2010
CBC News - New Zealand, Hobbit execs find middle ground

October 27, 2010
Globe and Mail - Corus boosts dividend as profit weakens

October 26, 2010
The Wrap - What the mid-term elections will mean for Hollywood

October 26, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Spirit Awards returning to the Santa Monica beach

October 26, 2010
Variety - TV earnings drop at SAG; Guild losing its clout in primetime

October 26, 2010
Associated Press - Studios: Tax breaks or no 'Hobbit' for New Zealand

October 26, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Japanese indies feel the squeeze

October 25, 2010
Mediacaster - CRTC decision 'risks the future of television', industry group says

October 25, 2010
Mediacaster - Writers guild applauds decision on Shaw/Canwest deal

October 25, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - WGA unveils priorities for upcoming negotiations with AMPTP

October 25, 2010
Reuters - Directors blame filmmaking crisis on Internet

October 25, 2010
Associated Press - Online TV spats mean fewer free shows on web

October 25, 2010
Mediacaster - New broadcaster on the block as Isuma TV streams ImagineNATIVE sessions

October 25, 2010
Toronto Sun - Why funding the arts doesn’t just cater to the black tie set

October 24, 2010
Toronto Star - Lights, camera . . . check-in

October 24, 2010
New York Times - TV watchdog group is on the defensive

October 24, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Sony's Michael Lynton defends 3D; 'It's not a fad'

October 23, 2010
L.A. Times - Hollywood's little secret: movie purgatory

October 23, 2010
Toronto Star - Mayoral race: The choice facing culture

October 22, 2010
Globe and Mail - Why Hollywood hates capitalism

October 21, 2010
Toronto Star - Just how blue is that Valentine?

October 21, 2010
CBC News - Kirk LaPointe named CBC ombudsman

October 21, 2010
Globe and Mail - The web is the new art-house cinema

October 21, 2010
The Wrap - Inconvenient truths about Oscar's documentary process

October 21, 2010
L.A. Times - Networks block Google TV to protect themselves

October 20, 2010
L.A. Times - L.A. looks at tax breaks to keep Hollywood from straying

October 20, 2010
Toronto Star - Toronto Film Club: A not-so-secret society

October 20, 2010
Toronto Sun - Leading filmmakers attend Lightbox screenings

October 20, 2010
Macleans.ca - On the fakeness of reality shows, how ‘the dumb bimbo’ is cast, and why actresses are shrinking

October 20, 2010
The Wrap - Is Pixar sexist? Anger as studio replaces female director on ‘Brave’

October 20, 2010
L.A. Times - SAG ends boycott of "The Hobbit"

October 20, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - CBC president defends U.S. game show lead-ins

October 20, 2010
Mediacaster - Hockey soundtrack, new single released online in advance of film opening

October 19, 2010
Globe and Mail - Emmy-winning editor strove for perfection

October 19, 2010
New York Times - Eye-popping for art’s sake: an advocate for 3-D films

October 19, 2010
L.A. Times - Consumers to DVD-profit-hungry Hollywood: Drop dead!

October 19, 2010
L.A. Times - City OKs plan to reduce production taxes for filmmakers

October 19, 2010
Reuters - BBC to face funding squeeze as Britain cuts costs

October 19, 2010
CBC News - 'Back to the Future' writer decries lack of originality in today's movies

October 18, 2010
Mediacaster - Canwest Global awarded new cat 2 specialty service licence

October 18, 2010
L.A. Times - More people are watching movies online, but few are buying them

October 18, 2010
Globe and Mail - Group calls for end to foreign ownership restrictions on telecom

October 18, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - SAG elects Ned Vaughn 1st national VP

October 18, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - 3D TV venture unveils first programming plans

October 18, 2010
CBC News - Water doc wins at environmental film fest

October 18, 2010
Mediacaster - Hot Docs online library nominated for Canadian New Media Award

October 16, 2010
L.A. Times - Howard Hughes aviation complex in Playa Vista getting a $50-million renovation

October 15, 2010
Wall Street Journal - TV's alternate universe

October 15, 2010
CBC News - Why are contemporary Quebec films so depressing?

October 15, 2010
Toronto Star - Future of television is online and on-demand

October 14, 2010
Macleans.ca - Blame it on those DVD commentaries

October 14, 2010
Macleans.ca - What Oscar likes in a woman

October 14, 2010
L.A. Times - Studio Math 101: $40 million is new budget ceiling for Hollywood dramas

October 14, 2010
New York Times - Film riches, cleaned up for posterity

October 14, 2010
Globe and Mail - AMC opening four Imax theatres in Ontario

October 14, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Poll: Online video close to trumping TV

October 13, 2010
New York Times - Documentaries (in name only) of every stripe

October 13, 2010
New York Times - Producers guild pushes for clearer film credits

October 13, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Gory films obscenity trial begins in Montreal

October 13, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Mongrel, Netflix team for day-and-date releases

October 13, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Culver City mulls production tax revamp

October 13, 2010
Mediacaster - Canadian New Media Awards present 2010 finalists

October 13, 2010
Mediacaster - Banff World Television Competition call for TV, new media entries

October 13, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Sixty-five countries submit films for Oscars

October 13, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Producers guild proposes new producers' mark

October 13, 2010
Mediacaster - Directors guild commends CRTC on cancon decision

October 13, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - 'Hobbit' parties to meet on Thursday

October 12, 2010
L.A. Times - On-location film production in L.A. barely rises in the third quarter

October 12, 2010
L.A. Times - 3-D sound developer is bending Hollywood's ear

October 12, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Canada's Film Board inks Web VOD deals

October 12, 2010
Mediacaster - Canadian short screenplay competition call for entries

October 9, 2010
Detroit Free Press - Governor: Film tax credit to create jobs

October 8, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Toronto touts its flexible locations

October 8, 2010
L.A. Times - Michigan governor touts film tax credit program amid criticism

October 8, 2010
Mediacaster - Rogers, CTV Bid to Reduce Canadian Content Rejected by CRTC

October 7, 2010
The Guardian U.K. - Where now for the British film industry?

October 2010
411 News - Spotlight on Canada: Pinewood Toronto Studios

October 7, 2010
Globe and Mail - Can copyright bill survive with all its kinks?

October 6, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Analyst: Takeover bid could value Astral at $3.7 bil

October 6, 2010
Film Journal - TIFF the Lightbox Fantastic: Toronto Film Festival unveils state-of-the-art showcase for movie lovers

October 6, 2010
L.A. Times - How Hollywood's franchise sequels have become catnip for top directors

October 6, 2010
CBC News - Hobbit not welcomed by Canadian union

October 6, 2010
Toronto Star - Bell moves to put CTV on more screens

October 6, 2010
Mediacaster - Canada's cyber security strategy unveiled

October 6, 2010
Globe and Mail - CBC Schedule (II): Selling the government-approved narrative

October 6, 2010
California Chronicle - Filmmakers seek better tax credit for smaller productions

October 5, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - AFTRA member accused of running SAGWatch

October 5, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - How Europe is competing with U.S. TV fare

October 5, 2010
L.A. Times - Michigan agency casts critical eye on state's film tax credits

October 5, 2010
Leaside Rosedale Town Crier - Merton Street: Hollywood North

October 5, 2010
Globe and Mail - Enough with the fluff: CBC is top-heavy with lightweight shows

October 5, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Celebrities called in to fuel sales at MIPCOM

October 4, 2010
L.A. Times - Tull gets control of Legendary Pictures in buyout of original investors

October 4, 2010
NextMedia - HBO Go, CNBC among Google TV partners

October 1, 2010
Toronto Star - Toronto reels in Indian movie industry opportunities

October 1, 2010
Toronto Star - Fight to survive in digital age

October 1, 2010
Yahoo News - Paramount to lay off 53 people; save $10 million

September 30, 2010
L.A. Times - AFTRA reaches deal with Teamsters

September 30, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Whitest Oscars in 10 years?

September 29, 2010
NextMedia - Ben Silverman dissects 'Lone Star' axe

September 29, 2010
New York Times - Unusual film gets innovative marketing

September 29, 2010
L.A. Times - Hollywood labor unions declare support for online piracy bill

September 29, 2010
Globe and Mail - Toronto mayoral contenders leave arts debate with new rifts

September 29, 2010
Toronto Star - Boost arts funding, candidates say

September 28, 2010
Toronto Star - Turning 20, movie database IMDb overhauls its website

September 28, 2010
L.A. Times - Will Peter Jackson get labeled a union buster on 'The Hobbit'?

September 28, 2010
L.A. Times - Independent filmmakers feel the squeeze of piracy

September 28, 2010
Toronto Star - Corus CEO says company still sees growth potential in women-skewed TV channels

September 28, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Studios respond to guilds' 'Hobbit' boycott

September 27, 2010
Mediacaster - NFB unveils new 3D content

September 27, 2010
CBC News - Why are so many science-fiction series shot in Canada?

September 27, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, AFTRA start talks with studios

September 27, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - China takes first stake in Hollywood firm

September 27, 2010
Winnipeg Free Press - CBC programs sweep TV categories at Directors Guild of Canada Awards

September 27, 2010
Mediacaster - Carriers' control over content concerns CRTC

September 26, 2010
Detroit Free Press - State's film tax credit lifts small businesses, excites imaginations

September 26, 2010
CBC News - Cairo Time, CBC big winners at directors' awards

September 25, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Guilds' 'Hobbit' boycott stirs Peter Jackson

September 25, 2010
Toronto Star - Is a national Canadian culture important? If so, what would it be?

September 25, 2010
Toronto Star - How to improve Canada's chintzy patchwork of multicultural broadcasting

September 25, 2010
Toronto Star - How to make the CBC viable in the digital age

September 24, 2010
Toronto Star - Canadian film scene still waiting for happy ending

September 24, 2010
The Guardian - New Guardian Film Power 100 list released

September 23, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - How to beat the indie financing system

September 23, 2010
Globe and Mail - Queen’s Park boosts arts funding by $27-million

September 23, 2010
Calgary Herald - Shaw purchase raises debate over media consolidation

September 23, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Michael Eisner-owned studio signs pact with Fireworks International

September 22, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Canada picks 'Incendies' to vie for Oscar

September 22, 2010
Toronto Star - Netflix stumbles as it launches in Canada

September 22, 2010
Huffington Post - Hollywood labor: The tyranny of time

September 21, 2010
Macleans.ca - Hollywood’s new heroine: the skank

September 21, 2010
L.A. Times - Actors' union facing internal labor dispute [update]

September 20, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Unions, producers get negotiation party started

September 20, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Women 'underrepresented' in film

September 20, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Netflix to unveil Canadian service

September 20, 2010
L.A. Times - Hollywood rallies behind Senate bill to combat online piracy

September 20, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Lionsgate enters Web business

September 20, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Unions, producers get negotiation party started

September 20, 2010
Reuters - Hollywood labor talks likely to be low on drama

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Hollywood Reporter - Flurry of film deals as Toronto comes to close

September 19, 2010
L.A. Times - YouTube creative artists pride themselves on being a separate breed

September 17, 2010
Detroit News - Study: Film aid costs state

September 17, 2010
Toronto Star - TIFF docs take a deeper look

September 16, 2010
Mediacaster - Astral celebrates Canadian media, culture with multi-platform campaign

September 16, 2010
Wall Street Journal - Bidding wars, biggish deals return to the Toronto Film Festival

September 15, 2010
Toronto Star - TIFF sales office enjoys brisk action

September 15, 2010
L.A. Times - Hollywood talks expected to be less acrimonious this time

September 13, 2010
Financial Post - Media deals may bring end to foreign ownership rules

September 13, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - U.K. Film Council boss steps down

September 13, 2010
Mediacaster Magazine - Media union cautions CRTC on Bell's CTV takeover

September 11, 2010
Variety - Union boards OK contract proposal

September 10, 2010
Toronto Star - Too many Canadian films, TIFF chief says

September 10, 2010
USA TOday - Actors put on the director's hat at the Toronto Film Festival

September 9, 2010
Toronto Sun - Cdn. filmmakers look for big boost

September 9, 2010
CBC News - Quebec's Denise Robert nabs $10K producer prize

September 9, 2010
CTV News - Thomson promises to help film industry

September 9, 2010
Toronto Star - The film & TV industry debate

September 8, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Q&A: Director Michael McGowan

September 8, 2010
Broadcaster Magazine - Directors Guild CEO Steps Down

September 8, 2010
Toronto Sun - Mayoral candidates square off on Hollywood North

September 8, 2010
Globe and Mail - An audition for Toronto mayor

September 8, 2010
Toronto Star - Toronto film industry debate stars mayoral candidates

September 8, 2010
TorontoLife.com - Mayoral hopefuls praise Toronto film industry, The Simpsons

September 8, 2010
Mediacaster Magazine - Demand for production financing and support exceeds CMF funding

September 7, 2010
L.A. Times - On-location filming slows to a crawl in L.A.

September 7, 2010
Toronto Sun - TIFF's docs selection just remarkable

September 2, 2010
Globe and Mail - The award for ineptitude goes to...the Geminis

September 2, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Canuck soft money big draw at co-pro confab

September 2, 2010
Toronto Star - Mixed-up land reflected in Canadian films at TIFF

September 2, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - 10 people to know in Toronto

September 2, 2010
CBC News - Atlantic Film Festival opens with Score

September 2, 2010
Hamilton Spectator - Film shoots good for Hamilton?

September 1, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - HBO stands alone against Emmy split proposal

August 30, 2010
Associated Press - Summer dollars rise, attendance dips for Hollywood

August 30, 2010
Variety - SAG faction draws battle lines

August 30, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - YouTube eyes pay-per-view films

August 29, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - 'Mad Men,' 'Modern Family' win top Emmys

August 27, 2010
Toronto Sun - Film industry thriving, eyeing interactive future

August 27, 2010
CBC News - Boost community access, CRTC tells cable firms

August 26, 2010
Variety - SAG, AFTRA merger on Guild's mind

August 24, 2010
Mediacaster Magazine - Audio visual archives see opportunities for growth

August 23, 2010
Los Angeles Times - Is Hollywood settling into a prolonged recession of its own?

August 22, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - DVRs shaking up movie marketing

August 20, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - SAG employees considering strike

August 19, 2010
Globe and Mail - Is Stephen Harper set to move against the CRTC?

August 18, 2010
Los Angeles Times - Google TV plan is causing jitters in Hollywood

August 18, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Berlin film business booms in face of crisis

August 16, 2010
Los Angeles Times - Can Hollywood keep hanging on to its aging business model?

August 16, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Bell Lightbox unveils fall film lineup

August 12, 2010
Toronto Star - How a Canadian indie movie found its time has come

August 10, 2010
Toronto Star - Canadian picks about beer, brains and dysfunctional families

August 6, 2010
Globe and Mail - Top CBC executive leaves broadcaster

August 6, 2010
Victoria Times Colonist - Victoria film chief leaving position

August 5, 2010
Vancouver Sun - HST means more lights, camera, action for the B.C. film industry

August 5, 2010
Globe and Mail - The colour of money: Hollywood invests in Canada’s ethnic diversity

August 2, 2010
New York Times - Resistance forms against Hollywood's 3-D push

July 25, 2010
CTV News - Tax regimes, local talent help Canadian film producers

July 25, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Breakthrough in Teamsters talks; deal ratified

July 21, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Hollywood preps for Teamsters walkout

July 19, 2010
New York Times - It’s a Canadian Summer for U.S. Television

July 19, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Transportation strike may paralyze Hollywood

July 15, 2010
The Globe and Mail - Toronto-based movie distributor D Films scores international deal

July 7, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Canuck producers name B.C. labor negotiator

July 7, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - 2010 Emmy Award nominations announced

July 7, 2010
CBC - ISPs not broadcasters, court finds

July 2, 2010
Toronto Sun - Mammoliti out of mayor's race

June 30, 2010
Variety - Pinewood chairman resists investor takeover

June 29, 2010
Grand Rapids Press - Proponents of film tax credit in Michigan should welcome scrutiny

June 29, 2010
Bloomberg - NY state to pass budget, gov readies veto

June 23, 2010
Marketing Magazine - Media CFOs optimistic about digital future, says Ernst & Young survey

June 15, 2010
Media In Canada - Media industry to grow 5% annually until 2014

June 8, 2010
L.A. Times - Technicolor moves from technical to creative work

June 8, 2010
The Independent - UK film industry warns against tax relief removal

June 8, 2010
Toronto Star - G20 to affect transit, schools, hospitals

June 7, 2010
Los Angeles Times - Some home truths about Canadian TV

June 4, 2010
Los Angeles Times - The plot thickens for indie film producers

June 4, 2010
Globe and Mail - Sarah Polley plays against type, as always

June 3, 2010
Northern Stars - Play golf with the stars

June 3, 2010
Variety - SAG, AFTRA to prep for negotiations

June 1, 2010
Toronto Star - A new Global season - but is it Canadian enough?

June 1, 2010
Toronto Star - Bank of Canada raises key rate as growth takes off

June 1, 2010
Globe and Mail - Toronto short film festival showcases ermerging talent

May 31, 2010
Globe and Mail - Sarah Polley plays against type, as always

May 26, 2010
Winnipeg Free Press - Atom Egoyan to lead master class at CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival

May 26, 2010
Globe and Mail - Thai film wins Palme d'Or as fest comes to an end

May 25, 2010
NBC Philadelphia - Pa. film tax credit all dried up

May 24, 2010
The Province - Movie trucks rumble back to B.C.

May 13, 2010
Los Angeles Times - Filmmakers flock to forum on state tax credits

May 13, 2010
Los Angeles Times - Filmmakers flock to forum on state tax credits

May 12, 2010
Globe and Mail - The cream of Cannes-con

May 12, 2010
CBC - World Short Film Festival unveils 2010 lineup

May 12, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - 'Hurt Locker' producers about to sue an army of pirates

May 10, 2010
Variety - Attendance surges at Hot Docs

Reprint - March 29, 2010
National Screen Institute - Canada - 18 new Canadian shorts programmed in NSI Online Short Film Festival; new films sought

May 7, 2010
TO 411 - Comweb launches Toronto film, TV facility

May 7, 2010
Toronto Star - Trinity Bellwoods no longer official G20 protest site

May 5, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Film marketers ramping up cross-promotions

May 4, 2010
Toronto Star - Shaw buying up TV assets

May 3, 2010
Variety - King of the silver screen helped to bring movies into the Imax age

May 3, 2010
Variety - Many happy returns? Guilds, studios eye pre-holiday accords

April 27, 2010
Winnipeg Free Press - Paul Gross goes 'Gunless' in Canuck spoof of classic western film

April 26, 2010
Globe and Mail - Protesters and police get ready to square off at G20 summit

April 26, 2010
Toronto Star - Avatar's Cameron calls for 3-D watchdog

April 25, 2010
Toronto Star - New show plumbs Toronto politics for comic relief

April 23, 2010
Globe and Mail - Everywhere she goes, she's trouble

April 21, 2010
The Hollywood Reporter - AFCI Locations Trade Show: Savvy film, TV productions make most of tax incentives

April 21, 2010
Globe and Mail - Toronto to try to segregate bike lanes

April 16, 2010
Vancouver Sun - Director's advice to new filmmakers: Get busy

April 15, 2010
Globe and Mail - Self-employment a great tax shelter, but comes with some distinct disadvantages

April 15, 2010
CityTV - Toronto: The city that went film festival crazy

April 13, 2010
Globe and Mail - Polytechnique dominates Genie Awards

April 12, 2010
Vancouver Observer - Soaring loonie could sink Vancouver TV industry

April 10, 2010
Globe and Mail - Dollar rise less shocking this time

April 9, 2010
Torontoist - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Trailer Goes Biff, Bang, Pow!

April 7, 2010
The Hollywood Reporter - EFP, Toronto film fest team for event

April 5, 2010
Globe and Mail - Market for 3-D content explodes

April 2, 2010
Globe and Mail - Toronto braces for G20 logistics crunch

March 31, 2010
Globe and Mail - Chloe: Egoyan steams up T.O.

March 31, 2010
Globe and Mail - A reason to celebrate: The lowest paid in Ontario just got a raise

March 17, 2010
Variety - This movoe osm't broken. It rocks.

March 17, 2010
Variety - Toon biz hit by closures

March 17, 2010
Hollywood Reporter - Toronto FX giant C.O.R.E. Digital shuts down

March 16, 2010
Lifestyle Magazine - A love affair with Toronto

March 16, 2010
Edmonton Sun - Tribeca festival to feature rock doc on Rush

March 16, 2010
Globe and Mail - Atom Egoyan to cureate Luminato's tribute to co-founder David Pecaut

March 16, 2010
Globe and Mail - Critics call for release of Iranian filmmakers

March 11, 2010
Ottawa Citizen - Gooding to star in movie in Ottawa

March 11, 2010
Globe and Mail - MFM awards shine spotlight on Northern filmmakers, musicians

March 10, 2010
Globe and Mail - Telefilm names new executive director

March 10, 2010
Calgary Herald - Lights, camera, inaction! Alberta cuts film funding and competitiveness

March 8, 2010
Northern Ontario Business - North Bay gets starring role

March 6, 2010
Vancouver Sun - BC Film Commission faces 23-per-cent cut

March 4, 2010
Ontario Media Development Corporation - OMDC Helps Boost Domestic Film Industry

March 2, 2010
Chronicle Herald - Trailer Park super up for a Genie Award

March 2, 2010
Globe and Mail - It has to be the most authentic cop series going

March 2, 2010
Toronto Star - Drama rules as Genie nominations announced

February 25, 2010
Globe and Mail - From Corner Gas to mayor, Dan is no Hank

February 24, 2010
Daily Exchange - Researchers expanding GTA's capacity for 3D film production

February 23, 2010
CBC - Comedies earn nods for Canadian screenwriting

February 23, 2010
Northern Stars - Ontario Production Rebounds

February 23, 2010
National Post - Defendor: Catches flies just like thieves

February 19, 2010
Globe and Mail - Indie goes 3D

February 18, 2010
Ontario Media Development Coporation - Ontario's film & television production up more than 40 per cent

February 18, 2010
The Hollywood Reporter - Ontario's fortunes increase after tax credit

February 18, 2010
National Post - Bruce Willis (and his trigger-happy friends) help boost Toronto's film industry

February 17, 2010
Torontoist - No Genies for District 9

February 17, 2010
CTV - Canadian tech designer readies for Academy Awards

February 17, 2010
Toronto Star - Turbulent times seen in film

February 12, 2010
Toronto Star - Woody Harrelson loved filming Defendor in Hamilton

February 11, 2010
Ontario Media Development Corporation - OMDC Gives $2.9M to Boost Innovation in Province's Creative Economy

February 11, 2010
Canadian Press - 'Precious' director Lee Daniels says Cdn filmmaker Norman Jewison is 'a mentor'

February 9, 2010
Globe and Mail - CRTC approves licence for FreeHD satellite TV

February 8, 2010
Toronto Star - Grit (and tax credits) draw film crews to Hamilton

February 8, 2010
Toronto Star - And the Oscar nominees are...

February 4, 2010
Globe and Mail - Cameron's Avatar passes his Titanic

January 26, 2010
Globe and Mail - Cameron's Avatar now king of the world

January 21, 2010
Globe and Mail - Lights! Camera! Learn!

January 20, 2010
Globe and Mail - Logistical challenges of Games cast pall over Vancouver film production

January 19. 2010
Globe and Mail - Artful flourishes on the art of getting high

January 19. 2010
Los Angeles Times - Production plummets in L.A. in 2009

January 8, 2010
Variety - Biz climbs digital mountain

January 7, 2010
See Magazine - Death Comes to Kids In The Hall

January 6, 2010
Globe and Mail - The big day is finally here; bring on Republic of Doyle

January 6, 2010
Globe and Mail - Richard's version

December 15, 2009
Marketwire - Toronto's Cinespace Film Studios Announces New Film Studio Development

December 14, 2009
Globe and Mail - Sarah Polley's new work gets Oscar debut

December 9, 2009
Globe and Mail - Ontario creates $10-million fund to aid 'screen-based' creative sector

December 7, 2009
Canadian Film Centre - The Reel Challenge Contest | New Initiative from CFC

December 7, 2009
Globe and Mail - Canada's Top 10 films for 2009 announced

November 20, 2009
The Hollywood Reporter - Scene Stealers: In tough times, savvy directors are making the most of squeezed budgets

December 4, 2009
Canadian Press - Telefilm reports 21% increase in foreign sales for TV and film in 2008

December 2, 2009
The Hollywood Reporter - DGA awards Norman Jewison with top honour

December 2, 2009
Toronto Star - Trust folds, puts Canuck film, music in peril

November 19, 2009
Des Moines Register - Judge: Filmmaker should get tax credits

November 19, 2009
Playback - Ontario gets into the game

November 19, 2009
Playback - Telefilm teams with Ceeb on features

November 19, 2009
Telefilm - CBC, Telefilm Canada Launch New Approach For Canadian Feature Films

November 16, 2009
Mediacaster - CRTC Hearings on Broadcast TV Go Live Online

November 16, 2009
Billboard.biz - ICM's Jeff Berg Cautious About Mega-Deals

November 16, 2009
Playback - Mom-and-pop studios make a comeback

November 15, 2009
CTV Canada a.m. - Prejudice is real in 'Prom Night in Mississippi'

November 13, 2009
Mediacaster - CanWest to list shares on TSX Venture

November 13, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Hollywood rethinks use of A-list actors

November 13, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Filming of state milk ads is heading abroad to save moola

November 11, 2009
MediaCaster Magazine - Portable Media Festival Airs Winner on TV, Online

November 10, 2009
Vancouver Sun - Canadian filmmaker side-swiped by Iowa funding debacle

November 6, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Daniel Craig set for 'Dream House'

November 6, 2009
Irish Times - Movies and music: the price for the planet

November 5, 2009
Toronto Star - Desolate terrain right on our doorstep: The Border finds quarry in Caledon to depict war-torn Afghanistan

November 3, 2009
Globe and Mail - A man of science revealed: Move over Al Gore. David Suzuki is moving to the big screen

November 2, 2009
Globe and Mail - CanWest-Goldman battle erupts

November 2, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Hollywood continues to dominate Canadian box office

November 2, 2009
News Radio 1130 - Vancouver councillor: Match film industry tax incentives

October 30, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Disney plans to build major production facility near Santa Clarita

October 28, 2009
LA Daily - Hollywood: Local Incentives Trump Creativity

October 26, 2009
Georgia Straight - Directors Guild of Canada Awards: wins for Flashpoint, Passchendaele, Skogland

October 25, 2009
CNW Group - 2009 DGC Award Winners

October 23, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Canada raises game developer incentives

October 16, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Hollywood concern at soaring Canadian dollar

October 15, 2009
National Post - Rising loonie threatens to yell ‘cut’ on film industry

October 13, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles boosts perks to filmmakers

October 9, 2009
Winnipeg Free Press - Everyone chasing a shrinking audience

October 8, 2009
In The Loop - Click here to read the OMDC's October newsletter

October 8, 2009
Toronto Star - The celluloid city

October 8, 2009
Toronto Star - The man who let The Littlest Hobo run off-leash

October 7, 2009
Toronto Star - CanWest empire crumbles

October 7, 2009
Marketwire - ACTRA Calls on Federal Opposition to Support Extension of Parental Leave to Self-Employed Workers

October 6, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Ken Finkleman fetches 'Good Dog' gig

October 6, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - CBS renews 'Flashpoint'

October 6, 2009
Globe and Mail - What scares Stephen King?

October 6, 2009
Toronto Star - Global TV, National Post seek creditor protection

October 1, 2009
National Post - Carbon vs. Celluloid - Green Screen Toronto aims to make filming environmentally friendly

September 30, 2009
Globe and Mail - The Tudors are back with a bang

September 29, 2009
The Star - Hot Box: TV worth talking about

September 28, 2009
The Star - Mercy, Sask., gets religious faceoff

September 25, 2009
Variety - SAG elects Howard president

September 24, 2009
Toronto Star - Creativity, innovation and film festivals

September 23, 2009
LA Times - Hollywood in Iowa -- the tax credit fiasco

September 22, 2009
LA Times - Filmmaking incentives losing glamour in cash-strapped states

September 22, 2009
Toronto Star - Erica's even better second time

September 17, 2009
Variety - Sony Pictures picks up 'Defendor'

September 17, 2009
Canadian Business Magazine - Movie starved

September 16, 2009
Toronto Star - Let's make a deal

September 15, 2009
CBC.ca - Kiefer Sutherland chairs CFC's actors program

September 15, 2009
TO 411 - Is it really cheaper to shoot in digital?

September 15, 2009
Toronto Star - Toronto the ... sexy?

September 14, 2009
Variety - War of words over SAG health, pension plans

September 14, 2009
Variety - Canada at war over tax incentives

September 14, 2009
Variety - Canadian consultants help chart biz paths

September 11, 2009
Variety - SAG health and pension plans making cuts

September 10, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Survival of the Dead -- Film Review

September 10, 2009
Variety - Warner Bros. creates DC Entertainment

September 10, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Tight Toronto market for indie pics

September 9, 2009
Globe and Mail - Canadian films shake up genre conventions

September 9, 2009
Globe and Mail - B.C. artists protest against 'brutal' provincial cuts

September 9, 2009
Toronto Star - Toronto is ready for its close-up

September 4, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Q&A: Dalton McGuinty

September 4, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Made in Canada

September 4, 2009
Vancouver Sun - Arts community hobbled by $20-million cut in funding

September 2, 2009
The Star - Return to Paradise worth wait

September 2, 2009
The Star - Ontario helps to lighten TIFF's load

September 1, 2009
Variety - SAG campaign in full swing

September 1, 2009
Globe and Mail - Of mice and X-Men: Disney hopes to win over boys with Marvel magic

August 31, 2009
Los Angeles Times - SAG members look to end dissension in election for president

August 31, 2009
Variety - Guilds fight apathy in voting process

August 31, 2009
Globe and Mail - Disney buys Marvel for $4-billion

August 31, 2009
Globe and Mail - A week of reckoning for Canadian TV

August 31, 2009
Globe and Mail - ‘A sort of Degrassi fairy tale'

August 28, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Ontario tax credit paying off

August 28, 2009
Toronto Star - You Might As Well Live: Lives up to cult status

August 26, 2009
Globe and Mail - Foreign viewers love Canadian TV

August 26, 2009
Globe and Mail - The Geminis are beyond weird

August 26, 2009
Globe and Mail - Bank of Canada takes on soaring loonie

August 26, 2009
The Star - Flashpoint's huge Gemini haul

August 26, 2009
The Star - Toronto wins in tax dispute with Devil

August 25, 2009
The Star - Ex-street cop relishes new role in TV land

August 25, 2009
Variety - SAG, scribes gird for fall elections

August 25, 2009
Globe and Mail - CBC-TV mulls pilot spun from Men With Brooms

August 24, 2009
In the Loop - the OMDC Newsletter - Click here to read the latest from the OMDC

August 20, 2009
The Star - Film festival to be star-studded

August 17, 2009
The Star - Small screen, small sound a better way to watch

August 17, 2009
The Star - Cultural institutions stagger out of recession

August 17, 2009
Globe and Mail - Corner Gas meets Twin Peaks

August 14, 2009
Globe and Mail - In tough times, movies still rake it in

August 13, 2009
TO 411 - Three top Hollywood studios bring films to Web

August 13, 2009
The Star - TV brimming with Canadians

August 12, 2009
Globe and Mail - Seventy homegrown films will be showcased at TIFF

August 11, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Candidates for SAG board set

August 11, 2009
Globe and Mail - Before the Spotlight

August 10, 2009
Vancouver Sun - Vancouver's Brightlight Pictures looks to greener pastures in Toronto

August 10, 2009
The Star - We knew it all along: Paul Gross is the devil

August 10, 2009
Variety - AFTRA in no hurry to merge

August 7, 2009
CBC.ca - Alberta hikes film grant limit

August 6, 2009
Globe and Mail - Cool Canadians amid showbiz shenanigans

August 6, 2009
Variety - AFTRA increases initiation fee

August 5, 2009
Globe and Mail - For studios, cheap ads are a Marvel(ous) thing

August 5, 2009
The Canadian Press - Paul Gross war epic "Passchendaele" up for five Directors Guild of Canada Awards

August 5, 2009
Toronto Star - TIFF's Canuck lineup pushes our boundaries

August 4, 2009
Toronto Star - Moviemakers offer fans a peek behind the scenes

July 31, 2009
Globe and Mail - The trouble with working both sides of the Troubles

July 31, 2009
Toronto Star - Hollywood prop house on the block

July 27, 2009
Globe and Mail - TV partnerships are great – until they're not

July 27, 2009
Variety - Johnson to run for SAG president

July 27, 2009
Variety - Taylor Hackford named president of DGA

July 20, 2009
Globe and Mail - Filmmaker zooms in on elusive 3-D market

July 20, 2009
Variety - DGA to Rosenberg: Go away already

July 17, 2009
Variety - Telefilm Canada topper will ankle

July 17, 2009
Variety - NBC tuning out 'The Listener'

July 16, 2009
Vancouver Sun - Ontario luring film, TV productions with sweeter tax credits

July 16, 2009
Globe and Mail - Businesses frustrated as strike drags on - Film Office Keeps the Cameras Rolling

July 15, 2009
Globe and Mail - No Cancon on TIFF's opening night

July 13, 2009
Winnipeg Free Press - Quiet on the set! But hopefully, it's just temporary

July 13, 2009
Los Angeles Times - As the Hollywood machine abandons L.A., its supporting workers struggle

July 13, 2009
Variety - AFTRA, SAG merger still far off

July 13, 2009
Toronto Star - Off-screen tempest brewing at TIFF

July 13, 2009
Globe and Mail - Is the future filmed in 3-D?

July 13, 2009
Globe and Mail - Paul Gross aims due west

July 13, 2009
Globe and Mail - Top copper

July 10, 2009
Toronto Star - The `terrible legacy' of Corner Gas

July 10, 2009
Toronto Star - TTC facility for Ashbridges Bay

July 8, 2009
Globe and Mail - Rogers must air 100 hours of Canadian film: CRTC

July 8, 2009
Toronto Star - Trolley parking plan hits pothole

July 7, 2009
Toronto Star - Ubisoft to open Toronto studio

July 7, 2009
Globe and Mail - TV firms score victory in fight over fees

July 6, 2009
Toronto Star - Video game maker Ubisoft to set up Toronto studio

July 2, 2009
Toronto Star - Ontario lets (tax) credits roll

July 1, 2009
Variety - Ontario hikes showbiz tax credit

July 1, 2009
CBC.ca - Ontario to match Quebec's enhanced film credits

June 30, 2009
Variety - SAG warned on attacks

June 29, 2009
The Star - Film firms cry foul on subsidy to U.K. rival

June 29, 2009
Globe and Mail - Competitors say foreign studio has unfair advantage

June 29, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Pinewood Toronto taps Edith Myers

June 29, 2009
Variety - Pinewood branches out in Toronto

June 29, 2009
CBC News - Huge British studio takes on management of Toronto's Filmport

June 29, 2009
Variety - TV: A matter of life and def

June 29, 2009
Canadian News Wire - New digital media research centre to benefit Canadian film, television and interactive media industries

June 22, 2009
Variety - Toronto faces filming space crunch

June 22, 2009
Variety - Filming set to boom again in Canada

June 19, 2009
Globe and Mail - Small windows cramp big movies

June 19, 2009
Variety - SAG talks to start early

June 19, 2009
Toronto Community News - Residents not happy with possible LRV facility

June 17, 2009
Globe and Mail - B.C. film and TV workers ratify new contract

June 16, 2009
The Star - Allan King, 79: Pioneer filmmaker directed Warrendale

June 15, 2009
Variety - Quebec ups film, TV tax credit

June 15, 2009
Vancouver Sun - Human Target, Cupcake Girls, Caprica and V to start shooting in Vancouver

June 12, 2009
Variety - Why the film biz still has far to go

June 12, 2009
Variety - SAG eyes guild ties

June 12, 2009
Globe and Mail - Pilot producers shun L.A. for Canada and New York

June 11, 2009
Ontario Media Development Corporation - In the Loop - June Newsletter

June 11, 2009
Variety - Pilots flying from L.A.

June 11, 2009
Globe and Mail - Webisodes won't last, says BSG producer

June 11, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - U.S. prod'n in Canada sees little traction

June 11, 2009
Variety - Timeline: SAG's contract dispute

June 10, 2009
Variety - SAG approves feature-primetime deal

June 9, 2009
TO 411 - HBO’s ‘John Adams’ wins big at Banff awards

June 9, 2009
Variety - SAG to announce vote

June 8, 2009
New York Times - Funny, You Don’t Look Canadian

June 8, 2009
Variety - Sally Field helps SAG launch final push

June 4, 2009
Globe and Mail- Life and death of the double-network

June 3, 2009
Globe and Mail- Listening for The Listener

June 3, 2009
Variety - Industryites push for Toronto studio

June 2, 2009
CBC.ca - ACTRA elects Ferne Downey as national president

June 2, 2009
CBC.ca - Film technicians lobby to reopen Toronto Film Studios

June 1, 2009
Variety - Heavy hitters favor SAG deal

June 1, 2009
Variety - SAG moderates gain momentum

June 1, 2009
Globe and Mail - Rogers spends to get with the programs

May 29, 2009
National Post - 'We're witnessing a real demise in any interest' to film in Toronto

May 28, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - New York to renew popular film tax credit

May 28, 2009
Globe and Mail - Filmmakers up in arms as Rogers seeks to alter licence

May 27, 2009
Toronto Star - Elton John and McGuinty announce $23M for animators

May 27, 2009
Variety - SAG employs robo-calls for support

May 27, 2009
Globe and Mail - When broadcasters do their job

May 26, 2009
Variety - High-profile members split at SAG

May 25, 2009
Globe and Mail - The CRTC's dial is stuck on failure

May 25, 2009
Globe and Mail - Hollywood goes Toronto

May 25, 2009
Variety - SAG members divided over new deal

May 22, 2009
Globe and Mail - Bondholders now call the shots at CanWest

May 22, 2009
CnyLink - Toronto sound designer Jane Tattersall at SYRFILM

May 21, 2009
Variety - SAG contract ratification heats up

May 20, 2009
Variety - SAG sides warn of dire consequences

May 20, 2009
Los Angeles Times - SAG contract vote nears as leadership remains divided

May 19, 2009
Toronto Star - CRTC drops content rule, renews broadcast licences

May 19, 2009
Toronto Star - Feud roils troubled TV industry

May 19, 2009
Variety - Canada OK for H'w'd spending spree

May 19, 2009
Variety - SAG to send out ballots

May 19, 2009
Globe and Mail - CRTC delays new rules for buying U.S. TV shows

May 15, 2009
Globe and Mail - CRTC urges networks to change tack on fees

May 14, 2009
Variety - SAG exploring AFTRA jurisdiction

May 13, 2009
Globe and Mail - Norm Bolen's mission

May 12, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Canadians predict fast biz at L.A. Screenings

May 12, 2009
Globe and Mail - No free pass for CBC on cost-cutting exercise

May 12, 2009
Variety - British Columbia lures big productions

May 12, 2009
Variety - Filmmakers watch costs in tough times

May 11, 2009
Globe and Mail - Vancouver scores coup with Pixar studio

May 11, 2009
Globe and Mail - CanWest offered lifelines

May 8, 2009
Globe and Mail - New collective agreement between NFB and DGC

May 8, 2009
Variety - SAG sets town hall meetings

May 7, 2009
OMDC Integration Newsletter - Click here for the OMDC's May Update

May 6, 2009
Toronto Star - Canwest gets another extension on debt repayment

May 6, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - New distribution model floated at Hot Docs

May 6, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Peace Arch CEO Gerry Noble resigns

May 1, 2009
Variety - Canadian actors renew contract deal

May 1, 2009
Globe and Mail - Shaw wins three CTV stations – for $1 each

April 30, 2009
Variety - SAG mailing out ballots May 19

April 29, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Incentivized locals heat locations show

April 28, 2009
Globe and Mail - CRTC debates end of conventional TV

April 27, 2009
Globe and Mail - Television's new age

April 27, 2009
Variety - SAG hires PR firm to soothe voters

April 24, 2009
Variety - Opponents: SAG could lose vote

April 23, 2009
Variety - SAG PR battle begins

April 23, 2009
Globe and Mail - Global drama picked up by ABC

April 23, 2009
Globe and Mail - CTV, Global press fee-for-carriage case

April 22, 2009
Variety - MPAA reaches out to lawmakers

April 22, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Tax incentives key to U.S. production levels

April 22, 2009
Variety - SAG battle likely to continue

April 21, 2009
Toronto Star - SAG deal bodes well for Toronto

April 20, 2009
Toronto Star - Things are looking brighter in the dark

April 20, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - SAG board approves TV/theatrical contract

April 20, 2009
Variety - SAG national board approves tentative deal

April 17, 2009
Globe and Mail - Google unveils Hollywood ambitions

April 17, 2009
Variety - SAG primetime deal expected

April 16, 2009
Globe and Mail - Making the most of a changing media scene

April 15, 2009
OMDC Integration Newsletter - Check out the latest OMDC newsletter here

April 15, 2009
Globe and Mail - It's been a gas

April 15, 2009
Toronto Star - Canwest gets extension on interest payment

April 15, 2009
Variety - SAG's civil war rages on

April 14, 2009
Los Angeles Times - On-location film and TV shoots in L.A. hit lowest levels on record

April 15, 2009
Globe and Mail - Rebuffed in Leslieville, big-box developer appeals OMB decision

April 14, 2009
Variety - SAG contract drama coming to close

April 8, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - SAG task force updated on contract talks

April 7, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - SAG negotiators set to meet Tuesday

April 7, 2009
Globe and Mail - Toronto to take 20-per-cent stake in Filmport

April 6, 2009
Variety - SAG explores back-channel moves

April 6, 2009
Globe and Mail - Egoyan gives Toronto the close-up it deserves

April 6, 2009
Globe and Mail - Passchendaele wins big at politically charged Genie Awards

April 6, 2009
Toronto Star - Passchendaele dominates Genies

April 6, 2009
Toronto Star - Toronto may spend millions on movie venture

April 6, 2009
Globe and Mail - Investors brighten script for Toronto studio

April 6, 2009
Toronto - Toronto may spend millions on movie venture

April 3, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Rosenberg vows defiance over deal, SAG still at odds over a feature pact

April 2, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - SAG focus back on TV-theatrical deal

April 1, 2009
Green Screen Toronto - Click here for Green Screen Toronto's Spring Newsletter

April 1, 2009
Great West Life - Click here for the 4th Quarter Economic Review

April 1, 2009
Toronto Star - Location library put T.O. on movie map

April 1, 2009
Toronto Star - David Cronenberg: France's dark knight

April 1, 2009
Variety - N.Y. tax program gets one more year




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April 1, 2009
Globe and Mail - France shows its love for Canada's Cronenberg

March 27, 2009
Globe and Mail - CBC slashes funding for top prime-time shows

March 27, 2009
Variety - SAG group rallies for gov't probe

March 27, 2009
Globe and Mail - Tax relief of $100-million to boost arts sector

March 26, 2009
The Star - CBC to scale back news, drama, sports

March 25, 2009
FilmPort News - Check out the March newsletter here!

March 25, 2009
Variety - SAG hardliners seek studio probe

March 25, 2009
Globe and Mail - Easter bunnies on the skids

March 24, 2009
Toronto Star - Loved The Wire? Then Walk The Line

March 23, 2009
Variety - SAG's Rosenberg takes a break

March 23, 2009
Variety - CFC to honor Norman Jewison

March 23, 2009
Toronto Star - Neeson departure puts Toronto film shoot in limbo

March 20, 2009
Variety - Doug Allen joins SAG picketers

March 20, 2009
Variety - Can tax breaks keep Hollywood local?

March 20, 2009
Variety - SAG eyes TV/film pact

March 17, 2009
Variety - TV biz flees California

March 17, 2009
Globe and Mail - ‘It's wild how deals are getting put together'

March 17, 2009
Variety - Can stars break SAG stalemate?

March 13, 2009
Variety - Global audiences love 'The Listener'

March 13, 2009
Variety - SAG warned about pact violations

March 12, 2009
Variety - Tom Hanks enters SAG fray

March 11, 2009
Toronto Star - France honours Cronenberg

March 11, 2009
Financial Post - Ottawa streamlines funding

March 11, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Final figures confirm AFTRA rules in pilots

March 11, 2009
Variety - SAG leaders still disagree, Hollywood board votes to send final offer

March 10, 2009
Globe and Mail - Blended media fund puts priority on digital entertainment

March 10, 2009
Toronto Star - Ottawa to merge TV and Web funds

March 10, 2009
Globe and Mail - We still watch TV

March 9, 2009
Toronto Star - Ottawa to spend $134.7M on web-friendly programming

March 9, 2009
Bloomberg News - CBS, NBC Buy Canadian TV Programs to Save on Costs

March 9, 2009
Variety - SAG, majors inch toward compromise

March 6, 2009
Toronto Star - A boost for Leslieville, and all of us

March 6, 2009
National Post - Signs of life for Hollywood North: ‘Toronto is back on the radar’

March 5, 2009
Toronto Star - OMB rejects big-box plans in Leslieville

March 5, 2009
Globe and Mail - Pontypool and the language virus

March 5, 2009
Globe and Mail - CRTC fiddles as conventional TV model burns

March 5, 2009
Variety - SAG dissidents rally outside Fox

March 4, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Canada b'casters balk at CRTC's 1:1 plan

March 4, 2009
Globe and Mail - Broadcasters seek changes for 'broken' industry

March 2, 2009
Globe and Mail - TV networks already turning channel on 2009

March 2, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - California tax breaks: A game changer?

February 27, 2009
Variety - SAG, AMPTP crisis to linger

February 25, 2009
Hamilton Spectator - The 'most likeable' gaffer, Movieland mourns well-loved techie

February 25, 2009
Globe and Mail - SAG talks could face long delay

February 25, 2009
Toronto Star - Stumbling CBC seeks federal help

February 24, 2009
Variety - WBTV moves 'Fringe' to Vancouver

February 23, 2009
Toronto Star - Tax breaks for movies to be made permanent

February 23, 2009
Variety - Will CEOs chime in on SAG impasse?

February 23, 2009
Variety - SAG rejects 'final offer' from AMPTP

February 20, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Industry gets a break in California budget

February 20, 2009
Variety - Taxing situation for New York, California provides new film incentives

February 20, 2009
Variety - SAG talks break down, Majors make guild final offer

February 20, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Broadcast pilots flying to AFTRA

February 20, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - CBS builds 'Bridge' with CTV

February 19, 2009
Variety - Still no deal for SAG, congloms

February 18, 2009
Toronto Star - Arts groups seek CanCon rules for Web

February 18, 2009
Mediacastermagazine.com - Internet Should be Subject to Broadcasting Act, Directors Say

February 18, 2009
Variety - After 3 months, SAG, AMPTP talk

February 18, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Film and TV crew members rally amid SAG talks

February 17, 2009
Variety - SAG, AMPTP to try talks

February 17, 2009
Canoe.ca - Filmmakers need help getting projects off the ground

February 17, 2009
Globe and Mail - CRTC looks to retool Canadian TV

February 17, 2009
Toronto Star - CRTC to review hands-off approach

February 17, 2009
Toronto Star - Culture clique takes the prize for petty sniping

February 17, 2009
Variety - Court denies Alan Rosenberg plea

February 17, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, AMPTP set date for new talks

February 17, 2009
Variety - SAG board re-fires Doug Allen

February 17, 2009
National Post - Five things you need to know about Filmport’s mega-stage

February 11, 2009
Globe & Mail - Genie Award voters anoint The Necessities

February 11, 2009
Globe & Mail - Grants may lift Canadian novels from page to screen

February 10, 2009
Globe & Mail - Economy takes bite out of movie distributor's ambitions

February 6, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Judge deals blow to SAG's Rosenberg

February 4, 2009
Variety - Judge denies SAG restraining order

February 3, 2009
Los Angeles Times - SAG, studios postpone talks as union president threatens lawsuit

February 3, 2009
Variety - SAG duo attempts to reinstate Allen

February 2, 2009
Variety - New SAG committee meets Tuesday

February 2, 2009
Variety - Productions cross the border again

January 30, 2009
Variety - SAG talks to be short and sweet?

January 29, 2009
Variety - SAG talks to start Tuesday

January 29, 2009
Globe and Mail - Arts groups pleased but Canada Council snubbed

January 29, 2009
Los Angeles Times - SAG, studios: both must bend

January 28, 2009
Globe and Mail - Canadian culture back on the national agenda

January 28, 2009
Los Angeles Times - SAG's White seeks to heal wounds

January 27, 2009
Globe and Mail - The silly season has come early this year

January 27, 2009
Toronto Star - Feds play kiss and make up for arts cuts

January 27, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Fresh cast in place at Screen Actors Guild

January 27, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Doug Allen forced out of SAG posts

January 27, 2009
Variety - Doug Allen steps down from SAG

January 26, 2009
Globe and Mail - Seven ways to light up your winter

January 26, 2009
Toronto Star - Mayor courts U.S. moviemakers

January 26, 2009
Toronto Star - Volunteers and private sector can boost support for the arts

January 26, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Fierce infighting at a pivotal time for SAG

January 26, 2009
Variety - SAG celebration and concern, Actors to guild: 'Stop the infighting'

January 26, 2009
Globe and Mail - Cap in hand, calculator at the ready

January 26, 2009
CBC.ca - Embattled film, TV industry seeking sweeter tax credits

January 26, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Hollywood SAG members speak up for Allen

January 26, 2009
Cinematical - Toronto Mayor Woos Hollywood Studios

January 23, 2009
Toronto Star - Being Erica, Erin Karpluk goes back in time

January 23, 2009
Variety - Allen still at center of SAG debate

January 23, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Turmoil ahead of SAG's big weekend

January 22, 2009
Globe and Mail - Michel Arpin, you need to explain - and apologize

January 21, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Toronto mayor has an offer for Hollywood

January 21, 2009
Variety - Studios proceed cautiously for 2010

January 21, 2009
Variety - SAG's Rosenberg still defiant

January 20, 2009
Toronto Star - A polite Canadian TV invasion

January 20, 2009
Toronto Star - Flash of brilliance

January 20, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Canadian dollar could steer prod'n back north

January 20, 2009
Globe and Mail - Former mayoral hopeful joins Team Iggy, as Miller shoots for the stars in L.A.

January 20, 2009
Variety - SAG's board takes aim at Allen

January 20, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Screen Actors Guild faction steps up pressure to oust leader Doug Allen

January 20, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Hollywood says ‘cut’ to lavish paychecks

January 19, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - SAG's Doug Allen angles for compromise

January 19, 2009
Variety - Allen blasts SAG's moderate wing, Guild pulls plug on stoppage waivers

January 16, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - SAG's Doug Allen pushing contract vote

January 16, 2009
Variety - SAG seeking more talks

January 15, 2009
Variety - SAG moderates to fight on

January 14, 2009
Variety - SAG proceeds with status quo

January 14, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - Filibuster saves SAG's Doug Allen

January 13, 2009
Globe and Mail - Arts funding is safe, Heritage Minister says

January 13, 2009
Variety - SAG faces tough decisions

January 13, 2009
Variety - SAG's Doug Allen out as negotiator

January 13, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - SAG ousting chief negotiator Doug Allen

January 12, 2009
Toronto Star - Peter Stebbings: Pushing himself to make changes

January 12, 2009
Variety - Proposed voting boycott riles SAG

January 9, 2009
Variety - Sides more vocal in SAG strike talks

January 6, 2009
Globe and Mail - A feisty gal both sexes can root for

January 5, 2009
Toronto Star - Canadian programming saves television from itself

January 5, 2009
Toronto Star - New shows a good sign for Canadian TV

January 5, 2009
Hollywood Reporter - SAG factions search for support

January 5, 2009
Variety - SAG exec justifies strike in new letter

January 5, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Hollywood starts '09 with little to celebrate

January 5, 2009
The Huffington Post - SAG: No Good Reason to Strike

January 5, 2009
Variety - Screen Actors Guild looks for stability

January 5, 2009
Variety - Allen issues letter to SAG members, Guild's exec director addresses strike turmoil

January 5, 2009
Los Angeles Times - SAG moderates seek to oust negotiating committee

January 5, 2009
Los Angeles Times - Ed Asner on SAG's choice

January 5, 2009
Variety - SAG toppers stick to strategy, Guild leaders won't budge on vote

January 5, 2009
Variety - SAG delays strike authorization vote

January 5, 2009
Variety - Analysis: SAG should face the facts, Guild needs to find exit strategy

December 18, 2008
Los Angeles Times - TV studios pit SAG against AFTRA

December 18, 2008
Variety - SAG stars taking sides

December 17, 2008
Toronto Star - Cronenberg's new director's role with film centre

December 17, 2008
Variety - Fox TV delivers blow to SAG

December 16, 2008
Globe and Mail - ACTRA to open Ontario credit union in January

December 16, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Opposing sides butt heads at SAG meeting

December 16, 2008
Los Angeles Times - Discord rises within SAG over strike vote

December 16, 2008
Variety - Stars send anti-strike letter to SAG

December 15, 2008
Variety - SAG's war hits home, East, West guilds battle over strike

December 15, 2008
Los Angeles Times - New York yells 'cut' on SAG strike vote

December 12, 2008
Variety - If authorization fails, SAG must settle

December 11, 2008
Variety - SAG could strike by end of January

December 10, 2008
Toronto Star - Toronto film stage to get new partner

December 10, 2008
Globe and Mail - From stunt to strategy: Finding new ways to pump up ratings

December 10, 2008
Globe and Mail - Re-inventing the TV business

December 10, 2008
Variety - SAG to meet again in L.A.

December 10, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG educates, biz consternates

December 10, 2008
Variety - SAG sets second town hall meeting

December 10, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG members pack Monday meeting

December 10, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Recovery ahead for network TV

December 9, 2008
Variety - SAG members gather to endorse strike

December 6, 2008
Variety - SAG leaders set member meetings

December 5, 2008
Variety - Sides spin consequences of strike

December 5, 2008
The Star - Blood, guts and rock 'n' roll

December 5, 2008
Variety - SAG shapes timeline, Vote would probably come close to Xmas

December 4, 2008
Globe and Mail - One day, they may up and take their Frisbees to L.A.

December 3, 2008
Variety - AMPTP add up strike sum, Producers focusing on economics

December 3, 2008
Los Angeles Times - SAG faction urges caution in strike vote

December 3, 2008
Los Angeles Times - Timing tricky for SAG contract demand

December 3, 2008
Variety - SAG: We don't want to strike

December 2, 2008
Variety - Studios: WGA upped SAG rancor

December 2, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - AMPTP: WGA's new-media claims misleading

December 1, 2008
Toronto Star - Canadian actors throw support behind SAG

December 1, 2008
Toronto Star - Times are tough, but let's not neglect the arts

November 28, 2008
Globe and Mail - Master of shock and gnaw

November 27, 2008
Toronto Star - CTV cuts 105 jobs in Toronto

November 27, 2008
Globe and Mail - Grey's Anatomy in space? What a relief

November 27, 2008
Globe and Mail - CanWest orders up fifth pilot

November 27, 2008
Variety - One year later: the WGA strike

November 27, 2008
Variety - Unity? It's a guilded cage

November 27, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG talks strike authorization

November 26, 2008
TO 411 - SAG stance sends pilots to AFTRA

November 26, 2008
Los Angeles Times - SAG stars in new production of 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'

November 26, 2008
National Post - The best TV on the planet

November 25, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Can TV take strike two?

November 25, 2008
Variety - SAG, AMPTP dig in heels

November 25, 2008
Toronto Star - Culture a growth industry in hard times

November 24, 2008
Variety - SAG to seek strike authorization

November 24, 2008
Toronto Star - Looking back at when indie spirit thrived on Canuck screens

November 24, 2008
Los Angeles Times - Independent filmmakers must get creative with financing

November 24, 2008
Variety - SAG, majors continue negotiations

November 24, 2008
Variety - SAG, majors meet for contract talks

November 20, 2008
Los Angeles Times - IATSE, Hollywood studios agree to tentative 3-year contract

November 20, 2008
Variety - WGA files for new arbitration

November 20, 2008
Globe and Mail - Halt lavish spending, CBC executives told

November 19, 2008
Toronto Star - CTV jobs on the line

November 18, 2008
Toronto Star - Plenty of promise in new Canadian TV comedies

November 18, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - No guarantee on SAG talks

November 18, 2008
TO 411 - ‘Australia’ aims to cast wide net, reel in prod’n

November 17, 2008
Variety - Canadian ratings heading south

November 17, 2008
CBC News - TVO to put shows on YouTube

November 14, 2008
Variety - Tennessee makes bid for more films

November 14, 2008
Toronto Star - Gross finds Passchendaele unites generations

November 14, 2008
Variety - SAG talks may resume next week

November 14, 2008
Globe and Mail - CanWest's debt ($3,715,057,000) challenge

November 14, 2008
Globe and Mail - CanWest loses $1.02-billion

November 13, 2008
Toronto Star - Canwest cuts jobs, morning show

November 13, 2008
Variety - AFTRA extends gaming contract

November 12, 2008
BBC News - Full-length MGM films on YouTube

November 11, 2008
TO 411 Daily - Current TV flows north to Canada

November 11, 2008
Variety - AMPTP, mediator to talk Thursday - SAG negotiations still in limbo

November 11, 2008
Los Angeles Times - Negotiations yes -- but not with SAG

November 11, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Film financiers predict years of tight credit

November 11, 2008
Variety - IATSE, majors resume negotiations

November 11, 2008
Variety - SAG: Union gigs only Guild underlines Rule One compliance

November 11, 2008
CBC News - Cronenberg's Eastern Promises triumphs at directors guild awards

November 6, 2008
Variety - SAG waits for mediator's next move

November 4, 2008
The Star - Mehta's film resonates with Indian women

November 4, 2008
The Star - TIFF seeks rich friends to make up $49M shortfall

November 4, 2008
The Star - Battle over Big Box turns toxic in Leslieville

November 4, 2008
Los Angeles Times - Schwarzenegger seeks tax breaks for movie and TV production

November 3, 2008
Globe and Mail - The Canadian TV racket: It's all about your money

November 3, 2008
Variety - Devaluation good for Australia, Production thriving as currency falls

November 3, 2008
Variety - SAG agrees to meet with mediator

November 3, 2008
Toronto Star - Loonie's decline revives local movie industry

October 31, 2008
Toronto Star - CRTC rejects plea for extra fees

October 31, 2008
Globe and Mail - Chip off the old Saw

October 31, 2008
Variety - Majors meet with mediator

October 30, 2008
CBC News - Toronto film community 'cautiously optimistic' about lower dollar

October 30, 2008
Los Angeles Times - Filmmakers become DIY distributors in self-defense

October 29, 2008
Los Angeles Times - Hollywood may not be recession-proof this time

October 28, 2008
Los Angeles Times - Canadian dollar's loss could be Hollywood's gain

October 27, 2008
Report on Business - Loonie poised to slide further: RBC

October 27, 2008
Variety - SAG, studios start the clock again

October 27, 2008
Variety - SAG meets federal mediator

October 27, 2008
Variety - Falling dollar good news for Canada

October 24, 2008
CBC News - Falling loonie may be good news for film industry

October 24, 2008
Toronto Star - Hollywood producers willing to meet with mediator

October 24, 2008
Variety - SAG, Alliance agree to mediate

October 23, 2008
Financial Post - Phones ringing again in Canada's film industry

October 23, 2008
Variety - SAG, studios get ready to talk

October 23, 2008
Los Angeles Times- Brazilian film industry's resurgence aided by foreign co-producers

October 22, 2008
Variety - Hollywood adjusts to new economy

October 22, 2008
Los Angeles Times - SAG's new act

October 21, 2008
Globe and Mail - Jackman honoured for arts support

October 21, 2008
Variety - SAG, AFTRA join forces for ad talks

October 20, 2008
Los Angeles Times - Screen Actors Guild to seek federal mediator to jump-start studio talks

October 19, 2008
Variety - Audiences enter house of 'Payne'

October 17, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Alberta faces prod'n funding roadblocks

October 17, 2008
Globe and Mail - Silver screen dreams may turn nightmarish

October 17, 2008
Variety - Mipcom mood upbeat, economic slowdown seen to spur sales

October 17, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - The success of the 'Saw' franchise

October 16, 2008
Variety - Chernin warns SAG against strike

October 12, 2008
Variety - SAG resolution in sight

October 11, 2008
New York Times - States’ Film Production Incentives Cause Jitters

October 10, 2008
Variety - SAG could strike in November

October 9, 2008
Toronto Star - NDP and Greens focus on arts

October 9, 2008
Toronto Star - Arty elites firing back

October 8, 2008
Variety - Studios prep major film production

October 8, 2008
Variety - SAG in major standoff

October 8, 2008
Toronto Star - An $85 billion industry

October 8, 2008
Toronto Star - Liberals promise to spend on arts

October 8, 2008
Toronto Star - How do the Tories measure up on the arts?

October 8, 2008
Globe and Mail - Harper scraps censorship clause in Bill C-10

October 8, 2008
Globe and Mail - Belly-laugh funny video puts arts cuts on campaign radar

October 7, 2008
Globe and Mail - Tories scrap controversial film tax plan

October 7, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Studios' 'final offer' safe for now

October 7, 2008
TO 411 Daily - U.S. actors union leader confident on strike vote

October 7, 2008
Globe and Mail - The masses like the arts

October 6, 2008
Toronto Star - Is an Internet tax coming?

October 6, 2008
Globe and Mail - Arts matter, but does Big Brother have to pay the tab every time?

October 3, 2008
Los Angeles Times - Hollywood could get a cut of the bailout

October 2, 2008
Globe and Mail - Finding Sanctuary on TV

October 2, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG panel: Board should take strike vote

October 2, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG closes in on strike vote

October 1, 2008
Variety - SAG to powwow after majors' rebuff

September 30, 2008
Los Angeles Times - SAG seeks to reopen talks, on day stock market plummets

September 29, 2008
Montreal Gazette - Cultured warriors have gone much too far

September 29, 2008
Toronto Star - Let's hope arts bashing just a pose

September 29, 2008
Globe and Mail - The Tories get a little culture shock from Quebeckers - and the Bloc

September 29, 2008
Globe and Mail - Tory arts plan targets children

September 26, 2008
Globe and Mail - Few lights shining on Paramount's new movie channel

September 26, 2008
Globe and Mail - Votes for arts

September 25, 2008
Variety - SAG contract stalemate continues

September 25, 2008
Globe and Mail - The PM's phony war on the elites

September 25, 2008
Globe and Mail - To be creative is, in fact, Canadian

September 25, 2008
Globe and Mail - When the arts flourished, my family did too

September 25, 2008
Globe and Mail - Actors denounce Tory arts rhetoric

September 25, 2008
Toronto Star - 'Ordinary people' care about the arts

September 25, 2008
Toronto Star - Arts as a wedge issue?

September 25, 2008
Toronto Star - Cultural wars a rumour no longer

September 25, 2008
Toronto Star - Actors, premier decry cuts

September 24, 2008
Toronto Star - Premier defends arts funding

September 24, 2008
The Huffington Post - SAG: The Calm before the Storm

September 24, 2008
Variety - Tough times for Hollywood dealmakers

September 24, 2008
Toronto Star - Ordinary folks don't care about arts: Harper

September 23, 2008
Globe and Mail - Hot: Stephen Harper on arts and culture

September 23, 2008
Globe and Mail - Rivals tear into Tory Leader over arts cuts

September 23, 2008
Globe and Mail - Dion says Harper pitting Canadians against their artists

September 23, 2008
Toronto Star - Layton vows to restore arts funding

September 22, 2008
Globe and Mail - Liberals pledge to reverse Tory culture cuts

September 22, 2008
Globe and Mail - Study reveals erosion in arts funding

September 19, 2008
New York Times - Dissidents Win Screen Actors Guild Vote

September 19, 2008
Toronto Star - PM stands ground on cuts to culture

September 19, 2008
Los Angeles Times - Dissidents win 6 seats on Screen Actors Guild board

September 18, 2008
Globe and Mail - Cuts jeopardize play's tour to Rwanda

September 18, 2008
Globe and Mail - Harper is murky. Artists shouldn't be

September 18, 2008
Toronto Star - Arts and culture funding: An issue for party leaders

September 18, 2008
Variety - SAG, AFTRA stand with ACTRA

September 18, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG members polled on contract offer

September 18, 2008
Los Angeles Times - SAG election likely won't end contract stalemate soon

September 17, 2008
New York Sun - Take Two: Expansion Is Sought Of Film Production Tax Credits

September 17, 2008
Globe and Mail - ACTRA seeking strike mandate in ad talks

September 17, 2008
Globe and Mail - IMDB finally gets movie clips

September 17, 2008
Toronto Star - He's a man who walks the talk

September 15, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Stakes high in SAG elections

September 15, 2008
Globe and Mail - Did Hollywood save the best for later?

September 15, 2008
Globe and Mail - The vox populi is no judge of art

September 15, 2008
Toronto Star - Make arts funding an election issue

September 12, 2008
Los Angeles Times - SAG dissidents cry foul over 'special bulletin'

September 12, 2008
Bloomberg News - Toronto Film Fest Draws Pitt, Oscar Buzz as Producers Go South

September 12, 2008
Globe and Mail - Harper plays populist tune on arts cuts

September 11, 2008
Globe and Mail - Hold politicians accountable, arts leaders urge

September 11, 2008
Toronto Star - Stars want arts plan in return for votes

September 11, 2008
Toronto Star - Sales slump at film fest

September 10, 2008
Variety - Toronto ringing its bell

September 10, 2008
Variety - SAG stalemate aids AFTRA

September 9, 2008
The Vancouver Sun - B.C.'s film and TV industry sags into fall

September 9, 2008
Toronto Star - Hollywood lowers the hype at Toronto film festival

September 9, 2008
Variety - SAG will keep voting confidential

September 8, 2008
Globe and Mail - A Canadian first: actors' training program launched

September 8, 2008
Variety - Toronto vibes well with industry

September 5, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Canada's 'Flashpoint' crosses the pond

September 5, 2008
Globe and Mail - The arts funding cloud

September 4, 2008
Variety - Canada trys to curb production slide, Film industry touts dependable crews, facilities

September 4, 2008
Variety - WGA leaders endorse SAG strategy

September 4, 2008
Globe and Mail - Didn't we see this movie?

September 4, 2008
Toronto Star - Art VIPs plot election strategy


September 4, 2008
Globe and Mail - Extra! Extra! The arts don't matter!


September 3, 2008
Variety - AMPTP blasts SAG tactic, Dueling press releases issued by both sides


September 3, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG's letter to members raises ire


September 3, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Made in Canada


September 2, 2008
Variety - SAG polling members, Guild wants members to hold out for better deal


September 2, 2008
Globe and Mail - Ottawa slashes grants for new media


August 29, 2008
Globe and Mail - Newfoundland to cover federal cuts to the arts


August 29, 2008
Globe and Mail - Protesters, Commons, Kain decry arts cuts


August 27, 2008
TV Guide - CBS dropping ‘Flashpoint’? CTV renews summer ratings darling; CBS mum on deal


August 27, 2008
Globe and Mail - Harper defends cuts to arts programs


August 26, 2008
Toronto Star - Detective shows lead Gemini nominations


August 26, 2008
Variety - Michigan touts aggressive incentives State braces for a blizzard of film production


August 26, 2008
Los Angeles Times - SAG, studios -- action! The ongoing labor standoff is damaging the industry. It's time to resume bargaining.


August 26, 2008
TO 411 Daily - Major studio film shoots in Los Angeles grind almost to a halt


August 22, 2008
Variety - SAG leaders reject majors' offer - Sheen speaks out against Unite for Strength


August 21, 2008
Toronto Star - Cronenberg hails Toronto's new Filmport facility


August 21, 2008
Globe & Mail - Can a mega-studio lure Hollywood back north?


August 21, 2008
National Post - Burgers, optimism at Filmport opening


August 20, 2008
Toronto Star - Politicians may want to take cover


August 20, 2008
Toronto Star - Filmport missing only a blockbuster


August 20, 2008
Toronto Star - The Rocker: Hits the right notes


August 20, 2008
Globe & Mail - TIFF lineup an 'embarrassment of riches'


August 20, 2008
Globe & Mail - Tories slashing $44.8-million in arts spending


August 19, 2008
National Post - Filmport arrives with a flourish, but without work


August 19, 2008
TO411 - Coastal split widens in actors contract stalemate


August 19, 2008
Variety - Faction pledges no qualified voting


August 19, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, AFTRA together for ad contracts


August 19, 2008
Globe & Mail - Backroom player is ready for its close-up


August 18, 2008
Toronto Star - CanWest to pull out of Cinevillage studio


August 18, 2008
Variety - SAG facing a coastal split


August 18, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - N.Y. board turns up heat on SAG brass


August 18, 2008
Variety - Frustration builds over federal cultural cuts


August 15, 2008
National Post - Directors Guild Responds to Abolition of Cultural Programs


August 15, 2008
Broadcaster Magazine - Directors Guild Responds to Abolition of Cultural Programs


August 15, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Another deadline has come and gone


August 14, 2008
LA Times - Big stars get behind dissident slate for SAG board


August 13, 2008
Variety - Actors unite for SAG board election


August 12, 2008
DGC Press Release - Eric Till and Alan Goluboff to be honoured at 2008 DGC Awards


August 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - Film and TV director Till to get lifetime award


August 11, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Canadian directors vie for guild award


August 11, 2008
Actor's Fund of Canada Media Release - IATSE International Doubles Contribution to Actors' Fund in Honour of Fund's 50th Anniversary


August 11, 2008
Toronto Star - Gentrification pushes out Toronto film aid


August 8, 2008
Variety - Canadian TV sizzles in U.S.


August 7, 2008
TO411 - Mayor David Miller to officially open FILMPORT


August 7, 2008
Toronto Star - World cinema lines up for festival


August 6, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG factions battle for board


August 5, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, AMPTP: Are they talking?


August 5, 2008
Variety - AMPTP: No talks with SAG


August 5, 2008
New York Times - Screen Actors Guild Is Divided Against Itself


August 1, 2008
Variety - Studios go to work despite strike talk


July 31, 2008
ACTRA Press Release - CRTC Report Shows Broadcasters Continue to Fail Audiences


July 31, 2008
Mediacaster - Canadian Filmmakers Win in Online Video Contest


July 31, 2008
Variety - SAG continues to grant waivers


July 31, 2008
ACTRA Press Release - Negotiators remain hopeful a new deal with commercial performers will be reached


July 30, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG to AFTRA: Let's talk commercials


July 30, 2008
LA Times - SAG feuds -- and the producers wait


July 29, 2008
Variety - SAG sticks to script


July 28, 2008
Toronto Star - How to Decode Hollywood


July 28, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG board standing firm on new media


July 28, 2008
LA Times - Screen Actors Guild faction tries to hold on to power


July 28, 2008
Toronto Star - Sharing the new media wealth?


July 28, 2008
Toronto Star - Before the big box, a vision for Leslieville. So what went wrong?


July 25, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Alberta plans studio in Calgary


July 25, 2008
CBC News - Sask. town to play bigger role in Little Mosque


July 25, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - 'Fireworks' expected at next SAG meeting


July 25, 2008
Variety - Prod'n continues despite uncertainty


July 24, 2008
Reuters - Hollywood actors union faces internal rift


July 24, 2008
Variety - SAG faction challenges leadership


July 24, 2008
LA Times - Election challenge arises to SAG leadership


July 23, 2008
Globe & Mail - Flashpoint a success, moves to new night


July 22, 2008
Variety - Carradine seeking SAG board spot


July 22, 2008
Associated Press - Studio ad touts contract offer to actors guild


July 21, 2008
Globe & Mail - Our man in Cairo


July 21, 2008
LA Times - Urgency is absent in contract stalemate between SAG, studios


July 21, 2008
Variety - SAG, studio apply extra pressure


July 21, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, studios face disconnect


July 18, 2008
Toronto Star - Egoyan's bold take on Beckett opens in New York


July 17, 2008
Variety - SAG's Allen blasts majors' final offer


July 17, 2008
Variety - TV biz picks up as film slows down


July 17, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - No apparent progress at SAG sidebar meeting


July 17, 2008
Variety - Hollywood needs a group hug


July 16, 2008
National Screen Institute - Press Release - Feature filmmakers: apply for training at the National Screen Institute


July 16, 2008
Globe & Mail - A cornucopia of Canadian movies


July 16, 2008
Toronto Star - Canuck flicks from horror to road trips


July 16, 2008
Toronto Star - Mehta back at TIFF with world premiere


July 16, 2008
Toronto Star - Green fee hits TVs


July 16, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Red Cam Workshops Delayed


July 15, 2008
Toronto Star - Is Fringe the next Lost?


July 15, 2008
Globe & Mail - Hollywood studios agree to meet with actors guild


July 15, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG and AMPTP to meet Wednesday


July 15, 2008
Variety - SAG, studios agree to meet


July 15, 2008
Providence Journal - Matinee idle: Tax credit cap could seriously jeopardize state's film industry


July 14, 2008
Globe & Mail - Canadian Flashpoint No. 1 in U.S.; producer 'shocked'


July 14, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - De facto impasse?


July 14, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Transcripts of SAG/AMPTP meeting released


July 11, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Transcripts of SAG/AMPTP meeting released


July 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - Ripped from the headlines


July 11, 2008
Variety - SAG nixes AMPTP's final offer


July 11, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Studios, SAG still can't agree


July 11, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - AMPTP releases statement on talks


July 10, 2008
Toronto Star - Flashpoint star brings work home to Toronto


July 10, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Studios ratchet up pressure on SAG


July 9, 2008
LA Times - AFTRA, in blow to SAG leaders, approves contract


July 9, 2008
LA Times - 'Red Cliff' and Bond: Safety first on set -- or last?


July 9, 2008
CBC - Ubisoft to offer movie-like experience for gamers with Hybride acquisition


July 9, 2008
Toronto Star - Upstart E1 could rival Alliance's heyday


July 9, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - AFTRA ratifies contract


July 9, 2008
Variety - AFTRA accepts deal


July 8, 2008
Variety - Tuesday big day for strike talk


July 8, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Record wages for writers


July 7, 2008
Variety - Record wages for writers


July 7, 2008
Variety - SAG seeking more talks


July 7, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG needs time to analyze offer


July 7, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Industry awaits AFTRA vote


July 7, 2008
Toronto Star - The 'other' TV season


July 7, 2008
Toronto Star - Patricia Rozema did it for the girls


July 4, 2008
Actor's Fund Press Release - $5,000 Contribution to Actors' Fund of Canada Launches ACTRA Montreal Member Challenge


July 4, 2008
Actor's Fund Press Release - Actors' Fund of Canada Awarded Honorary Dora Mavor Moore Award


July 4, 2008
Hollywood Insider - Will Smith and other actors sound off on a potential SAG strike


July 3, 2008
Independent Production Fund - A new source of funding for independent filmmakers


July 3, 2008
Variety - SAG situation stalled


July 3, 2008
Reuters - Hollywood studios, SAG meet to over contract offer


July 2, 2008
CFTPA Note to Members - ISAN Canada


July 2, 2008
Toronto Star - Transformed to opera, The Fly is still scary


July 2, 2008
Variety - SAG, majors play beat the clock


July 2, 2008
Reuters - Hollywood actors, studios head for labor limbo


July 2, 2008
Hollywood Today - SAG President Says No Strike Authorization Yet


July 2, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG talking, clock ticking


June 27, 2008
Telefilm Press Release - Telefilm Canada signs $750, 000 Partnership with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)


June 27, 2008
Variety - Clooney on sidelines of SAG battle


June 27, 2008
Google - SAG says studios offered more to sister union


June 27, 2008
NY Times - Hollywood Braces for an Actors’ Strike


June 27, 2008
Backstage - Actors Make Web Videos to Lampoon Rival Union


June 27, 2008
Variety - SAG says offer's inferior


June 25, 2008
Variety - SAG, AFTRA in spin cycle


June 25, 2008
Variety - SAG misses its 'Norma Rae' moment


June 24, 2008
CFTPA Media Release - Clarifications Re: ACTRA Fraternal's On-set Accident Insurance Plan


June 24, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - More oppose SAG's quest


June 24, 2008
Variety - AFTRA ballots due July 8th


June 24, 2008
LA Times - Strike threat creates a suspense drama for Hollywood


June 24, 2008
Globe & Mail - William Vince - B.C. Movie Producer was nominated for Capote


June 24, 2008
Globe & Mail - A deadly show, and that's a good thing


June 23, 2008
TIME - Another Strike in Hollywood?


June 23, 2008
Hill Times - Copyright lobby hunkering down, studying Bill C-61, and building alliances


June 23, 2008
Reuters - Time running out for actors' contract talks


June 23, 2008
Variety - British helmers form Directors UK


June 23, 2008
Variety - SAG, AFTRA hold Hollywood hostage


June 23, 2008
Variety - Pro-AFTRA effort grows


June 23, 2008
Toronto Star - Toronto still wild west for video piracy


June 20, 2008
Backstage - SAG-AFTRA Rift Widens


June 20, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, Sandra Oh go 'robo'


June 20, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Business booming for Canada's TV operators


June 20, 2008
Toronto Star - Senators vow to fix film rules


June 20, 2008
Toronto Star - Paul Gross film to open TIFF


June 19, 2008
ACTRA Press Release - Senators listen to film and television community with fixes to Bill C-10


June 18, 2008
Huffington Post - Curtain Call


June 18, 2008
Variety - July may burn SAG, producers


June 18, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Questions loom in SAG-AMPTP talks


June 18, 2008
Globe & Mail - So what's in the new copyright bill?


June 17, 2008
Variety - Strike talk has majors hitting brakes


June 17, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG's Rosenberg proposes debate


June 16, 2008
Variety - Box office goes green with 'Hulk'


June 16, 2008
LA Times - Hollywood studios are editing their home-video strategy


June 16, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG tries to mend fences


June 16, 2008
LA Times - SAG's campaign to oppose AFTRA's contract raises concerns


June 13, 2008
Globe & Mail - Leslieville resident begs board not to 'throw away' neighbourhood


June 13, 2008
Globe & Mail - Ottawa gets tough with illegal downloaders


June 13, 2008
Actor's Fund Media Release - Actor's Fund of Canada Launches 50 + 50 Campaign in Canadian Theatres


June 13, 2008
Toronto Star - Young People F---ing: Just good, clean fun


June 13, 2008
Toronto Star - Overdue changes to copyright law


June 13, 2008
Toronto Star - The Incredible Hulk: More snack than movie meal


June 13, 2008
Toronto Star - New rules for iPod Nation


June 13, 2008
Associated Press - SAG says contact talks could last into July


June 13, 2008
LA Times - Screen Actors Guild effort to defeat AFTRA contract sparks internal rebellion


June 13, 2008
Variety - Studios accuse SAG of stalling talks


June 13, 2008
Yahoo Canada - Hollywood producers 'frustrated' by actors in contract talks


June 12, 2008
ACTRA Press Release - Copyright reform a good first step - 'Balance' must include artists


June 12, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG fact-checks AFTRA deal


June 11, 2008
London Free Press - The screen actors' contract is up June 30 and the two sides are far apart on several issues


June 11, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - East Coast SAG brass: 'We were lied to'


June 11, 2008
Variety - SAG actions irk AFTRA


June 10, 2008
Globe and Mail - Fox takes Little Mosque - Popular CBC series gets second life south of the border


June 10, 2008
Back Stage - Rosenberg Rallies the Troops; New York Boycotts


June 10, 2008
Mediacaster - Shaftesbury Launches Digital Media Division


June 9, 2008
Reuters - Hollywood actors unions at war with each other


June 9, 2008
Entertainment Weekly - SAG negotiations: options dwindling?


June 8, 2008
UPI.com - Primetime deal approved by AFTRA committee


June 8, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter - SAG's ploy has AFTRA brass furious


June 7, 2008
Variety - SAG goes to war against AFTRA


June 7, 2008
LA Times - SAG seeks to torpedo AFTRA pact


June 6, 2008
Press Release - Canadian Television Fund Responds to CRTC Recommendations


June 6, 2008
Marketwire - Ontario Artists Undervalued, Not Celebrated


June 6, 2008
Variety - SAG to rally for AFTRA 'No' vote


June 6, 2008
Globe & Mail - Denying tax credits for films would have deep impact on cities, mayors say


June 6, 2008
Globe & Mail - What makes a hit show?


June 5, 2008
Toronto Star - CanCon takes back seat for fall


June 5, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Innovative Producer Award Goes to Blueprint Entertainment


June 5, 2008
LA Times - Studios may owe actors over writers strike


June 5, 2008
Variety - SAG keeps Hollywood on edge


June 4, 2008
Variety - Indie films get SAG waivers


June 3, 2008
Variety - Clock's ticking on SAG negotiations


June 3, 2008
Toronto Star - Toronto plays itself in 2 shows set for CTV


June 3, 2008
LA Times - New York's film, TV incentives could tax L.A.'s economy


June 3, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Filmmakers Bring BootCamp to Toronto


June 2, 2008
Canadian Cinema Editors - Press Release - "Canadian Cinema Editors" Jumps off the Screen!


May 30, 2008
Variety - SAG silent as studio talks restart


May 30, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Fewer options for SAG


May 29, 2008
Associated Press - Hollywood studios, AFTRA agree on contract pact


May 29, 2008
Variety - SAG resumes talks after AFTRA deal


May 29, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Maple Pictures takes 'Young People' to pols


May 29, 2008
Globe & Mail - Denying tax credits for films could kill industry, Gross says


May 29, 2008
LA Times - Hollywood studios, AFTRA agree on contract


May 28, 2008
Globe & Mail - MVP picked up in U.S. after CBC put series on ice


May 28, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - AFTRA, AMPTP sign tentative deal


May 28, 2008
Variety - Hollywood studios, AFTRA agree on contract


May 28, 2008
Variety - AFTRA, majors agree on deal


May 28, 2008
LA Times - Hollywood studios, AFTRA agree on contract


May 28, 2008
LA Times - Middle class will be a focus of Screen Actors Guild talks


May 27, 2008
Toronto Star - Villeneuve, Egoyan win at Cannes


May 27, 2008
Variety - AFTRA, studios nearing deal


May 27, 2008
LA Times - AFTRA, studios still negotiating


May 27, 2008
Globe & Mail - Game shows to fund CBC programming


May 27, 2008
Globe & Mail - Union leaders take aim at Ottawa's Bill C-10


May 27, 2008
Globe & Mail - Watch the movie, YPF distributor tells politicians


May 26, 2008
Media Caucus - Press Release - TV Stars and Workers Demand Government Action on Culture


May 26, 2008
Variety - AFTRA optimistic on possible deal


May 26, 2008
LA Times - Broadcast networks under siege


May 23, 2008
Toronto Star - Toronto's immaturity bound up in the power of unelected OMB


May 23, 2008
Toronto Star - Land dispute boils down to jobs


May 23, 2008
Toronto Star - Can-Con at Cannes


May 23, 2008
Toronto Star - Atom Egoyan's last-minute jitters


May 23, 2008
Globe & Mail - Opponents of Leslieville mall question quality of new jobs


May 22, 2008
Variety - AFTRA holds firm on online clips


May 22, 2008
Globe & Mail - Egoyan brings post-9/11 vision to Cannes


May 22, 2008
TO411 - Toronto shorts fest announces lineup


May 22, 2008
LA Times - Sony's Hot Ticket to provide digital events programming for movie theaters


May 21, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG brass cheered as members coalesce


May 20, 2008
LA Times - Wanted: More female directors


May 20, 2008
Toronto Sun - Leslieville's big-box battle


May 20, 2008
Reuters - Studios, actors resume contract talks


May 20, 2008
Variety - Studios slip on AFTRA clip trip


May 20, 2008
Toronto Star - How waterfront dream became a misty memory


May 20, 2008
Toronto Star - Silver lining on a grey summer


May 17, 2008
Globe & Mail - Developer woos ward to avoid OMB hearing


May 17, 2008
Globe & Mail - Vardalos to direct film, John Corbett to co-star


May 16, 2008
Globe & Mail - Regulator to revisit rules for new media


May 15, 2008
Reuters - Hollywood actors and studios to renew labor talks


May 15, 2008
Variety - SAG set to resume talks


May 15, 2008
LA Times - Actors don't want to lose grip on Web clips


May 15, 2008
LA Times - Foresight pays off for 'Blindness' director


May 15, 2008
Globe & Mail - CRTC mulls regulation of 'new media'


May 15, 2008
Globe & Mail - Proposed film tax law a step backward, Cronenberg says


May 14, 2008
Variety - ATRA, studios continue negotiations


May 14, 2008
Globe & Mail - No pilots, no actors, few scripts, and bidding starts now


May 13, 2008
TO 411 - Canada among top trade barrier countries


May 13, 2008
Toronto Star - Little clips, big labour headache


May 12, 2008
Variety - AFTRA still dealing


May 12, 2008
Variety - Smooth talks for AFTRA


May 12, 2008
LA Times - Will 'Ugly Betty' and others strike for SAG?


May 12, 2008
Toronto Star - 'Green' fix urged for Ontario's job blues


May 9, 2008
Globe & Mail - Bill not confidence matter, Liberal senators say


May 9, 2008
National Post - TV 'free-for-all' not goal, says Rogers


May 9, 2008
Toronto Star - The Stone Angel: Modern-day telling drifts


May 8, 2008
Associated Press - $111M judgment against file-sharing site TorrentSpy


May 8, 2008
National Post - SHAW strips TV stations


May 8, 2008
Globe & Mail - Hagar from heaven


May 8, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - AFTRA opens talks with studios


May 8, 2008
Variety - AFTRA nixes SAG request for delay


May 8, 2008
Toronto Star - Garage guys look at nuts and bolts of big-box plan


May 8, 2008
LA Times - 'Hulk's' biggest obstacle: Ang Lee's version


May 7, 2008
Canadian Press - Director suspects shadow of Bill C-10 involved in confiscation of footage


May 7, 2008
Globe & Mail - NBC tears up script for selling new shows


May 7, 2008
Globe & Mail - Sony Classics snags rights to Egoyan's Adoration


May 7, 2008
Variety - SAG-AMPTP talks end without deal


May 7, 2008
Toronto Sun - Those in the know say T.O.'s film industry is in dire straits, with 70% of trades workers unemployed


May 7, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Strike effect mirrors class struggle


May 7, 2008
Reuters - Hollywood studios, actors break off labor talks


May 7, 2008
Toronto Star - Old stone, new stance


May 6, 2008
Telefilm Press Release - Telefilm Canada Salutes the Canadian Contingent at Cannes


May 6, 2008
Globe & Mail - Court deals broadcasters costly ruling


May 6, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Canadians Forced to Buy U.S. Programming: CBC Calls for Action on Broadcasting


May 5, 2008
Variety - Deadline looming for SAG


May 5, 2008
Toronto Star - Offer incentives to spur development, jobs in key areas, report urges city


May 5, 2008
New York Times - Tax Bill Fuels a Canadian Debate on Film Censorship


May 2, 2008
LA Times - 'Fugitive Pieces,' 'Swimming in Auschwitz' and 'Hats Off'


May 2, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - AMPTP splashes cold water on SAG


May 2, 2008
Reuters - Studios and actors remain at odds


May 2, 2008
Hollywood Today - Actors Strike Getting Dangerously Close


May 2, 2008
Variety - Studios slam SAG


May 2, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Funding for Arts, Culture Announced


May 2, 2008
Globe & Mail - Where retail and residential butt heads, trouble follows


May 2, 2008
Globe & Mail - Podeswa does justice to an Anne Michaels classic


May 2, 2008
Globe & Mail - Grits vow to amend bill denying film tax credits


May 2, 2008
Globe & Mail - Tories threaten to force election on C-10


May 2, 2008
Globe & Mail - Are U.S. networks messing with our shows?


May 2, 2008
Globe & Mail - Life With Derek series wins 2008 Rocket Prize


May 2, 2008
Toronto Star - Star columnist in hunt for crime-writing prize


May 1, 2008
CNN - Is the future of TV on the Web?


May 1, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Cannes finalizes lineup with 'Blindness'


May 1, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Upping the superhero ante


May 1, 2008
LA Times - Hollywood sees upside in economy's downturn


May 1, 2008
TO411 - Studios slam SAG


April 30, 2008
Variety - Outlook dim for SAG deal


April 30, 2008
Toronto Star - Ontario opens its cultural wallet


April 30, 2008
LA Times - Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood studios still far from a contract


April 30, 2008
CBC - Doc makers say unique voices being silenced by rights battles


April 29, 2008
680 News - 'Blindness,' written and produced by Canadians, to open Cannes festival


April 29, 2008
Globe & Mail - The Holocaust, and then they lived happily ...?


April 29, 2008
Globe & Mail - Canadian-made film Blindness to open Cannes


April 29, 2008
TO411 - Hot Docs fest wraps in Toronto


April 29, 2008
Variety - Time still ticking on SAG's watch


April 29, 2008
National Post - Time still ticking on SAG's watch


April 29, 2008
National Post - P.M. A&E: Bassett joins ER, Lehrer will return to PBS, new DGC head chosen


April 29, 2008
Canadian Press - Filmmaker Sturla Gunnarsson elected president of Cdn Directors Guild board


April 29, 2008
LA Times - Hollywood taking sides in network neutrality debate


April 29, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Canoe.tv Launches New Web TV Series


April 28, 2008
Toronto Star - Second thoughts from the Senate


April 28, 2008
Toronto Star - They use our skills and our streets, not our stories


April 28, 2008
Toronto Star - Toronto seeks to regain 'Hollywood North' mantle


April 28, 2008
Toronto Star - Toronto a busy hub in post-production field


April 28, 2008
National Post - Hot Docs announces winners


April 28, 2008
Variety - SAG's week to decide


April 28, 2008
LA Times - TV crew members still feeling effects of writers strike


April 28, 2008
Globe & Mail - Canadian TV: If it ain't broke ...


April 28, 2008
Globe & Mail - Debt adds drama to Alliance's summer film slate


April 25, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Strike's effect still stings


April 25, 2008
Toronto Star - Taking it slow and steady


April 25, 2008
LA Times - 3 studios' venture faces digital-age test


April 24, 2008
LA Times - SAG, studios extend talks one week


April 24, 2008
Globe & Mail - Egoyan makes Cannes cut for the sixth time


April 24, 2008
Toronto Star - Atom's latest only Canadian contender for the Palme


April 24, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Make Canadian Content a Priority: Ontario to CRTC


April 24, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Half of Canadians Watch TV on PC


April 24, 2008
TO411 - Atom Egoyan’s ‘Adoration’ to compete at Cannes Film Festival


April 23, 2008
Toronto Star - Proposed Wal-Mart has supporters


April 23, 2008
Globe and Mail - Province Fails to Intervene


April 23, 2008
Globe and Mail - Writers' strike and The Border give CBC a leg up over Global


April 22, 2008
Toronto Star - Leslieville divided over Smart Centre


April 22, 2008
Toronto Star - Culture boss to make Canadian case


April 22, 2008
Variety - SAG signs on for interim indie deals


April 22, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - CRTC Gets Boost from Directors Guild


April 21, 2008
Globe and Mail - Minister 'surprised' by Lee's ire


April 21, 2008
CBC - Give us more Canuck TV, Trailer Park Boy tells CRTC


April 21, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, AMPTP to resume talks Monday


April 21, 2008
Variety - SAG talks turn to key issues


April 21, 2008
Toronto Star - Wal-Mart and the city an uneasy mix


April 21, 2008
Toronto Star - 'Big-box' myth vs. reality


April 21, 2008
DGC Press Release - No Evidence to Justify a Complete overhaul of CRTC Regulations


April 21, 2008
Globe & Mail - Film industry cheers as Ang Lee slams Bill C-10


April 18, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, AMPTP to huddle separately


April 18, 2008
Toronto Star - 'Ricky' prefers his content all-Canadian


April 17, 2008
Globe & Mail - Film tax credit proposal falls short, evangelist says


April 17, 2008
Globe & Mail - The heartache behind the headlines


April 17, 2008
Variety - SAG negotiations enter second day


April 16, 2008
Variety - SAG, studios begin negotiations


April 16, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, AMPTP talks kick off


April 15, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - SAG, studios head to table


April 15, 2008
Variety - SAG starts talks with majors


April 14, 2008
Variety - Rosenberg sends letter to SAG members


April 14, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Directors Resist Tax Bill Provisions


April 14, 2008
Hill Times - McVety warns Tories of 'grassroots' rebellion against Bill C-10, 'dirty movies'


April 14, 2008
Toronto Star - Large firms get lion's share of filmmakers' federal tax credits


April 14, 2008
Toronto Star - Funds turn Toronto into arts beacon


April 14, 2008
Globe & Mail - Mike catches senator saying Verner hates proposed law


April 14, 2008
Toronto Sun - 300 trash big-box store plan


April 14, 2008
Toronto Sun - Big-boxed in? Leslieville protest of Smart Centres


April 11, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Film and Television Producers Seek C-10 Amendment


April 11, 2008
ACTRA Media Release - Actra Statement Re MP Attack on Sarah Polley


April 11, 2008
CBC News - Canadian Stars Fight Proposed Bill


April 11, 2008
Broadcaster Magazine - Directors Guild Appears Before Senate to Contest Bill C-10


April 11, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - AMPTP: Share revenue 'fairly'


April 11, 2008
National Post - ‘It's not big box’


April 11, 2008
Toronto Star - Ms Polley goes to Ottawa


April 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - Gentlemen, start your cameras


April 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - Actors bring star power to Senate to fight Bill C-10


April 10, 2008
Toronto Star - TV shows at risk, say Bill C-10 opponents


April 10, 2008
Canadian Press - Sarah Polley fights controversial film tax-credit restriction


April 10, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - High-tech media finding new traction


April 10, 2008
Variety - IATSE, majors still without deal


April 10, 2008
Globe & Mail - Slings & Arrows finds new beginning in Brazil


April 10, 2008
Globe & Mail - Is community TV facing its Waterloo?


April 10, 2008
Globe & Mail - New dramas for CBC


April 10, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Basic Service Should Be All-Canadian, CBC Says


April 10, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - CRTC Should Tighten, Not Loosen Regulations


April 9, 2008
Globe & Mail - Polley attacks Bill C-10


April 8, 2008
Variety - Studios pressure SAG with letter


April 8, 2008
Toronto Star - Companies argue about what you want on TV


April 8, 2008
Globe & Mail - Deregulation would mean less Cancon: new survey


April 8, 2008
Globe & Mail - Rogers calls for restructuring of television


April 7, 2008
Globe & Mail - Architect gives retail project thumbs up after seeing for himself


April 4, 2008
Toronto Star - Decision on Eastern Ave. mall will shape city


April 3, 2008
Variety - AFTRA sets date for negotiations


April 3, 2008
Globe & Mail - Producers to help draft guidelines, minister says


April 3, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Funding Support for 48 Films Announced


April 2, 2008
Green Screen Toronto Press Release - Green Screen Toronto Announces Consultant Teams Selected to Establish Green Best Practice Protocols and Produce A Green Resource Guide for the Film & Television Industry in Toronto


April 2, 2008
CCAU Press Release - CRTC hearings must keep strong Canadian programming rules in place


April 2, 2008
Globe & Mail - MVP picked up in U.S. after CBC put series on ice


April 2, 2008
Variety - SAG to begin talks with majors


April 1, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Architects rally to stop Toronto studio rezoning


April 1, 2008
Variety - SAG sees leverage lost


April 1, 2008
FeFF Press Release - Women on Top: Female Eye Film Festival Wraps up its 6th Year with Record Attendance


March 31, 2008
Hill Times - Heritage Department consults with lobby groups on 'censorship' provision


March 31, 2008
Variety - AFTRA opposes joint talks with SAG


March 31, 2008
LA Times - Key actors unions split


March 26, 2008
Northernstars.ca - Female Eye Announces its Panel Discussions


March 26, 2008
Globe & Mail - Arts Funding


March 25, 2008
Variety - SAG, AFTRA working on proposal


March 25, 2008
Toronto Star - Can we police Canadian content on the Internet?


March 25, 2008
Toronto Star - No true love for true north movies


March 20, 2008
Globe & Mail - An unlikely beneficiary of the Bill C-10 debate


March 19, 2008
Globe & Mail - Air India film gets premiere at Hot Docs festival


March 18, 2008
Wired Magazine - A One-Man Film Studio Delivers Hi-Def Footage to Indie Auteurs Everywhere


March 17, 2008
Globe & Mail - Yes! Let's kneecap purveyors of art ... er ... filth!


March 17, 2008
Media Release - Ow Steel Work Studios - "New Kid On The Block"


March 14, 2008
Media Release - The Actors’ Fund of Canada: an unsung hero of Canadian culture


March 13, 2008
Xtra.ca - Bill C-10 a 'catastrophe': Cronenberg


March 13, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Producers, actors talk about early April


March 13, 2008
Globe & Mail - After the strike, it's all changed


March 12, 2008
Globe & Mail - Celluloid fading to black as theatres go digital


March 11, 2008
Northernstars.ca - Skogland Gets Female Eye Directors Award


March 11, 2008
Toronto Star - Everybody is jumping on the levy bandwagon


March 11, 2008
LA Times - Writers aren't over the strike


March 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - CBC axes Hockey Wives, jPod


March 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - Motel row's last icon checks out


March 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - New Lantos venture takes aim at Alliance


March 10, 2008
Toronto Star - Bill C-10 fixes non-existent problem


March 10, 2008
Globe & Mail - A Heritage minister on the hot seat


March 7, 2008
Toronto Star - Fight Ottawa censors by avoiding them completely


March 7, 2008
Toronto Star - Miller speaks out


March 6, 2008
Press Release - Banking Committee resumes study of Bill C-10 amidst public concerns about censorship


March 6, 2008
Press Release - Office of Senator Hervieux-Payette and Office of Hon. Mauril Bélanger


March 6, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Canada producers question tax change


March 5, 2008
Globe and Mail - Hollywood productions can dodge proposed tax rule


March 5, 2008
Globe and Mail - Liberals moved first to limit film tax relief


March 5, 2008
Globe and Mail - Domestic TV orbits planet Hollywood


March 4, 2008
CBC - The Current - Listen to the podcast here.


March 4, 2008
Toronto Star - Tax bill under fire at the Genies


March 4, 2008
IATSE Press Release - IATSE Condemns Bill C-10 as Censorship


March 4, 2008
Globe and Mail - Minister snubs Genies amid film flap


March 4, 2008
Globe and Mail - Tax-credit crackdown on films puts spotlight on evangelical community


March 4, 2008
Globe and Mail - 'Persistent' Polley walks away with top awards


March 3, 2008
Press Release - By the Honourable Josée Verner


March 3, 2008
Globe and Mail - Bringing good taste to a cinema near you - I wish more people would make movies that are about kittens or puppies or rabbits.


March 3, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - AFTRA, SAG back in the rough


March 3, 2008
Globe and Mail - A very good year, a very bad year


March 3, 2008
Globe and Mail - Heritage Teased


March 3, 2008
Globe and Mail - The Hipsters are having fun? Time to amend legislation


March 1, 2008
Globe and Mail - Eye of the beholder


March 2, 2008
Toronto Star - The new censorship


February 29, 2008
LA Times - New Line Cinema to merge into Warner Bros.


February 29, 2008
Variety - Proposed bill could hurt Toronto film, TV industries: filmmakers


February 29, 2008
IATSE, AMPTP set negotiation date


February 29, 2008
DGC Ontario Press Release - The Conservative Government Has Stepped Onto the Slippery Slope of Censorship



February 29, 2008
DGC National Press Release - Directors Guild of Canada slams C-10 censorship



February 29, 2008
Broadcaster Magazine - Directors Guild Slams Bill C-10


February 29, 2008
Globe & Mail - Evangelist takes credit for film crackdown


February 29, 2008
Globe & Mail - Tories plan to withhold funding for 'offensive' productions


February 29, 2008
LA Times - New Line Cinema to Merge into Warner Bros.


February 28, 2008
Variety - Critics decry Canada tax credit plan


February 28, 2008
ACTRA News Release - Government to Censor Made-in-Canada Productions


February 28, 2008
Variety - Film greenlights in limbo


February 27, 2008
Variety - Strike scars Canadian industry


February 27, 2008
Globe & Mail - Television and Film Sector Needs Support in Becoming More Competitive--DGC


February 27, 2008
Globe & Mail - Almost nothing offered for arts and culture


February 27, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - WGA members approve contract


February 26, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Government to Decide TV Fund Dispute


February 26, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Support for Financial Contributions for Digital Media Content


February 25, 2008
Variety - DGA votes to ratify contract


February 25, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - DGC Supports Fee-for-Carriage


February 22, 2008
Broadcaster Magazine - Poll Shows Canadians Support Financial Contributions for Digital Media Content


February 22, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - All too quiet on the post-strike front


February 22, 2008
Globe & Mail - The movie industry's changing picture


February 21, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - DGA members approve contract


February 20, 2008
Globe & Mail - Tories to decide fate of television fund


February 20, 2008
LA Times - For Sarah Polley, some impressive firsts


February 20, 2008
Globe & Mail - Sarah Polley to receive Jutra Award at Genies


February 20, 2008
Globe & Mail - More exposure for Little Mosque


February 20, 2008
Globe & Mail - Executive shuffle expected at CBC


February 20, 2008
Toronto Star - 'Diary of the Dead': Zombies reborn


February 20, 2008
Globe & Mail - We've had night, day, and dawn. Time for the diary


February 19, 2008
Media Release - Cast and Crew of Fox TV's "24" and CBC TV's "The Border" Raise $30,000 to Help Charity Weather Record Demand for Aid from Film & TV Workers


February 19, 2008
News Release - WIFT-T Presents the Third Annual Short Film Showcase


February 19, 2008
Variety - AMPTP ready to bargain with SAG


February 19, 2008
The Province - It's lights, camera, action again


February 19, 2008
Toronto Star - Shaw's Can-con fight


February 19, 2008
Toronto Star - Episode of The Border turns actors into activists


February 19, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - 'Tudors,' 'Garage' top Irish awards


February 19, 2008
Variety - Hollywood picks up the pieces


February 19, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Broadcasters Must Disclose Financial Data - DGC


February 15, 2008
Broadcaster Magazine - Directors Guild Supports Disclosure of OTA Broadcaster's Financial Data


February 15, 2008
LA Times - Industry awakes, plays catch-up


February 14, 2008
Press Release - The Association of Canadian Cinema Editors Opens its Doors


February 14, 2008
Variety - Dealmakers spurred by fear, loathing


February 14, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Castlepoint to proceed with Toronto studio site


February 14, 2008
LA Times - 'O.C.'s' Rachel Bilson makes the jump


February 14, 2008
LA Times - Talks on horizon for actors


February 13, 2008
Variety - It's official: WGA strike is over


February 13, 2008
LA Times - Strike's over, but viewers may be looking elsewhere


February 13, 2008
LA Times - Hollywood writers strike ends


February 12, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Canada prepares for possibility of strike's end


February 12, 2008
LA Times - The WGA strike's winners and losers


February 12, 2008
LA Times - Private overtures led to strike breakthrough


February 12, 2008
TO 411 - Tallying points after the strike


February 12, 2008
Press Release - WFW Announces Exclusive Partnership With Airstar Canada


February 12, 2008
Globe & Mail - The shows go on, but Hollywood's gravy train screeches to a halt


February 11, 2008
Press Release - Canadian Television Fund Balances Competing Stakeholder Needs and Commits to Continued Enhancement


February 11, 2008
LA Times - Yes, the strike was worth it


February 11, 2008
LA Times - Studio chiefs act as peacemakers


February 11, 2008
LA Times - Writers Guild board approves tentative contract


February 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - Hand it to those writers: They gave as good as they got


February 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - As the writers strike ends, the accounting begins


February 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - Writers could be back at work on Wednesday


February 8, 2008
Variety - Strike winding down?


February 8, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Right now it's all on spec


February 8, 2008
Reuters - Studios cautious as strike nears possible end


February 8, 2008
LA Times - Hollywood focuses on fast end to long strike


February 8, 2008
Globe & Mail - The picture show is just the sideshow


February 8, 2008
Globe & Mail - Shaw, CanWest lock horns at CRTC hearing


February 6, 2008
Variety - WGA deal could hurt SAG


February 6, 2008
Toronto Star - The show will go on, academy president vows


February 6, 2008
Globe & Mail - Linking dollars to ratings will hurt TV industry, CTF says


February 6, 2008
Globe & Mail - CTF rejects cash-for-ratings idea


February 6, 2008
Globe & Mail - Hollywood near deal to end writers strike: sources


February 6, 2008
Variety - WGA schedules Saturday meeting


February 6, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Post industry sees light, but damage may be done


February 6, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - WGA members to meet for strike update


February 6, 2008
LA Times - Writers expect pilot cutbacks


February 5, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Oscar's light will shine


February 5, 2008
Variety - Strike talk at Oscar noms luncheon


February 5, 2008
LA Times - Writers strike a mixed blessing for the theater


February 5, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Nets prepare to go back to work


February 5, 2008
Variety - WGA, studios hammer on details


February 5, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - Directors Guild Champions the Canadian Television Fund


February 5, 2008
Broadcaster Magazine - Poll Shows Majority of Canadians Support Made In Canada TV


February 5, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - New Website Shows Off Successful Canadian Television Fund Productions


February 5, 2008
Mediacaster Magazine - CTF to Open, Close CTC Hearings


February 4, 2008
Globe & Mail - Shaw to boycott CTF hearings


February 4, 2008
Globe & Mail - Striking writers settle with four indie filmmakers


February 4, 2008
Variety - Breakthrough in WGA talks


February 4, 2008
Variety - Strike: An end in sight?


February 4, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - More indies announce WGA deals


February 4, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Nets pluck Canucks for primetime


February 4, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Canadians see sellers market


February 4, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - WGA, studios frame a deal


February 4, 2008
LA Times - Contract outlined in Hollywood writers strike


February 1, 2008
Washington Post - U.S. networks find Canadian shows ready for primetime


February 1, 2008
News Release - Canadian actors, producers, writers, directors join together in support of Canadian Television




Articles on Axium closure -
January 10, 2008 - Suit accuses 2 ex-owners of payroll firm
January 16, 2008 - 'A mess' after Hollywood payroll firm implodes
January 9, 2008 - Hollywood payroll company Axium files for liquidation January 31, 2008
Variety - WGA nixes anti-CBS Wall Street meet


January 31, 2008
NY Times - Recent Moves by Guild Leaders Rattle Writers’ Talks


January 31, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Studios return fire against SAG


January 30, 2008
LA Times - Actors union has its own script


January 30, 2008
Globe & Mail - CBS scoops up drama from CTV


January 30, 2008
Associated Press - Talks, Progress Raise Hopes for Deal


January 29, 2008
Globe & Mail - Eastern Promises ties with The Devil


January 29, 2008
LA Times - Writers, studios edge closer


January 29, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - 'Informal' is normal, even in strike talks


January 27, 2008
Variety - Strike: Signs still promising


January 26, 2008
Globe & Mail - B.C. boosts movie tax credits to ease pain of writers' strike


January 26, 2008
Globe & Mail - Networks press CRTC for piece of cable pie


January 25, 2008
Nova Scotia Business Journal - Government scrambles to prop up film industry


January 25, 2008
Variety - Lionsgate signs as WGA talks go on


January 25, 2008
Globe & Mail - Lionsgate strikes deal with writers guild


January 23, 2008
Globe & Mail - Oscar comes calling for Canadian talent


January 23, 2008
Globe & Mail - Canadians get their Oscar on


January 23, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - WGA drops reality demands


January 23, 2008
Playback - CFTPA puts Mosque against Gas


January 23, 2008
Playback - CFTPA puts Mosque against Gas


January 23, 2008
Playback - Christie, Mortensen, Page to vie for acting Oscars


January 23, 2008
LA Times - Do the right thing, WGA


January 21, 2008
LA Times - Writers, studios to revive negotiations


January 21, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Writers, studios plan to resume talks


January 21, 2008
Variety - Toronto's Filmport hobbled by strike


January 21, 2008
Globe & Mail - Five Things


January 21, 2008
Globe & Mail - Awards season: when words matter


January 18, 2008
LA Times - Why the DGA deal makes sense - By Michael Apted


January 18, 2008
Variety - Industry reacts to DGA deal


January 18, 2008
Prime Newswire - DGA and AMPTP Reach Tentative Agreement On Terms of New Contract


January 18, 2008
LA Times - Directors, studios make a deal


January 17, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Scary schism for scribes


January 17, 2008
Variety - Everyone on edge over DGA deal


January 16, 2008
Variety - DGA talks raise hope for WGA


January 16, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - AMPTP, helmers keep talking


January 16, 2008
LA Times - DGA as peacemaker


January 16, 2008
Variety - Oscars on, one way or another


January 16, 2008
Broadcaster Magazine - CRTC Did Not Go Far Enough In Supporting Programming--Directors Guild


January 16, 2008
Canadian Press - CRTC says companies can only own two types of media in same market


January 16, 2008
Globe & Mail - Academy insists Oscars will proceed


January 15, 2008
Globe & Mail - Win improves chances for Oscar nom


January 14, 2008
Reuters - Directors contract talks off to a fast start


January 14, 2008
Variety - DGA, AMPTP to begin negotiations


January 14, 2008
Toronto Star - Writers' strike chills Hollywood


January 14, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Directors, producers to begin talks Saturday


January 14, 2008
Globe & Mail - Quiet on the set


January 14, 2008
Globe & Mail - Canadian distributors take aim at CBC


January 14, 2008
Globe & Mail - Alliance Films gets new Canadian partner


January 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - CanWest sees strike fallout


January 11, 2008
Globe & Mail - B.C. considers film and TV tax-credit boost


January 10, 2008
LA Times - Directors Guild talks intensifying


January 10, 2008
LA Times - It's a writers strike but actors play a major role


January 10, 2008
LA Times - 'A mess' after Hollywood payroll firm implodes


January 10, 2008
Globe & Mail - ThinkFilm close to deal to sell Canadian assets


January 10, 2008
Globe & Mail - CBC's The Border draws good numbers in debut


January 10, 2008
Globe & Mail - Shaftesbury chiefs go to court in battle for control


January 9, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Studios taking direct approach with DGA talks


January 9, 2008
LA Times - Striking writers face publicity dilemma


January 9, 2008
Globe & Mail - Canadian filmmaker won't cross a picket line at the Oscars


January 9, 2008
Globe & Mail - Lions Gate preparing for separate talks with writers' union


January 9, 2008
Globe & Mail - Fired by Alliance, CEO stages comeback


January 9, 2008
Globe & Mail - CBC quietly sells off catalogue of programs to British company


January 8, 2008
Globe & Mail - Haggis to ink deal with Tom Cruise's company


January 8, 2008
LA Times - NBC pulls plug on Golden Globes broadcast


January 8, 2008
Victoria Times Colonist - Life in a glass coffin


January 6, 2008
Variety - DGA's weekend huddle


January 4, 2008
Reuters- Studios and directors begin informal contract talks


January 4, 2008
Hollywood Reporter - Digital media Ontario's 'next step'


January 3, 2008
LA Times - A sequel with the same ending


December 27, 2007
LA Times - Gov.'s just a spectator in Hollywood drama


December 25, 2007
LA Times - Gov.'s just a spectator in Hollywood drama


December 22, 2007
Montreal Gazette - Quebec sweetens deal for foreign filmmakers


December 20, 2007
The Canadian Press - Industry readies for CRTC ruling on CanWest takeover of Alliance Atlantis


December 19, 2007
Variety - WGA strike taking toll on L.A.


December 19, 2007
The Globe and Mail - MTV, Bruckheimer to launch game studio


December 19, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - NLRB process likely to drag on


December 17, 2007
Portfolio - SAG Comes In Strong For The Writers


December 17, 2007
Mississauga News - Director finds muse on the Prairie


December 17, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Fissures in labor front?


December 17, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - DGA: Let's talk after Jan. 1


December 17, 2007
LA Times - Writers file labor charge against studios


December 17, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Duo to set timeline on DGA talks


December 17, 2007
Mediacaster - Canadian TV Shows on iTunes


December 17, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Next plot point tough to figure


December 17, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - WGA, AMPTP stalemate may blow out pilots


December 17, 2007
Variety - WGA talks hit bitter end


December 17, 2007
LA Times - The Big Picture: In the strike, the studios are playing to win


December 12, 2007
LA Times - Writers union feeling the heat


December 12, 2007
LA Times - Lower ratings could pinch TV ads


December 11, 2007
Variety - Strike's war of words resumes


December 11, 2007
LA Times - In the strike, the studios are playing to win


December 11, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Next plot point tough to figure


December 10, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - WGA, AMPTP stalemate may blow out pilots


December 9, 2007
Variety - WGA talks hit bitter end


December 9, 2007
LA Times - Writers, studios break off talks


December 9, 2007
LA Times - Writers, studios break off talks


December 9, 2007
LA Times - In Hollywood, the fade to black begins


December 6, 2007
Toronto Star - Opponents of Alliance sale flag poll results


December 7, 2007
Variety - Directors covene regarding contract


December 7, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Helping their fellow writers


December 7, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Studios bring in PR doctors


December 6, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Slamdance sets its lineup


December 5, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Talks inch forward as rhetoric lessens


December 4, 2007
Variety - Few foresee early end to strike


December 4, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Writers guild to counter with a new plan


December 4, 2007
Variety - Writers bring counteroffer to talks


December 3, 2007
Toronto Star - No end in sight for writers' strike


November 30, 2007
Playback - Strike jeopardizes media buys


November 30, 2007
Playback - Rainmaker sells to Deluxe


November 30, 2007
Globe & Mail - Canadian, international writers rally around Hollywood colleagues


November 30, 2007
Business Edge - High currency dims lights in film industry


November 30, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - In contract talks, studios budge but WGA unmoved


November 30, 2007
Toronto Star - Hollywood writers call new offer a rollback


November 30, 2007
Toronto Star - Councillors back tax cut for business


November 29, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Writers, studios resume talks; more on tap today


November 29, 2007
Playback - Writers march in Toronto, Montreal


November 29, 2007
Playback - Actors Fund reaching out


November 29, 2007
Playback - Shaftesbury's Jennings gets Person of the Year honors


November 29, 2007
Playback - Péladeau unveils Canoe.TV


November 29, 2007
Toronto Star - Canadian writers rally for U.S. colleagues


November 26, 2007
Playback - Mobifest names winners


November 26, 2007
Playback - Buyers upbeat on CBC


November 26, 2007
Variety - WGA back at bargaining table


November 22, 2007
Toronto Star - Charges laid in death of worker on T.O. movie set


November 22, 2007
Toronto Star - The 'reality' of a writers' strike


November 21, 2007
Globe & Mail - CBC wants more women


November 21, 2007
Toronto Star - Writers' strike may help the CBC


November 21, 2007
Toronto Star - CBC still tinkering with Falun Gong documentary


November 21, 2007
Variety - News of strike talks spurs optimism


November 21, 2007
Broadcaster Magazine - WIFT-T Announces Winner of DGC Television Director Award


November 21, 2007
Epoch Times - CBC Reporters in China Pestered Over Falun Gong Doc, Says Filmmaker


November 21, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Writers strike could cost $21.3 million a day


November 21, 2007
Playback - Unions take aim at CanWest's math


November 21, 2007
Playback - Three dramas, two U.S. game shows join CBC


November 21, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Come on, writers, script your futures


November 20, 2007
Globe & Mail - Goldman's sway over CanWest worries CRTC


November 20, 2007
Playback - Raymont shortlisted for Oscar


November 20, 2007
Playback - Who's in charge here? asks CRTC


November 20, 2007
Variety - Hollywood plays the dating game


November 20, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Web series' timing is prime


November 20, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Writers strike now a PR war


November 20, 2007
Los Angeles Times - CHANNEL ISLAND: '80s deal haunts writers guild


November 16, 2007
Playback - Scot seeks mainstream audiences


November 16, 2007
Playback - Writers unite as strike spreads to B.C.


November 16, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - DGA talks likely will happen before end of '07


November 16, 2007
Variety - Writers are winning over the public


November 15, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Strike's effects ripple beyond studio gates


November 14, 2007
Variety - WGA goes 'Picketing With the Stars'


November 14, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Actors make the strike scene


November 14, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Writers bring their drama to Wall Street


November 13, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Strike reveals a future feared


November 13, 2007
Playback - Industry riding roller coaster of change


November 13, 2007
Playback - Newsroom cuts to facilitate foreign ownership?


November 13, 2007
USA Today - Studios state their side of labor dispute in ads


November 13, 2007
Toronto Star - Toronto plays itself, for once


November 13, 2007
Toronto Star - Web show no threat to TV


November 13, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Web-only series? Yep. Audience?


November 13, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Negotiator cast as hero -- or hindrance


November 12, 2007
Toronto Star - Anti-piracy lobby steps up DVD fight


November 12, 2007
Playback - B.C. considers peg on U.S. dollar


November 12, 2007
Playback - High spends follow horror boom


November 12, 2007
Playback - Producers see opportunity in WGA strike


November 12, 2007
Variety - WGA strike enters fourth day


November 8, 2007
Playback - Verner defends Cancon, CTF review


November 8, 2007
Toronto Star - Cable companies poised to unplug small channels


November 8, 2007
Variety - The strike: Who will blink?


November 8, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Rerun season may hit sooner


November 8, 2007
Backstage - WGA Strike May Clarify New Media


November 7, 2007
Playback - Fragments put up for re-edit


November 7, 2007
Playback - Owl copro lands at Sienna


November 7, 2007
Globe & Mail - Writers' strike halting at least 7 prime-time shows


November 7, 2007
Globe & Mail - Canadian writers told to down pens on U.S. work


November 7, 2007
Variety - WGA strike could go into 2008


November 7, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Striking writers take a page from the past


November 7, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Strike about to cost jobs


November 7, 2007
Toronto Star - Unions behind U.S. brethren


November 6, 2007
Toronto Star - Lights going out all over TV land


November 6, 2007
Toronto Star - CRTC eyes new fees for cable, satellite


November 6, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Writers work picket lines as TV shows shut down


November 6, 2007
Mediacaster Magazine- CRTC boss, ACTRA take aim at CAB


November 6, 2007
Playback - CRTC boss, ACTRA take aim at CAB


November 6, 2007
Playback - Strike hits CTV, Global schedules


November 6, 2007
Artscape - News Release - Artscape Helps Broker Triple-Win Deal Deal in Queen West Triangle


November 5, 2007
Associated Press - Writers Deal Could Impact Other Unions


November 5, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Networks look for possible upsides


November 5, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Hollywood writers strike as talks fail


November 5, 2007
Toronto Star - 19-cent cheques leave writers wanting change


November 5, 2007
Playback - Box office dips despite smash hit


November 5, 2007
Playback - Writers walk out


November 5, 2007
Playback - B.C. extends tax credits to stabilize industry


November 5, 2007
Playback - Paul Gross' Passchen project


November 5, 2007
Playback - CBC, Shaftesbury win big at Geminis


November 5, 2007
Playback - Cablers, casters square off over U.S. channels


November 5, 2007
Playback - Strike threat by U.S. writers puts cloud over Canada


November 2, 2007
Variety - Strike in limbo as contract expires


November 2, 2007
Playback - Tracey gets the Royal treatment


November 2, 2007
Playback - CRTC to rethink Internet


November 2, 2007
Variety - WGA leaders call for strike


November 2, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Writers will strike, union leaders say


November 2, 2007
Globe & Mail - Hollywood writers on the brink of strike


November 1, 2007
Toronto Star - Hollywood contract talks break off


November 1, 2007
Toronto Star - Rhames and Caan shooting in Toronto


November 1, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Studios, writers quit talks at deadline; strike looms


November 1, 2007
Variety - Teamsters support WGA picket lines


October 31, 2007
Playback - Unions to Verner: rein in the CRTC


October 31, 2007
LA Times - Writers, studios inch forward


October 30, 2007
Variety - WGA may delay strike


October 30, 2007
Playback - Frank, Chellas and crew reteam for Knife


October 30, 2007
Playback - Slings, Gas big winners at Geminis


October 30, 2007
Playback - Sadie sells in Europe


October 29, 2007
Toronto Star - Hollywood braces for writers' strike


October 29, 2007
Toronto Star - Slings & Arrows cleans up at Geminis


October 29, 2007
Globe & Mail - Slings & Arrows, Corner Gas dominate Geminis


October 29, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - SAG board votes WGA support


October 29, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - SAG board votes WGA support


October 29, 2007
Variety - DGA cries foul on WGA strike rules


October 29, 2007
Broadcasting & Cable - Can Federal Mediator Help to Avert Writers Strike?


October 29, 2007
Los Angeles - Hollywood bracing for a writers strike


October 25, 2007
Variety - New life in WGA talks


October 25, 2007
Variety - SAG to support WGA picket lines


October 25, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Actors get WGA ground rules


October 24, 2007
Playback - Strike threat by U.S. writers puts cloud over Canada


October 24, 2007
Variety - Harried writers rush to finish scripts before a possible strike.


October 23, 2007
Variety - WGA sees writing on the wall - Negotiation talks stuck as strike looms


October 23, 2007
LA Times - Actors' unions spar over bargaining


October 22, 2007
Variety - SAG, AFTRA prepare for battle - Unions threaten to fly solo during negotiations


October 22, 2007
Playback - Hit and miss for CBC


October 21, 2007
Variety - Feds spurn probe request - Government nixes Canadian investigation


October 20, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Big turnout gives WGA strike authorization


October 20, 2007
LA Times - Writers Guild votes overwhelmingly to authorize a strike


October 19, 2007
Playback - B.C. extends tax break


October 19, 2007
Mediacaster Magazine - "Don't Relax Rules for BDU's, Pay & Specialty Services" -- Directors Guild


October 19, 2007
Toronto Star - Robber Bride TV movie nabs two acting Geminis


October 19, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - WWGA, AMPTP reset table


October 19, 2007
Variety - WGA talks to resume on Monday


October 17, 2007
Broadcaster Magazine - Throne Speech Ignores Cultural Sector -- Directors Guild


October 17, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Shaftesbury wins seven at Geminis


October 17, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Producers drop key demand in talks with writers


October 16, 2007
Toronto Star - Patrick Swayze pilot could be filmed here


October 16, 2007
Toronto Star - A new Anne lands at CTV


October 16, 2007
Los Angeles Times - YouTube unveils copyright protection plan


October 16, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Residual resentment slows Hollywood talks


October 15, 2007
Los Angeles Times - A writers' strike nobody wants


October 12, 2007
CFTPA - CFTPA Indie Awards 2008


October 12, 2007
Playback - Global hopes for broad appeal with 'da Kink


October 12, 2007
Playback - Editors association slated to launch


October 11, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Canadians report MIPCOM deals


October 11, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Actors' line: 'One strong voice'


October 11, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - DGA could call the shots


October 11, 2007
Variety - WGA sets strike rules


October 11, 2007
Playback - CBC Maritimes experiments online


October 10, 2007
Playback - 'Stay tuned' has never meant so much


October 10, 2007
Playback - U.S. group cheers Dallaire, Little Mosque


October 9, 2007
Playback - Mosque gets special Gemini recognition


October 9, 2007
Variety - Hollywood readies for possible strike


October 9, 2007
Toronto Star - Mickey Mouse view of Canada revised


October 9, 2007
Toronto Star - Let's get small: American TV breaking down into snippets


October 9, 2007
Toronto Star - Better warm up the reruns


October 9, 2007
Toronto Star - Independent cinemas woo film lovers


October 9, 2007
Playback - Broken Trail set for Superchannel


October 5, 2007
Toronto Star - Group fights mall plan in film district


October 5, 2007
Toronto Star - Global and CTV duke it out in ratings war


October 5, 2007
Globe & Mail - CanWest revamps TV operations, cuts jobs


October 5, 2007
Globe & Mail - CTV, Global duel best fall drama so far


October 2, 2007
Toronto Sun - Rwanda doc wins Emmy


October 2, 2007
Toronto Star - Walked in, knew this was 'it'


October 2, 2007
Variety - Canada concerned over U.S. shoots


October 2, 2007
Broadcaster Magazine - Brian Anthony Appointed CEO of the Directors Guild


October 2, 2007
Marketwire - Sarah Polley's Away From Her Leads the Winners at the 2007 Directors Guild of Canada Awards **Congratulations to all our members!**


October 2, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Polley dominates Canadian Directors Guild awards


October 2, 2007
Variety - Polley named top director at DGC


October 2, 2007
Playback - Polley wins at DGCs


October 2, 2007
Playback - Little Mosque on the West Bank


October 2, 2007
Playback - Lantos signs with Cinetic


October 2, 2007
Playback - CRTC stamps approvals for Rogers, Astral


October 2, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Coming soon -- a DVD burner for movie downloads


October 2, 2007
Los Angeles Times - There are two sides to strong Canadian dollar


October 2, 2007
Toronto Star - Asper predicts Alliance deal approval


October 2, 2007
Toronto Star - Cast praises Little Mosque on the Prairie


October 2, 2007
Toronto Star - A piece of the action in Rome


October 2, 2007
Toronto Star - Arts funding not getting star billing in this election


October 2, 2007
Toronto Star - Pros and cons of MMP


October 2, 2007
Toronto Star - Hot loonie means it's a perfect time to buy U.S. assets


September 27, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Online work emerges as big issue in Hollywood


September 27, 2007
Toronto Star - Little Mosque in Israel


September 27, 2007
Toronto Star - Starz at home in Toronto


September 27, 2007
Toronto Star - From Toronto to Tofino


September 27, 2007
Toronto Star - How MMP could sneak to victory


September 27, 2007
Toronto Star - Alliance strikes deal with U.S. distributor


September 26, 2007
Globe & Mail - Little Mosque hits the Middle East


September 26, 2007
Playback - Loewy lures Overture


September 26, 2007
Playback - Corus cuts 53 jobs


September 26, 2007
Playback - ACTRA applauds Sutherland


September 26, 2007
Playback - 'Lofty numbers' for Promises


September 24, 2007
Playback - Thorne scores twice at AFF


September 24, 2007
Playback - CFTPA launches own awards


September 24, 2007
Post-Gazzete - TV writers' strike a real possibility


September 24, 2007
Globe & Mail - Eastern Promises a 'breakthrough,' Lantos says


September 24, 2007
Toronto Star - Mega film studio delay costly for city


September 24, 2007
Toronto Star - Broadcasters must adapt to new media reality


September 21, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Fox tries new lure for iPod crowd


September 19, 2007
Playback - Comedy and literary adaps in Canadian Images


September 19, 2007
Playback - Internet a blessing and a curse for Movieola


September 19, 2007
Playback - On the Money: Funding News


September 19, 2007
Playback - Loewy to head new Alliance distributor


September 19, 2007
Playback - The pros and cons of downloading films


September 19, 2007
Los Angeles Times - MGM plans HD satellite channel


September 19, 2007
Playback - Living up to Promises


September 19, 2007
Playback - Diversity of voices policy needed, says CRTC


September 19, 2007
Globe & Mail - Ottawa warns: Adjust to high dollar


September 19, 2007
Globe & Mail - Cable, satellite firms under fire at CRTC hearings


September 18, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Enigmatic AMPTP will play some tricky cards


September 18, 2007
Variety - WGA talks hold little optimism


September 18, 2007
Globe & Mail - CRTC airs idea of media limits


September 17, 2007
Toronto Star - Cronenberg leads wave of Canadian wins


September 17, 2007
Toronto Star - Women on top of the film world


September 17, 2007
Toronto Star - Even non-TIFF movies got deals


September 17, 2007
Toronto Star - Proudly Canadian. More, please!


September 17, 2007
Globe & Mail - Cronenberg's latest film wins at TIFF and shows box-office potential


September 17, 2007
Playback - CRTC delays CTF verdict


September 17, 2007
Playback - Promises takes top prize at TIFF


September 17, 2007
Playback - Alberta-made MOW and mini dominate at Emmys


September 14, 2007
Playback - Nova Scotia ups tax credit


September 14, 2007
Playback - TIFF market out with a whimper


September 14, 2007
Playback - CRTC report "irresponsible," says CAB


September 14, 2007
Playback - Odeon keeps its Promises


September 13, 2007
Guardian Unlimited - Strike threat spreads panic in Hollywood


September 13, 2007
Playback - CRTC report calls for more competition, choice


September 13, 2007
Toronto Star - Let market rule the air, CRTC told


September 12, 2007
Toronto Star - Asper defends CanWest/Alliance deal


September 12, 2007
Toronto Star - Toronto filmmakers make pitch-perfect play


September 12, 2007
Playback - Outlaw filmmaking at its best


September 12, 2007
Playback - Skogland takes on Laurence novel


September 12, 2007
Playback - It’s All About Sleep


September 12, 2007
Playback - New workshop for film writers


September 12, 2007
Playback - Historic movie cars on the block


September 12, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Bare-knuckle battle in SAG


September 11, 2007
Playback - Loewy to head new Alliance distributor


September 11, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Mortensen on 'Eastern Promises': 'I have to play this naked'


September 11, 2007
Toronto Star - Alliance Films retains Canadian distribution


September 11, 2007
Toronto Star - Lions Gate buys Mandate Pictures


September 11, 2007
Toronto Star - City's film industry aim to be eco-friendly


September 10, 2007
Toronto Star - Electoral reform on ballot? Who knew?


September 10, 2007
Playback - Nova Scotians call for higher tax credit


September 10, 2007
Playback - Deals for Blindness, Think and TVA


September 10, 2007
Playback - Don't compare grapes to watermelons, says Clarkson


September 10, 2007
Playback - Languages the strength of Fugitive Pieces, says Podeswa


September 10, 2007
Playback - Cronenberg adds subversive touch to London crime thriller


September 10, 2007
Playback - Eastern Promises Press Conference


September 10, 2007
Playback - Canuck films sizzle with more commercial focus


September 7, 2007
The Canadian Press - News Release - Nominees announced for 2007 Director's Guild of Canada awards


September 7, 2007
Variety - FTAC files petition against Canada


September 7, 2007
Toronto Star - Cronenberg still has his chops


September 7, 2007
Toronto Star - Films reveal home is what you make it


September 6, 2007
Globe & Mail - The four things great films do best


September 6, 2007
Globe & Mail - The Don stares down his cinematic opponents


September 6, 2007
Toronto Star - Toronto's film festival rivals Cannes


September 6, 2007
Toronto Star - Lantos firm in unusual agreement


September 6, 2007
Toronto Star - Podeswa put together Fugitive Pieces


September 6, 2007
Playback - From gun addiction to gay hockey players


September 6, 2007
Playback - Skogland takes on Laurence novel


September 6, 2007
Playback - Outlaw filmmaking at its best


September 6, 2007
Playback - Virgo thinks globally with Poor Boy's Game


September 6, 2007
Playback - Cronenberg adds subversive touch to London crime thriller


September 6, 2007
Playback - Podeswa's triumphant return to Toronto


September 6, 2007
Playback - Canuck films sizzle with more commercial focus


September 6, 2007
Playback - Walker, Romain add Weight to pay-TV drama


September 6, 2007
Playback - Puretracks offers up Degrassi for download


September 6, 2007
Playback - Distribution landscape gets a shake-up


September 6, 2007
Playback - New heritage minister a mystery


September 6, 2007
Playback - Slings, ReGenesis lead Gemini noms


September 5, 2007
Globe & Mail - Rival Canadian distribution firms join forces


September 5, 2007
Playback - L.A. crews cry foul


September 5, 2007
Playback - CCI to refocus on movies


September 5, 2007
Playback - Regional production hurts Toronto, says group


September 5, 2007
Playback - Lantos reteams with Théroux


September 4, 2007
Toronto Star - Curtain rises on Toronto's new plan for film industry


September 4, 2007
Playback - Toronto plans to fix film woes


August 30, 2007
Playback - ACTRA to Rogers: Raise drama to 75%


August 29, 2007
Playback - FilmExchange fades to black


August 29, 2007
Playback - Lantos unveils distribution outfit


August 29, 2007
Globe & Mail - Lantos startup aims to plug distribution 'gap'


August 29, 2007
Globe & Mail - Mosque snubbed for top TV award


August 29, 2007
Globe & Mail - CRTC delays hearings on CanWest-Alliance deal


August 29, 2007
Toronto Star - Lantos set to take on Alliance


August 29, 2007
Toronto Star - TMN series top Geminis


August 28, 2007
OMDC - News Release - Congratulations to our members who worked on these productions!


August 28, 2007
Playback - Slings, ReGenesis lead Gemini noms


August 28, 2007
Variety - SAG standing tough


August 28, 2007
Variety - Rosenberg amps up re-election bid


August 28, 2007
Mediacaster Magazine - Mobile Movie Fest Winner Announced


August 27, 2007
Playback - CBC readies major fall promo campaign


August 27, 2007
Playback - Puretracks offers up Degrassi for download


August 27, 2007
Los Angeles Times - The clock is ticking for the next blockbusters


August 23, 2007
Playback - First-time helmer signs on Keleghan, Pinsent


August 22, 2007
Playback - Collectors taking shape for Virgo


August 22, 2007
Playback - Whizbang makes drama, not war


August 22, 2007
Playback - Wilson wraps Rocker


August 22, 2007
Playback - Sutherland, Holness playing with Guns


August 22, 2007
Playback - Skinwalkers stumbles following delays


August 22, 2007
Playback - How they would fix the CTF


August 22, 2007
Playback - Filmport unveils next phase


August 22, 2007
Playback - Establishing Shot: The puppet show, not the puppet master


August 22, 2007
Playback - Motor City set for November


August 22, 2007
Playback - Small numbers for Best Years


August 22, 2007
Playback - Walker, Romain add Weight to Pay-TV drama


August 20, 2007
Globe & Mail - Entertainment One acquires Seville Pictures


August 20, 2007
Playback - Alliance Atlantis execs get pink slips


August 20, 2007
Playback - Entertainment One buys Seville


August 17, 2007
Globe and Mail - Polley battles zombies at Directors Guild awards


August 17, 2007
Playback - Corus bringing Cosmo TV to Canada


August 17, 2007
Playback - SK nets $3 million for Butterflies


August 16, 2007
Toronto Star - World of cinematic offerings at festival


August 16, 2007
Playback - CanWest and Goldman close the deal


August 15, 2007
Globe and Mail - New Heritage minister inherits a full plate


August 15, 2007
Playback - Verner takes over at Heritage


August 15, 2007
Broadcaster Magazine - DGC Opposes CanWest and Goldman Sachs Takeover of Alliance Atlantis


August 15, 2007
Toronto Star - Alliance Atlantis faces protests over buyout


August 13, 2007
CTV - 2007 Directors Guild of Canada Award nominations revealed


August 13, 2007
Playback - Unions come out against AAC deal


August 13, 2007
Playback - Shaftesbury scores with Directors Guild


August 13, 2007
Playback - CBC to pump Heartland


August 13, 2007
Variety - Canada loves 'Away From Her'


August 13, 2007
CBC - Bon Cop, Away From Her to vie for film directing honours


August 13, 2007
National Post - P.M. A&E: Janeane Garofolo, D-War, Canadian Opera Company, Directors Guild of Canada


August 13, 2007
Toronto Star - Director's Guild of Canada announces nominees


August 10, 2007
Toronto Star - Canadian to direct U.S. war miniseries


August 10, 2007
Toronto Star - Penniless widows face life that is `a kind of torture'


August 10, 2007
Toronto Star - Movie on Rwanda reopens old wounds


August 10, 2007
Playback - Oda on the way out?


August 10, 2007
Playback - No more delays for Skinwalkers


August 9, 2007
Toronto Star - Diverse voices are lost with big media mergers


August 9, 2007
Globe & Mail - Oda may be out – but who will take her place?


August 9, 2007
Globe & Mail - Throwing stones from Hogtown to small town


August 9, 2007
Globe & Mail - Big development designed to lure Hollywood


August 9, 2007
Toronto Star - Setting the stage for drama


August 9, 2007
Playback - Grondin joins Cookie Jar


August 9, 2007
Playback - Sinking Ship makes Room


August 9, 2007
Playback - Filmport unveils next phase


August 8, 2007
Toronto Star - Oda's ouster would not be mourned


August 8, 2007
Playback - Producers and writers deal on digital future


August 8, 2007
Playback - Space sets dates


August 8, 2007
Playback - Box office took a hit, says Statscan


August 8, 2007
Playback - Raymont on The Border


August 8, 2007
Playback - Whizbang makes drama, not war


August 8, 2007
Playback - New media, digital growing, says CRTC


August 8, 2007
Playback - Industry at odds over fixing CTF


August 8, 2007
Mediacaster Magazine - Alliance Atlantis a Player with Internet TV Channel


August 8, 2007
Mediacaster Magazine - Specifics Lacking in Rogers TV Bid, DGC Says


August 7, 2007
Toronto Star - Degrassi producer back in school


July 31, 2007
Toronto Star - Fans still follow Road to Avonlea


July 31, 2007
Globe & Mail - Industry criticizes TV fund proposals


July 30, 2007
Globe & Mail - Tension mounts in TV fund dispute


July 30, 2007
Broadcaster Magazine - Directors Guild Blasts CTF Task Force Report


July 27, 2007
Playback - Producers vexed over tight Toronto studio space


July 27, 2007
Playback - Echo heard in Toronto


July 27, 2007
Playback - Kinnear is a Genius


July 27, 2007
Playback - The Big Screen: Egoyan on scorn and Adoration


July 27, 2007
DGC News Release - Directors Guild of Canada blasts CTF Task Force Reporte


July 26, 2007 Globe & Mail - How the movie with a very blunt name managed to get a very big boost


July 25, 2007 Playback - Derek scores hat trick


July 24, 2007 Mediacaster - MyToronto Video Contest


July 24, 2007 Toronto Star - T.O. shows its inner Baltimore


July 23, 2007 Playback - Cop action in the works for CTV


July 23, 2007 Playback - Emmy nods for Bride, Devil, Trail


July 20, 2007 Toronto Star - Wounded Knee tops Emmy nomination


July 20, 2007 Toronto Star - A good Hair day


July 19, 2007 Toronto Star - Canada shines in Emmy list


July 19, 2007 Toronto Star - Full list of Emmy nominations


July 19, 2007 Broadcaster Magazine - Directors Call for Diverse Programming Support


July 18, 2007 Playback - Centennial takes over Wallace


July 18, 2007 Playback - Cronenberg, Arcand tapped for TIFF


July 18, 2007 Globe and Mail - Cronenberg and Viggo together again


July 18, 2007 Toronto Star - The David and Viggo show


July 17, 2007 Globe and Mail - Maple Leaf well represented at TIFF


July 16, 2007 Playback - Sutherland, Holness playing with Guns


July 16, 2007 Los Angeles Times - Writers Guild readies for key negotiations


July 16, 2007 Los Angeles Times - Sony offers a big break for Internet video stars


July 14, 2007 Toronto Star - New media era challenges CRTC


July 13, 2007 Playback - Edmonton-bound Lionsgate series nets $9 million


July 13, 2007 Playback - Little deal for VisionTV


July 13, 2007 Playback - Egoyan readying Adoration


July 13, 2007 Playback - CanWest keeps Alliance under wraps


July 12, 2007 Toronto Star - Lions Gate investing in Net delivery


July 11, 2007 Toronto Star - Strike fears create real TV drama


July 11, 2007 Toronto Star - Corus wants lockout kept on U.S. cable channels


July 11, 2007 Globe and Mail - Dion's gamble on culture


July 10, 2007 Toronto Star - Hairspray homecoming for movie cast members


July 6, 2007 Playback - Bronfman buys into Filmport


July 6, 2007 Globe & Mail - CRTC to launch TV review


July 5, 2007 Playback - CRTC selling out, say writers


July 5, 2007 Playback - Record lows for conventional TV


July 5, 2007 Globe & Mail - Demand surging for pay TV, VOD


July 5, 2007 Los Angeles Times - As TV shows go online, networks try to adapt ads


July 5, 2007 Toronto Star - Niche channels grab more of TV's pie


July 5, 2007 Toronto Star - Rivals unite to build film studio


July 4, 2007 Playback - Gunnarsson probes Air India


July 4, 2007 Playback - CTF changes dangerous, says ACTRA


July 4, 2007 Playback - Daniel and Emily go east


July 4, 2007 Globe and Mail - Sadie travels the world


July 3, 2007 Toronto Star - Coming soon, from your attic: home movies


July 3, 2007 Playback - Global fires Jane


July 3, 2007 Playback - WIFT honors Kove, Mehta


July 3, 2007 Playback - New filmmaker prizes in B.C.


July 3, 2007 Playback - Rogers looks to keep Toronto OMNIs


July 3, 2007 Playback - CRTC task force recommends CTF changes


June 29, 2007 Globe & Mail - Rogers offers to sell two stations


June 29, 2007 Globe & Mail - Shaw renews threat to pull CTF cash


June 29, 2007 Toronto Star - Tory draws plan to boost arts


June 29, 2007 Toronto Star - Tory draws plan to boost arts


June 29, 2007 Toronto Star - Flick: Got 12 hours? Film Racing comes to Toronto


June 28, 2007 Playback - Canadian families increasingly 'living on the Internet'


June 26, 2007 Playback - CTV plays catchup with Star


June 26, 2007 Playback - Establishing Shot: A little regulation is a good thing


June 26, 2007 Playback - Loonie's rise a 'disaster' for service sector


June 25, 2007 Globe & Mail - Film library at centre of sale


June 25, 2007 Toronto Star - It's too soon for takeover alarms in film industry


June 25, 2007 Toronto Star - Dove's `Evolution' ad wins at Cannes


June 25, 2007 Playback - Thorne-Stone new boss of OMDC


June 25, 2007 Playback - Media markets to hit $47 billion by 2011


June 25, 2007 Playback - Seville sets date for Shake


June 25, 2007 Playback - Fido falters in U.S.


June 21, 2007 Playback - East Coast struggles with slump


June 20, 2007 Toronto Star - How to make a movie with $1,000


June 19, 2007 Playback - Lantos back in distribution game


June 19, 2007 Playback - Rozema goes American


June 19, 2007 Los Angeles Times - 'Upfront' ad sales show that network TV is still dominant


June 19, 2007 Toronto Star - Movie Distribution officers say fund's in dark over deal


June 18, 2007 Toronto Star - Interactive with an X


June 18, 2007 Playback - Pitching aplenty at WIFT summit


June 18, 2007 Playback - Quebecor in middle of actor union dispute


June 15, 2007 Playback - CFC takes shorts mobile


June 15, 2007 Playback - MC and TMN shoot two new series


June 15, 2007 Playback - Cautious U.S. opening for Fido


June 14, 2007 Playback - CTF committed to transparency


June 14, 2007 Playback - Pitches pay off at Banff


June 14, 2007 Toronto Star - Bond film studio hit with delays


June 14, 2007 Globe & Mail - NBC honcho shows interest in Little Mosque


June 13, 2007 Toronto Star - Diamond repolishes waterfront design


June 13, 2007 Toronto Star - Rogers to move Citytv from Queen


June 13, 2007 Toronto Star - Revue Cinema rescued


June 13, 2007 Toronto Star - Reviving a cinema to preserve a neighbourhood


June 13, 2007 Toronto Star - Rogers buys Citytv stations


June 13, 2007 Globe & Mail - Ruffalo, Moore tapped for Canadian film


June 13, 2007 Globe & Mail - CTV expected to rebrand A Channel


June 13, 2007 Globe & Mail - Will Ted Rogers open his wallet for TV?


June 13, 2007 Playback - Leboeuf, Goulem nab Montreal ACTRA Awards


June 13, 2007 Los Angeles Times - Movie studios fear the sequel to iPod


June 13, 2007 Playback - Movieola signs with Joost


June 13, 2007 Playback - Cunningham new CFTPA chair


June 13, 2007 Playback - No plans to change Citytv brand, says Rogers


June 13, 2007 Playback - Ottawa re-ups New Media Fund


June 13, 2007 Los Angeles Times - Camera, legal action!


June 12, 2007 Globe & Mail - CRTC head says no backsliding on rules


June 12, 2007 Globe & Mail - Website is acting like a TV network


June 11, 2007 Playback - Media buyers bullish on Rogers' buy of Citytvs


June 11, 2007 Playback - CBC invests in Prime Time


June 11, 2007 Playback - Away from Her shines on both sides of border


June 8, 2007 Playback - Kalangis works on Love


June 8, 2007 Toronto Star - Canadian film connects


June 8, 2007 Toronto Star - Short and sweet film fest


June 8, 2007 Toronto Star - Peter Simpson, 64: Canadian film legend


June 8, 2007 Globe & Mail - As CTV awaits ruling, Rogers' A Channel deal hangs in balance


June 8, 2007 Globe & Mail - How Google is shaking up the ad world


June 7, 2007 Playback - Global launch marred by ACTRA protest


June 7, 2007 Playback - Global plays safe while E! experiments


June 7, 2007 Playback - Peter Simpson 1943-2007


June 7, 2007 Playback - Big TV changes ahead, says report


June 7, 2007 Los Angeles Times - Firing a digital broadside at Chinese media pirates


June 7, 2007 Toronto Star - Global's fall launch marred by protest


June 7, 2007 Globe & Mail - Take it from me: It's all women, all the time this fall on Global


June 6, 2007
Playback - CFC honors volunteers


June 6, 2007
Playback - CTV playing safe with simulcasts


June 6, 2007
Playback - Radio-Canada puts $12 million into features


June 5, 2007
Toronto Star - Let's not put up with this any longer


June 5, 2007
Playback - Shaw attacks CTF again


June 5, 2007
Playback - CTV drums up drama


June 5, 2007
Globe & Mail - Painful stories, powerful work from Egoyan and Ataman


June 5, 2007
Globe & Mail - More news from the land of cable. Pass the Pepto


June 5, 2007
Globe & Mail - CTV loads up on drama, skips reality


June 5, 2007
Globe & Mail - CTF shoots back at Shaw


June 4, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Advertiser cash flows to indie film projects


June 4, 2007
Playback - Geminis trump Corner Gas at 2007 Leos


June 4, 2007
Playback - Cut creatives some slack on taxes, says MP


June 4, 2007
Playback - Oda and Bernier deliver anti-piracy bill


June 4, 2007
Toronto Star - House supports film piracy law


June 4, 2007
Globe & Mail - On the Web, TV's been a bottom-line blip


June 4, 2007
Globe & Mail - Shaw demands 'radical change' in CTF


June 1, 2007
Globe & Mail - Dishing on the non-fat Henry VIII


June 1, 2007
Playback - Amaze looks south


June 1, 2007
Playback - Tories promise anti-piracy bill


May 31, 2007
Playback - Strike measures possible, say actors


May 31, 2007
Playback - CHUM buys Chuck, Reaper


May 31, 2007
Globe & Mail - The CBC's fall season sure is impressive - to the CBC


May 31, 2007
Globe & Mail - Ottawa to muscle in on video piracy


May 30, 2007
Playback - CBC favors reality, comedy


May 30, 2007
Playback - ACTRA re-elects Hardacre


May 30, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Film buff's big break


May 30, 2007
Toronto Star - CBC keeping it real this fall


May 30, 2007
Globe & Mail - The CRTC's chairman has to go


May 30, 2007
Globe & Mail - CBC's 'new direction': more drama, reality TV


May 29, 2007
Playback - Let viewers decide, says CRTC chair


May 29, 2007
Playback - The Establishing Shot: More ads won't save networks


May 29, 2007
Playback - Where's Canadian drama on the CBC?


May 28, 2007
Globe & Mail - If love is work, make sure you have a good benefit plan


May 28, 2007
Playback - CBC joins HandHeld network


May 28, 2007
Playback - Alliance purchase moves forward


May 25, 2007
Playback - Scripted Cancon alive and well on TMN


May 25, 2007
Los Angeles Times - 'Made in USA' losing its appeal


May 24, 2007
Playback - Skogland bound for Belfast


May 24, 2007
Globe & Mail - Laughter out, serious drama in


May 24, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Atticus Finch is on the docket


May 23, 2007
Playback - Yorkton looks back, pushes forward


May 23, 2007
Playback - Peace Arch buys Dufferin Gate


May 22, 2007
Playback - Seville in for Christal


May 22, 2007
Playback - Away from Her making gains


May 22, 2007
Playback - Critics slam CRTC policy


May 22, 2007
Playback - Perlmutter is new NFB boss


May 22, 2007
Toronto Star - Time Canadians stood up to the CRTC


May 18, 2007
Toronto Star - Next stop, centre ice


May 18, 2007
Toronto Star - TV ad limits lifted


May 18, 2007
Globe & Mail - CRTC rejects networks' request for more fees


May 16, 2007
Playback - ShowCanada: a great Hollywood tradition


May 16, 2007
Playback - TIFF rejects glamour with Fugitive Pieces opener


May 16, 2007
Playback - The establishing shot: The problems with mobile


May 16, 2007
Playback - On the Lot taps three Canucks


May 16, 2007
Playback - Senators call for fixes to CTF


May 16, 2007
Playback - Comedy, web content on CBC schedule


May 16, 2007
Toronto Star - Sarah Polley's big prize


May 15, 2007
Toronto Star - Corus, Cogeco merging sales forces


May 15, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Special-effects house aims to make video games more cinematic


May 15, 2007
Playback - Indie spending jumps 21% in 2006


May 11, 2007
Playback - Delta debuts, Away expands


May 11, 2007
Playback - Boys and Arms lead Leo race


May 11, 2007
Playback - Production spending surged in '06


May 11, 2007
OMC - Press Release - New Legislation Recognizes Important Role Of Artists


May 11, 2007
Globe & Mail - Fugitive Pieces to open TIFF


May 11, 2007
Toronto Star - Fugitive Pieces to open TIFF


May 11, 2007
Toronto Star - Cannes at 60


May 10, 2007
Playback - Podeswa's Pieces to open TIFF


May 10, 2007
Playback - Mosque headed to France


May 9, 2007
Playback - What will open TIFF?


May 9, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Film piracy mushrooming in Canada


May 9, 2007
Toronto Star - Warner cuts previews here


May 9, 2007
Toronto Star - We're changing the way we watch TV


May 9, 2007
Globe & Mail - Little Mosque on the Champs Élysées


May 9, 2007
Globe & Mail - Why Warner Brothers is cracking down on Canada


May 8, 2007
Playback - Strong debut for Away from Her


May 8, 2007
Playback - Harry Rasky 1928-2007


May 7, 2007
Globe & Mail - When Canadians watch TV, they want drama


May 7, 2007
Playback - Brand departs DGC


May 7, 2007
Playback - Specialty, pay-TV are thriving, says CRTC


May 7, 2007
Playback - Specialty, pay-TV are thriving, says CRTC


May 7, 2007
Playback - Critics cheer Durham debut


May 7, 2007
Toronto Star - Atom Egoyan's close-up


May 7, 2007
Globe & Mail - At 77, Allan King has his moment


May 4, 2007
Playback - Thirteen screens for Away from Her


May 4, 2007
Globe & Mail - Away from Her ***½


May 4, 2007
Toronto Star - 'Away From Her': A marriage adrift


May 3, 2007
Globe & Mail - CTV raises ante to gain approval for CHUM deal


May 2, 2007
Playback - Global boosts Best Years


May 2, 2007
Globe & Mail - CRTC signals CHUM deal will get nod


May 2, 2007
Toronto Star - Play Misty for her


April 30, 2007
Playback - Barna hopes Céline will ‘exceed’ Shania


April 30, 2007
Playback - Business model not yet there for online TV


April 30, 2007
Playback - Let’s give CBC a break


April 30, 2007
Playback - Toronto’s growing studio space should attract major shoots


April 30, 2007
Globe & Mail - We need more hit Canadian drama, not more E! channels


April 30, 2007
Toronto Star - CRTC looks at CTV play for CHUM


April 27, 2007
Playback - Pinewood brings Toronto new optimism


April 27, 2007
Globe & Mail - An amicable parting of ways


April 27, 2007
Toronto Star - Celebrating Allan King's video-era vérité


April 25, 2007
Playback - King of docs, new media on 2007 sked


April 25, 2007
Playback - Canada scores 17 noms for Banff prizes


April 25, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Producers prepare for possible strike


April 25, 2007
Globe & Mail - E!gads! Networks ready for rumble on the red carpet


April 24, 2007
Toronto Star - Selling high-end condos, one cinephile at a time


April 24, 2007
Toronto Star - Town reels as teen TV drama axed


April 23, 2007
City of Toronto - News Release - East Bayfront precinct’s first employer to bring 1,300 jobs to Toronto’s waterfront


April 23, 2007
Playback - Zip.ca reaches out to indies


April 23, 2007
Playback - ACTRA okays new IPA


April 23, 2007
Playback - Jim Murphy 1947-2007


April 23, 2007
Playback - ReGenesis, Zimmer Twins sites share Emmy win


April 23, 2007
Toronto Star - We mustn't cave in to copyright bullying


April 20, 2007
Playback - Hollywood exec producer reinvents Billable Hours


April 20, 2007
Playback - Toronto developer confirms Pinewood deal


April 20, 2007
Toronto Star - Actors boo province's performance


April 17, 2007
CBC - Massive new studio expected to open in Toronto


April 16, 2007
Toronto Star - Blockbuster directors to build T.O. studio


April 12, 2007
Playback - Canuck directors seek theatrical deals at fest


April 12, 2007
The Telegram - Mini-series gets screenwriting nod - Above and Beyond


April 12, 2007
Playback - Lost in the spin


April 11, 2007
Toronto Star - Harry Rasky, 78: Documentary filmmaker


April 10, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Showing at theaters: urgency of digital shift


April 10, 2007
Playback - Movie Distribution trustees buck CanWest buyout


April 10, 2007
Playback - Greenberg backs Peyton, Tierney projects


April 10, 2007
Globe & Mail - U.S. turns up heat on piracy in China


April 10, 2007
Globe & Mail - Rogers moves into TV's second tier


April 10, 2007
Toronto Star - Cable giant becomes major TV player


April 5, 2007
Toronto Star - CBC cancels long-running shows


April 4, 2007
Playback - Global discovers Canada


April 4, 2007
Globe & Mail - Google pries open TV ad market with EchoStar deal


April 3, 2007
Playback - Sharkwater tears into box office


April 2, 2007
National Post - B.C. films: The sequel


April 2, 2007
Variety - TV fund hands out $200 million


April 2, 2007
Press Release - CTF - CTF Announces $242 million in Broadcaster Performance Envelopes Allocations for 2007-08


April 2, 2007
Los Angeles Times - New Mexico film industry hopes to steal the show


April 2, 2007
Toronto Star - More Web regulation doesn't make any sense


April 2, 2007
Globe & Mail - Broadband access not necessarily a vote for Web TV


March 30, 2007
Press Release - CAEA - Status of the artist legislation fails to deliver real change for artists in Ontario


March 30, 2007
Playback - Oda on the record


March 30, 2007
Playback - Return of ReGenesis


March 30, 2007
Playback - Guilds, ACTRA slam broadcasters on drama


March 30, 2007
Toronto Star - 'Radiant City': Nice place to visit


March 30, 2007
Toronto Star - A first peek at lady Travolta


March 29, 2007
Broadcaster Magazine - Private TV Drama Spending 'Unacceptable' Says DGC


March 29, 2007
Press Release - UBCP - Settlement achieved for new British Columbia master production agreement covering performers


March 29, 2007
Playback - Labor deal struck in B.C.


March 29, 2007
Toronto Star - Cost of U.S. TV shows hits profit


March 29, 2007
Globe & Mail - Battle for foreign shows hits the bottom line


March 28, 2007
Playback - CTV ups its order for Degrassi


March 26, 2007
Variety - Ontario's cultural sector gets boost


March 26, 2007
Playback - Fido takes first place


March 26, 2007
CBC - Ontario tables status of artist legislation


March 23, 2007
CBC - CBC president calls for long-term mandate


March 23, 2007
Press Release - ACTRA - Performers Hopeful Status of the Artist Promise Not Just Hollow Words: Ontario Budget


March 23, 2007
Press Release - ACTRA - Tory Budget: Funding Failure For Film and Television


March 23, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Will TheirTube work?


March 23, 2007
Los Angeles Times - News Corp., NBC video venture to depart from network formula


March 23, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Hollywood's big online rival: the little guy


March 23, 2007
Toronto Star - Playing the blame game about film industry


March 23, 2007
Toronto Star - The reality TV `wow' factor


March 23, 2007
Toronto Star - At least one budget had goodies for arts


March 23, 2007
Globe & Mail - NBC, News Corp. team up to squelch YouTube fire


March 23, 2007
Globe & Mail - TV channels square off to stay on basic cable


March 23, 2007
Globe & Mail - Hoping you won't touch that dial, Apple TV goes PC


March 22, 2007
Globe & Mail - Toronto joins San Francisco's Digital City Network


March 22, 2007
Playback - Bloc calls for CTF changes


March 21, 2007
Toronto Star - What's up at Hot Docs


March 21, 2007
Toronto Star - Plato and the pragmatic cineaste


March 20, 2007
Variety - No showbiz boost in budget


March 20, 2007
Playback - Producers add new wrinkles to traditional funding models


March 20, 2007
Playback - We're a pirate nation


March 20, 2007
Playback - Slow start for Fido


March 20, 2007
Playback - Ottawa rethinking competition policies


March 19, 2007
Playback - The Burning Question


March 19, 2007
Playback - Is the Green Goliath too big for Toronto?


March 19, 2007
Playback - Capri mashes up with Mongrel


March 19, 2007
Playback - TVA puts $2 million behind Fido


March 19, 2007
Los Angeles Times - To make a long story short…


March 19, 2007
Los Angeles Times - The movie dating game


March 19, 2007
Toronto Star - Groomreaper


March 19, 2007
Toronto Star - Fetching Fido


March 15, 2007
Playback - King makes comeback


March 14, 2007
News Release - Devine Entertainment Corp. Devine Entertainment Commissions Scripts For Second Season Of Primetime Mystery Series: Across the River to Motor City


March 14, 2007
Playback - CRTC buyout review pushed to fall


March 14, 2007
Globe & Mail - Viacom-Google suit signals power shift


March 14, 2007
Globe & Mail - CRTC concerned about 'diversity of voices'


March 13, 2007
Playback - BlogTV rolls cameras, wheels


March 13, 2007
Playback - Cool million for Mosque


March 12, 2007
Playback - CTF hands out BPE cash


March 9, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Sony Pictures may relocate 100 visual effects workers to New Mexico


March 8, 2007
Playback - A lot for On the Lot


March 8, 2007
Playback - Kalangis opens filmmakers fest


March 7, 2007
Playback - Filmmaking all in family for Lantos clan


March 6, 2007
Playback - Coupland film Gone to Equinoxe


March 5, 2007
Playback - The strike and the damage done


March 5, 2007
Playback - Cinemas to cell phones: Clarkson looks ahead


March 5, 2007
Playback - Labor peace breaks out across Canada


March 5, 2007
Playback - Muse preps comedy with Macy, Ryan


March 5, 2007
Globe & Mail - Alliance Atlantis takes a cheekier attitude to Life


March 5, 2007
Toronto Star - TEDCO needs to sit in the corner


March 5, 2007
Toronto Star - BBC, YouTube sign deal on news clips, hit shows


March 5, 2007
Toronto Star - Vancouver just too busy to take all of Hollywood's calls


March 5, 2007
Toronto Star - Montreal proves a worthy opponent


March 5, 2007
Toronto Star - Piracy in Canada noise getting tiresome


March 1, 2007
Playback - Lantos buys into Blueprint


March 1, 2007
Playback - CTF is not broken, so don't fix it, say MPs


March 1, 2007
Globe & Mail - Marvel hoping super friends come through


March 1, 2007
Globe & Mail - Hollywood takes another stab at download dollars


February 28, 2007
Globe & Mail - Production house gets cash injection


February 27, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Canadian deal might serve as U.S. blueprint


February 27, 2007
Toronto Star - Mehta skips ball for Water party


February 27, 2007
Toronto Star - Hulk a hero to T.O. film industry


February 27, 2007
Toronto Star - Task force set up to study TV fund raises alarm bells


February 26, 2007
Playback - Hulk sequel set for Toronto


February 26, 2007
Jam! Showbiz - 'Incredible Hulk' to shoot in T.O.


February 26, 2007
Playback - Podeswa proud of Pieces


February 26, 2007
Playback - CTF may 'resist change,' says Barrett


February 26, 2007
Globe & Mail - Water opens door for Canadian actor


February 26, 2007
Globe & Mail - 'I will litigate, trust me,' regulator warns on CTF


February 26, 2007
Globe & Mail - Bitter ACTRA strike leaves Hollywood North battered


February 22, 2007
Globe & Mail - Shaw 'willing to work' with Ottawa on TV fund


February 22, 2007
Globe & Mail - This time, actors' deal has Hollywood onside


February 22, 2007
Toronto Star - Canuck directors take shortcut to Cannes


February 21, 2007
Government of Canada Newsroom - Press Release - The CRTC creates a Task Force on the Canadian Television Fund


February 21, 2007
Playback - Actors and producers have a deal -- again


February 21, 2007
ACTRA - Press Release - ACTRA and producers reach new agreement


February 21, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Canada actors strike wraps


February 21, 2007
Variety - Canadian actors' strike ends


February 21, 2007
Globe & Mail - CRTC to launch review of besieged television fund


February 21, 2007
Playback - Producers upbeat about CRTC review


February 21, 2007
Toronto Star - Cinespace studio fades to black


February 21, 2007
Toronto Star - Satellite dilemma


February 21, 2007
Toronto Star - L.A. embraces opera


February 20, 2007
Press Release - The CRTC creates a Task Force on the Canadian Television Fund


February 20, 2007
Playback - Shaw firm on CTF 'tax'


February 20, 2007
Globe & Mail - Awash in Oscar glory


February 20, 2007
Globe & Mail - How Hollywood thwarted actors' deal


February 20, 2007
Reuters - Hollywood studios derail Canada actors pact


February 20, 2007
Variety - Hollywood nixes pact


February 20, 2007
Broadcaster Magazine - ACTRA Settlement Requires US Input


February 20, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Canada actors pact gets derailed


February 20, 2007
Toronto Star - CBC brass gets attacked by Friends


February 19, 2007
Playback - Not so fast on IPA, says Hollywood


February 19, 2007
Toronto Star - Think small - very small


February 19, 2007
Press Release - Breaking News From ACTRA: Tentative Agreement


February 19, 2007
Playback - Producers gather in time of crisis


February 19, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Studio concerns delay Canada strike deal


February 19, 2007
CBC - ACTRA, producers deal stalled over internet rights


February 19, 2007
Globe & Mail - Actors' union, producers close in on labour deal


February 19, 2007
Toronto Star - Canadians lauded at Berlinale


February 19, 2007
Toronto Star - Hank & Mike: The final frontier


February 19, 2007
Toronto Star - Tentative deal reached to end ACTRA strike


February 16, 2007
Variety - Canadian actors reach tentative deal


February 16, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - ACTRA, producers agree to end strike


February 16, 2007
Playback - Deal reached in actors strike


February 16, 2007
Canadian Press - Rally planned in hopes of ending six-week ACTRA strike


February 16, 2007
Playback - OMDC hands out $1.8 million
DGC Ontario is a recipient of OMDC funding for a project that we are developing with HotDocs. Together we are creating a digital screening library with an acquisitions component.


February 16, 2007
Playback - Quebec steps into union standoff


February 16, 2007
Playback - Toronto actor breaks ranks


February 16, 2007
Playback - Rabinovitch defends CTF


February 16, 2007
Playback - Offering Reel Support


February 16, 2007
CBC - CBC/Radio-Canada and the importance of the Canadian Television Fund


February 16, 2007
Canoe - CBC brass defends TV fund


February 16, 2007
Toronto Star - Now playing: pay-per-view films on a cell


February 16, 2007
Toronto Star - Your money funded CTF


February 16, 2007
Toronto Star - Canadian movies now playing in school gyms
DGC Ontario is a proud sponsor of Reel Canada


February 16, 2007
CFTPA - Press Release


February 15, 2007
Playback - Quebecor backs down


February 15, 2007
Playback - ACTRA tables new offer on old media


February 15, 2007
Press Release - The ACTRA Strike; a member's update #1


February 15, 2007
Variety - Quebecor to resume fund payments


February 15, 2007
Variety - Canadian actors inch toward deal


February 15, 2007
Globe & Mail - It's crucial, producers say


February 15, 2007
Globe & Mail - Britain's Marwyn gets deal to buy Entertainment One


February 14, 2007
Press Release - Quebecor Quebecor Media Pleased With Federal Commitment to Examine Funding of Canadian Television Productions


February 14, 2007
Press Release - ACTRA ACTRA calls on Canadian producers to join negotiations


February 14, 2007
Globe and Mail - 'The Prussian' who loves a good fight


February 14, 2007
Globe and Mail - Péladeau blinks in TV funding spat with CRTC


February 14, 2007
Globe and Mail - ACTRA wants to talk to Canadian producers


February 14, 2007
Toronto Star - T.O.'s movie, TV biz take a hit


February 14, 2007
Playback - Communications union sides with Quebecor


February 14, 2007
Playback - Play by the rules, says CRTC


February 13, 2007
CBC - Oda promises letter asking cable firms for CTF funding


February 13, 2007
Press Release - Quebecor Media Inc. - Quebecor Media Proposes More than $100 Million for Canadian Content Production Over Three Years


February 13, 2007
Montreal Gazette - Movie scene becomes a horror show


February 13, 2007
Playback - Quebecor proposes $35M fund


February 13, 2007
Globe & Mail - Lions Gate roaring ahead


February 13, 2007
Globe & Mail - Péladeau lashes out in TV funding feud


February 13, 2007
Toronto Star - Viacom aiming to distribute video on Web


February 13, 2007
Toronto Star - Movies to be offered on Apple website


February 12, 2007
Playback - Domestic up, foreign down in Ontario


February 12, 2007
Press Release - Shaw Shaw Communications Inc.: CBC and CTF Should be Held Accountable


February 12, 2007
Globe & Mail - Religious TV channel on carpet


February 12, 2007
Globe & Mail - Lights, camera and, finally, some action


February 12, 2007
Globe & Mail - Snowy Berlin warms to Kanadiers


February 12, 2007
Canadian Television Fund Release - The CTF: A True Success Story Supporting Canadian Television Production


February 10, 2007
Toronto Star - Toronto `film-unfriendly'?


February 9, 2007
Playback - Magnolia gets Weird


February 9, 2007
Playback - No deal in ACTRA strike


February 9, 2007
Globe and Mail - Cable giants reject CTF proposal


February 9, 2007
National Post - Waterfront project shrouded in secrecy


February 9, 2007
Broadcaster - Production Industry in Limbo Over CTF Crisis


February 9, 2007
Globe and Mail - Canadian Television Fund ready to ask CRTC for help


February 9, 2007
CFTPA - Press Release ACTRA bargaining update No.12 - No resolution despite producers willingness to move on wages and compensation for new media


February 9, 2007
ACTRA - Press Release Mediation Fails: ACTRA open for business


February 8, 2007
Playback - Feds must bail out CTF, says APFTQ


February 8, 2007
Playback - Rocket Fund names final four


February 8, 2007
Globe and Mail - B.C. performers, producers suspend contract talks


February 7, 2007
CBC - Quebec TV industry pressures Ottawa on CTF funding


February 7, 2007
Press Release - Shaw Communications Inc. Shaw Communications Inc.: Canadians Deserve Better Than the CTF Has Delivered


February 7, 2007
Playback - Decode creates a Buzz


February 7, 2007
Playback - Degrassi: The Cartoon


February 6, 2007
Macleans - Quebec TV producers say feds should give television fund a loan


February 6, 2007
Press Release - CFTPA ACTRA agrees to return to the bargaining table


February 6, 2007
Globe and Mail - CBC-TV head scolds Shaw, Vidéotron


February 6, 2007
Toronto Star - Degrassi gets animated


February 6, 2007
Toronto Star - TV fund money really belongs to us


February 6, 2007
Toronto Star - U.S. movie piracy claims mostly fiction


February 6, 2007
Globe and Mail - Disney hopes to hit the tween jackpot again


February 6, 2007
Los Angeles Times - A Hollywood 101 course for Capitol Hill


February 5, 2007
Mayor David Miller - Statement from Mayor David Miller on ACTRA/CFTPA Dispute


February 5, 2007
Playback - The CTF mess


February 5, 2007
Playback - CTF, CBC summoned to Ottawa


February 5, 2007
Playback - Showcase orders more Rent-A-Goalie


February 5, 2007
Playback - Cogeco Fund doled out $1.7M


February 5, 2007
Playback - ACTRA, producers return to table


February 5, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - ACTRA talks back on, but digital divide gaping


February 3, 2007
Globe and Mail - ACTRA members stage first picket line of strike


February 3, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Digital media issue fuels ACTRA strike


February 3, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Viacom wants its content taken off YouTube


February 2, 2007
Playback - Mosque stands strong, Intelligence falters


February 2, 2007
Playback - Funding safe, says CTF


February 2, 2007
Mediacaster - CTF Maintains Production Support and Plans


February 2, 2007
Broadcaster - Open Letter to CFTPA


February 2, 2007
680 News - ACTRA strike costs city


February 2, 2007
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting - Change appears the only certainty for Canadian Television Fund by Deirdre McMurdy


February 2, 2007
Playback - ACTRA to rally first, talk later


February 2, 2007
ACTRA - Press Release ACTRA Pickets Producers


February 2, 2007
ACTRA - Press Release ACTRA Pickets CFTPA


February 2, 2007
ACTRA - Press Release Response to CFTPA press release of February 1st


February 2, 2007
Playback - CTF tweaks 2007/08 guidelines


February 2, 2007
CFTPA - Press Release Producers urge action regarding Canadian Television Fund's future; an entire industry hangs in the balance


February 2, 2007
Reuters/ Hollywood Reporter - ACTRA appeals arbitration ruling


February 2, 2007
Globe and Mail - CTF spat prompts probe into health of Canadian TV


February 2, 2007
Globe and Mail - Striking ACTRA to appeal ruling on arbitration


February 2, 2007
Toronto Star - Then we take Berlin


February 2, 2007
Toronto Star - Happy talk at CBC Survivor


February 1, 2007
CFTPA - Press Release Note to the Canadian Production Industry ACTRA Appeals Portion of Court Ruling


February 1, 2007
ACTRA - Press Release ACTRA Appeals Portion of Court Ruling


February 1, 2007
Playback - Oda to meet with CTF chief


February 1, 2007
Globe and Mail - Producers slam ACTRA position on court rulling


January 31, 2007
CFTPA - Press Release ACTRA appeals arbitration to avoid question on the legality of its strike


January 31, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Judge orders ACTRA dispute to arbitration


January 31, 2007
Playback - Court orders arbitration in ACTRA strike


January 31, 2007
Globe and Mail - Court says ACTRA can continue strike


January 31, 2007
Toronto Star - Court to appoint arbitrator in ACTRA strike


January 31, 2007
Globe and Mail - CBC e-mail sketches Internet-focused strategy


January 31, 2007
Globe and Mail - Cable firms divided over TV fund


January 31, 2007
Globe and Mail - Today's YouTube addict, tomorrow's Web tycoon?


January 30, 2007
Press Release - the Honourable Beverley J. Oda Statement following the meeting with the principal funders of the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) on January 30, 2007


January 30, 2007
Back Stage - Striking Actors Eyeing 3-Day Talks


January 30, 2007
Ottawa Sun - CFTPA Fails in Effort to Stop ACTRA'S Strike


January 30, 2007
Ottawa Sun - Fix is in for Canuck TV fund, NDP says


January 30, 2007
Playback - TV needs 'vision,' says Heritage critic


January 30, 2007
Playback - B.C. actors, producers back at the table


January 30, 2007
Playback - Two nods from Sundance


January 30, 2007
Playback - The Jane Show back on Global


January 30, 2007
Toronto Star - Hollywood puts squeeze on Canada - Told to crack down on bootlegging or lose film premieres, face delay of blockbusters


January 29, 2007
Playback - Oda steps into CTF fray


January 29, 2007
Playback - Ministry to investigate Jumper death


January 27, 2007
Toronto Star - Funding renewed despite standoff


January 26, 2007
CTF - Press Release CTF Thanks the Minister of Canadian Heritage for 2-year Funding Renewal


January 26, 2007
CTV - Feds call meeting to deal with TV-fund protest


January 26, 2007
Macleans - Government renews cash to embattled TV fund as industry support erodes


January 26, 2007
Globe and Mail - Crew member killed on film set


January 26, 2007
Toronto Star - Man killed on movie set


January 26, 2007
CBC - Oda pledges $200M to Canadian Television Fund


January 26, 2007
Playback - McDonald, Virgo going to Berlin


January 26, 2007
Playback - Audiences find God


January 26, 2007
Canoe Gov't to contribute $200M TV fund


January 26, 2007
Press Release - Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women The Honourable Beverley J. Oda Calls a Meeting on the Canadian Television Fund


January 26, 2007
Playback - Court hears strike arguments


January 26, 2007
Toronto Star - At last, Water to play in India


January 26, 2007
Toronto Star - Where is our media going?


January 26, 2007
Globe and Mail - Oda tries to quell revolt over CTF funding


January 26, 2007
Globe and Mail - Former Competition Bureau chief named head of CRTC


January 26, 2007
Globe and Mail - Mehta's Water to open in cinemas across India


January 25, 2007
Press Release - CBC Radio CBC/Radio-Canada does not receive Canadian Television Fund money


January 25, 2007
BackStage - ACTRA Wants to Spin Off New-Media Talks


January 25, 2007
Press Release - Liberal Party Oda Must Act to Ensure Survival of the Canadian Television Fund


January 25, 2007
NorthernStars.ca - Clement Virgo's Poor Boy's Game to Premiere at 2007 Berlin Film Festival


January 25, 2007
The Toronto Star - Jane-Finch coup at Sundance


January 25, 2007
Playback - Bell and Cogeco stand by CTF


January 25, 2007
Canadian Television Fund - Press Release CTF Takes Action to Protect Fund


January 25, 2007
Globe and Mail - TV fund rebukes cable giants - CTF ready to go to court over millions in payments withheld by Shaw, Vidéotron


January 25, 2007
Globe and Mail - Ex-Kid in the Hall enjoys director's chair


January 25, 2007
Globe and Mail - Imax hangs its future on Hollywood fare


January 25, 2007
Globe and Mail - Next, they'll take Berlin


January 25, 2007
Toronto Star - CRTC is urged to force cable firms to pay up


January 25, 2007
Mediacaster - "Damaging Effects" of Fund Withdrawals Concerns CTF


January 25, 2007
Globe and Mail - Judge to rule next week on ACTRA strike


January 24, 2007
Globe and Mail - Cable companies rebel against Ottawa's TV fund


January 24, 2007
Toronto Star - Zany `Kid' gets serious - McCulloch's film has Liotta as erring husband who regrets his ways


January 24, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - Canada producers seek restraining order


January 24, 2007
Globe and Mail - Ontario report urges help for artists


January 24, 2007
CBC - Producers in court looking to block ACTRA labour action


January 24, 2007
ACTRA News Release - DEAR CFTPA, Time to stop fiddling while our industry burns


January 24, 2007
Playback Daily - Producers take ACTRA to court


January 24, 2007
Globe and Mail - Cable companies rebel against Ottawa's TV fund


January 24, 2007
Globe and Mail - Oscar takes a world view


January 24, 2007
Globe and Mail - Whoa Canada, Oscar gives nod to the north


January 24, 2007
Globe and Mail - Producers ask court for arbitrator in ACTRA strike


January 24, 2007
ACTRA Press Release - Producers mischaracterize ACTRA's position


January 24, 2007
CBC - Videotron suspends contributions to Canadian Television Fund, wants review of fund


January 24, 2007
Quebecor Press Release - Videotron Suspends Contributions to Canadian Television Fund


January 24, 2007
Toronto Star - Canadians earn Oscar nods


January 24, 2007
Toronto Star - Urgent need for new CRTC leader


January 24, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Borders fall as the academy reaches around the globe


January 23, 2007
CFTPA Press Release - ACTRA looks for 50% increase for new media


January 23, 2007
Globe and Mail - ACTRA, producers unable to reach deal


January 23, 2007
Macleans - ACTRA, producers' groups fail to reach deal on Web fees; heading to court


January 23, 2007
Playback - Cinespace closing Marine studio


January 23, 2007
Toronto Star - Shaw could kill TV fund


January 23, 2007
Globe and Mail - One woman's heroic journey


January 23, 2007
Globe and Mail - Striking ACTRA in talks with Quebec producers


January 23, 2007
Globe and Mail - Mehta's Water wins Oscar nomination


January 23, 2007
Playback - ACTRA, producers back at the table


January 22, 2007
ACTRA Press Release - Producers Stonewall Meditation


January 22, 2007
Variety - ACTRA, producers try facilitator - Court battle looming


January 22, 2007
CBC - ACTRA, producers talks stalling over internet rights


January 22, 2007
Toronto Star - Movie industry taking a beating


January 22, 2007
Playback - Comment: Why rush new media agreement?


January 22, 2007
Playback - Shaw threatens to exit CTF


January 22, 2007
Playback - ACTRA strike to go before courts


January 19, 2007
Reuters - Striking Canadian actors resume talks


January 19, 2007
Globe and Mail - Little Mosque follow-up pulls in 1.2 million viewers


January 19, 2007
Toronto Star - Toronto as Bollywood West?


January 19, 2007
Toronto Star - The End? - 9/11, SARS, the Loonie, unfair taxes, no studio space, now an actors' strike. Is it all over for Hollywood North?


January 18, 2007
Toronto Star - Water makes Oscar cut


January 18, 2007
Globe and Mail - Pushing the Boundaries - Sundance


January 18, 2007
Globe and Mail - A darker Parker - The Robber Bride


January 18, 2007
Globe and Mail - Oscar retains Water


January 17, 2007
Toronto Star - Fade to black at Cinespace Studios


January 17, 2007
Globe and Mail - Sale leaves Canadian films in limbo


January 17, 2007
Globe and Mail - CanWest expected to step up pursuit of media holdings


January 17, 2007
Globe and Mail - Waterfront film studio to close


January 16, 2007
Globe and Mail - Canadian filmmakers get a shot at On the Lot


January 16, 2007
Canoe - 'On The Lot' calling Cdn. filmmakers


January 16, 2007
Toronto Star - Apple TV


January 16, 2007
Globe and Mail - Rated 'H' for hypocrisy A new doc reveals that Hollywood uses its film-rating system to drive profits


January 15, 2007
Globe and Mail - U.S. producers issue warning about strike


January 15, 2007
Toronto Star - Canucks to invade Sundance film fest


January 15, 2007
Toronto Star - Critics sing Slings' praises


January 15, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Microsoft hooking up with Hollywood


January 13, 2007
Toronto Star - Film industry flickers as studio closes


January 12, 2007
Canadian Television Fund Maintains Support to Canadian Productions


January 12, 2007
Toronto Star - Future of film is at hand


January 12, 2007
Toronto Star - Microsoft hooking up with Hollywood


January 11, 2007
Toronto Star - CanWest buys Alliance Atlantis


January 11, 2007
Toronto Star - ACTRA Strike - Technicians suffering - They greatly fear this action will scare work away from Ontario's fading film industry to elsewhere


January 11, 2007
Globe and Mail - CanWest, Goldman snap up Alliance in $2.3-billion deal


January 11, 2007
Globe and Mail - ACTRA takes its strike action to Quebec


January 11, 2007
Globe and Mail - Record debut for CBC with Little Mosque


January 10, 2007
The Hollywood Reporter - Producers try to halt individual ACTRA deals


January 10, 2007
Globe and Mail - Good year, bad timing - Celebration of Canadian films comes on heels of industry strike


January 10, 2007
Toronto Star - TV broadcast for cellphones gets trial


January 10, 2007
Toronto Star - Alliance confirms CanWest talks


January 9, 2007
Globe and Mail - On strike, but shows go on


January 9, 2007
Toronto Star - Little mirth on Prairie


January 9, 2007
Toronto Star - Actors strike, don't walk


January 9, 2007
Toronto Star - Mehta's Water feted in U.S.


January 8, 2007
Playback - Down to the wire on actors strike


January 8, 2007
Playback - IATSE signs low-budget agreement


January 8, 2007
Playback - Cronenberg, Lantos roll on Promises


January 8, 2007
Playback - Ciccoritti wraps Terrorist


January 8, 2007
Globe and Mail - CanWest's Alliance bid may leave rivals in lurch


January 8, 2007
Toronto Star - ACTRA strike in effect


January 8, 2007
Toronto Star - No talks set in actors' strike


January 8, 2007
Globe and Mail - ACTRA strike begins


January 8, 2007
Globe and Mail - ACTRA goes on strike


January 8, 2007
Globe and Mail - Actors, producers in 11th-hour talks over wage hike


January 8, 2007
Globe and Mail - ACTRA members told to sign up for picket duty


January 8, 2007
Toronto Star - Charmion King-Pinsent, 81: Stage veteran - The stage and actor Gordon Pinsent were the great loves of her life


January 7, 2007
Toronto Star - Blue away


January 6, 2007
Toronto Star - Possible suitors circle Alliance Atlantis


January 5, 2007
Globe and Mail - Alliance Atlantis shares sparkle


January 5, 2007
Toronto Star - Little Mosque treats Toronto


January 5, 2007
Globe and Mail - Little Mosque on the Prairie - Critic's Choice


January 5, 2007
Toronto Star - ACTRA strike threat illegal: Producers


January 4, 2007
Toronto Star - Actors' union threatens to strike


January 4, 2007
Globe and Mail - ACTRA talks go down to the wire with lots at stake


January 3, 2007
ACTRA Press Release - Press Release from ACTRA


January 3, 2007
Broadcaster Magazine - ACTRA Sets Strike Deadline


January 3, 2007
Toronto Star - Artists' union sets Monday strike deadline


January 3, 2007
Toronto Star - Is CBC on an arts diet?


January 2, 2007
Globe and Mail - ACTRA delays strike action, returns to talks


January 2, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - ACTRA, CFTPA go back to bargaining table


January 2, 2007
Reuters - Canada actors talking one more time before strike


December 30, 2006
Hollywood Reporter - ACTRA, CFTPA try bargaining table again


December 27, 2006
Toronto Star - Film, TV workers at impasse


December 21, 2006
Globe and Mail - Alliance Atlantis puts itself on the block


December 21, 2006
Globe and Mail - Fears as Alliance on the block


December 21, 2006
Toronto Star - Alliance Atlantis courts buyers, stock price soars


December 20, 2006
Globe and Mail - Top 10 of 2006: Patrick Huard


December 19, 2006
Globe and Mail - ACTRA members strongly endorse strike action


December 18, 2006
The Chronicle Herald - Tongues already wagging about CBC’s Little Mosque


December 18, 2006
Variety - ACTRA ready to strike More than 97% voted in favor of striking


December 18, 2006
Wired News - Goodbye TV, Hello Broadband


December 15, 2006
Toronto Star - A road well travelled in Canadian film


December 15, 2006
Toronto Star - Copyright overkill hurts worthy docs


December 15, 2006
Globe and Mail - Monkey Warfare *** Radical, Canadian-style


December 13, 2006
Canoe - Polley finds place in Top Ten


December 13, 2006
Toronto Star - Bon Cop not good enough?


December 5, 2006
Toronto Star - The silent treatment


December 5, 2006
Business Week - Software's Newest Niche


November 29, 2006
Globe and Mail - Networks split over best way to boost ads


November 29, 2006
Globe and Mail - TV ad revenue: Perception and reality


November 28, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Writers spurn studios on talks


November 27, 2006
Playback - Actors strike looms


November 27, 2006
Playback - Toronto industry frets over studio land sale


November 27, 2006
Playback - Tricky deals for online shows


November 27, 2006
Playback - Shaftesbury head masters her own destiny


November 27, 2006
Playback - Producer broke ground with Degrassi franchise


November 24, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Coming to the tiny screen


November 22, 2006
Globe and Mail - House committee moves to launch review of CBC


November 17, 2006
Globe and Mail - Porky Marathon


November 15, 2006
Globe and Mail - Have producers found the formula?


November 15, 2006
Globe and Mail - Cineplex bucks the trust downturn


November 15, 2006
ACTRA News Release - No Real Movement In Producer Proposals


November 13, 2006
Playback - More access in new Feature Film Fund


November 13, 2006
Playback - ACTRA, producers head to mediation


November 13, 2006
Playback - ThinkFilm exit opens door for competition


November 13, 2006
Playback - CFC rebrands


November 13, 2006
Playback - Kudos all around


November 13, 2006
Playback - Producer, talent groups call for more primetime drama


November 13, 2006
Playback - Demand growing for Actors' Fund
DGC Ontario is a proud supporter of the Actors' Fund www.actorsfund.ca


November 7, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Microsoft Xbox to offer film downloads


November 7, 2006
Globe and Mail - Ontario names mediator in ACTRA/producer talks


November 3, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Talent agents get into film fundraising


November 3, 2006
Toronto Star - Lindalee Tracey, 49: Filmmaker eyed naked truth


October 31, 2006
Globe and Mail - Dead reckoning


October 31, 2006
Globe and Mail - Dalfen to end reign as CRTC chairman at the end of 2006


October 31, 2006
Globe and Mail - Canada Council unveils plan for disbursing funds


October 30, 2006
Playback - Taking the helm in a time of change: Q&A with CTF president Valerie Creighton


October 30, 2006
Playback - Lindalee Tracey, 1957-2006


October 30, 2006
Playback - Cronenberg film takes top prizes at DGC Awards


October 30, 2006
The Hollywood Reporter - Strike looms over U.S. production in Canada


October 27, 2006
Globe and Mail - Alliance leaves unitholders in suspense


October 24, 2006
Toronto Star - Films should reflect our Canada today


October 24, 2006
Globe and Mail- Telefilm rejigs funding rules - Aims to get more Canadian films in front of more viewers


October 23, 2006
Playback - Frank turns to crime - Would Be Kings


October 23, 2006
Playback - CBC enters mosque


October 23, 2006
Playback - Innoversity reaches out to mid-career professionals


October 23, 2006
Toronto Star - Acclaimed director


October 23, 2006
New York Times - Directors point their cameras at the abyss - A group of new documentaries dare to capture death on film


October 23, 2006
Toronto Star - Alliance wants to sell stake in Motion Picture


October 20, 2006
Toronto Star - $14M Film Studio deal


October 19, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Residuals Debate: Old Script on New Set


October 11, 2006
Globe and Mail - Payday in the Trailer Park


October 11, 2006
Globe and Mail - Banff world TV fest books fivefold rise in deals


October 11, 2006
National Post - Bon box office, bad English Canadians


October 10, 2006
National Post - Bringing movies to the kids


October 5, 2006
Globe and Mail - Telefilm's English director to step down next month


October 5, 2006
Toronto Star - Web's the new frontier for videos


October 3, 2006
New York Times - Overly Animated


October 3, 2006
Globe and Mail - Cuts reduce our role abroad: Arts groups could be staying home after the Conservatives slashed funding


October 2, 2006
Playback - A mini called Horse


October 2, 2006
Playback - Talent emerges at TIFF2006


October 2, 2006
Playback - Fournier gone after remarks


October 1, 2006
Toronto Star - Extra work is extra hard - Pooch can't get a break on Hairspray set.


September 30, 2006
Toronto Star - Movie distributor, Loewy reconcile


September 30, 2006
Globe and Mail - Sale seen as Loewy returns to Motion Picture


September 30, 2006
National Post - Alliance Atlantis unit makes peace with former chair


September 30, 2006
Globe and Mail - Guild wants CRTC to lean on private broadcasters


September 30, 2006
Globe and Mail - Almost $20M invested in failed Blue Man show


September 29, 2006
Toronto Star - Who killed Blue Man Group?


September 28, 2006
Toronto Star - Blue Man takes a pounding


September 27, 2006
Toronto Star - CBC ratings a black hole


September 26, 2006
Globe and Mail - Entertainment media bite digital hand that could feed them


September 25, 2006
Globe and Mail - The word on Degrassi


September 25, 2006
Toronto Sun - 'Water' touted as Canada's Oscar entry


September 21, 2006
Toronto Star - Our film funding too thin too long


September 19, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Toronto scene: Stars and substance


September 19, 2006
Toronto Star - Hey, Atom: Thanks for not showing up


September 18, 2006
Playback - Loewy, MPD look to reconcile


September 18, 2006
Playback - Toronto megastudio breaks ground


September 18, 2006
Playback - Silent Hill scores on DVD


September 18, 2006
Playback - Lionsgate, Maple busy in average TIFF market


September 18, 2006
Playback - Praise for Polley, Journals slow yet moving


September 18, 2006
Playback - Looking back and facing forward


September 16, 2006
Globe and Mail - Polley's directing debut to get Academy Award push


September 16, 2006
Globe and Mail - Our filmmakers hit their stride


September 16, 2006
Globe and Mail - Executive Decision


September 15, 2006
National Post - Whither the CBC?


September 14, 2006
Globe and Mail - Victor Loewy, Alliance Atlantis kiss and make up


September 14, 2006
Globe and Mail - Polley's debut all grown up


September 14, 2006
Toronto Star - Polley's debut all grown up


September 14, 2006
Toronto Star - King's doc tackles race


September 13, 2006
Globe and Mail - Lions Gate plans studio in New Mexico


September 13, 2006
Financial Post - Apple to bridge divide between computers, TVs


September 12, 2006
Toronto Star - Davis bio-pic set to make waves


September 12, 2006
National Post - It's a human eat human world


September 11, 2006
Toronto Star - Away from Her draws us close to husband's anguish


September 9, 2006
Toronto Star - U.S. future for distributor is in works


September 7, 2006
Great News For The Toronto Film and Television Industry
Press Release - Toronto Film Studios Begins Construction of Filmport Film/Media Complex


September 7, 2006
National Post - $100M movie complex finally breaks ground


September 7, 2006
Toronto Star - Film fest a `magnet' for pirates


September 7, 2006
Globe and Mail - From TV starlet to director, via a road less travelled


September 6, 2006
Toronto Star - Talk movies with their makers


September 6, 2006
Toronto Star - Struggle of a young artist


September 6, 2006
Globe and Mail - Why Hollywood directors picture Oscar and TIFF in the same frame


September 6, 2006
Los Angeles Times - The Online Box Office Is Growing


September 5, 2006
Globe and Mail - The festival's last-minute club


September 5, 2006
Toronto Star - Annual march is a labour of love


September 4, 2006
Playback - Canadian films poised to break out at TIFF2006


September 4, 2006
Playback - Polley gets plaudits for helming debut


September 4, 2006
Playback - Currie crafts crowd-pleasing zombie flick


September 4, 2006
Playback - Everything's Gone Green


September 4, 2006
Playback - Citizen Duane


September 4, 2006
Playback - Docs have greater prominence at TIFF2006


September 4, 2006
Playback - 'Displacement and confusion' mark Canada First! features


September 4, 2006
Playback - Defunct Wonderland leads Gemini noms


September 4, 2006
Playback - Insight on the Runway


September 2, 2006
Toronto Star - Pssst. You have to see . . .


September 1, 2006
Toronto Star - Award-winning shows no one watches


September 1, 2006
Toronto Star - Author challenges Lantos's accounting


August 31, 2006
Globe and Mail - Lantos sued over Older Women


August 30, 2006
Toronto Star - 'Wonderland' leads Gemini nominees


August 30, 2006
Globe and Mail - Tommy Douglas biopic gets Gemini nods: Cancelled This Is Wonderland leads with 12 nominations, followed by ReGenesis and the fifth estate


August 30, 2006
Globe and Mail - Blu-ray launches new films in bid to squeeze rival


August 29, 2006
Toronto Star - Movie visits on the rise


August 29, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Can Blu-ray Heat Up Hollywood Again?


August 29, 2006
New York Times - A Big Star May Not a Profitable Movie Make


August 29, 2006
Globe and Mail - Cinema attendance on the rise, says Statscan


August 29, 2006
Globe and Mail - Fired executives accused of revealing finances: Motion Picture says data given to buyers


August 29, 2006
Globe and Mail - DVD bust spotlights piracy boom


August 28, 2006
Toronto Star - Imagining a more creative Toronto


August 28, 2006
Toronto Star - Motion Picture wins injunction


August 28, 2006
Globe and Mail - Judge orders injunction in Motion Picture battle


August 28, 2006
National Post - Motion picture wins brief reprieve


August 25, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Spreading the word


August 25, 2006
Toronto Star - Alliance unit sues former chairman


August 25, 2006
Toronto Star - Our film history hiding under the tinsel


August 25, 2006
Globe and Mail - Motion Picture court battle delayed a day


August 24, 2006
Toronto Star - Dream home for film fest


August 24, 2006
Globe and Mail - Funding home for TIFF is tall order


August 24, 2006
Globe and Mail - Motion Picture dispute heads to court


August 23, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Sony to Buy Video Sharing Website


August 23, 2006
Playback - ReGenesis, History of Violence lead DGC noms


August 23, 2006
Playback - Egoyan joins U of T


August 23, 2006
Playback - Hirsh quiet on Cookie's IPO


August 23, 2006
Playback - CBC delays Canadian One


August 23, 2006
Playback - Roberto Ariganello 1961-2006


August 23, 2006
Playback - CFC pilots nearing completion


August 23, 2006
Playback - Hills producers go underground


August 23, 2006
Toronto Star - Film festival's star power


August 23, 2006
Toronto Star - Legal actions fly in film battle


August 23, 2006
Globe and Mail - Alliance seeks to block Loewy setting up shop


August 23, 2006
Financial Post - Marwyn shrugs off distributor's legal fight


August 22, 2006
Globe and Mail - Trouble in Canada's Movie Land: Shakeups Hit Screen Maker, Distributor


August 21, 2006
Globe and Mail - Will dragons be the one for CBC?


August 21, 2006
Globe and Mail - The plot thickens


August 21, 2006
Toronto Star - CHUM says bye to its obligations


August 21, 2006
Toronto Star - Canadian movies hardly ever shown - Opinion/Editorial


August 18, 2006
Toronto Star - Let's just make good movies - Opinion/Editorial


August 17, 2006
Globe and Mail - Serials: the new network lure


August 17, 2006
Globe and Mail - New Line may force Alliance's hand


August 16, 2006
Toronto Star - Bilingual buddy film's boffo box


August 16, 2006
Globe and Mail - Will grande hit mean big gross?


August 15, 2006
Toronto Star - Toronto filmmaker drowns in Nova Scotia


August 15, 2006
Toronto Star - Karen Murray, 43: Filmmaker


August 15, 2006
Globe and Mail - Toronto film festival launches indie award


August 14, 2006
Toronto Star - Canada's movie magician


August 14, 2006
Globe and Mail - Prof. Egoyan will still direct


August 14, 2006
Globe and Mail - More bids seen for Alliance Atlantis unit


August 14, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Fox to Sell Films Online


August 11, 2006
National Post - Movie unit bid imminent


August 11, 2006
Globe and Mail - Atom Egoyan heads back to university...


August 11, 2006
Globe and Mail - ... and gets nomination from Directors Guild


August 11, 2006
Globe and Mail - U.K. firm set to unveil cash bid for Alliance unit


August 11, 2006
Los Angeles Times - No big demand for small screen


August 9, 2006 r
Toronto Sta - Location, location, location


August 9, 2006
National Post - Alliance Atlantis snubs offer for unit


August 7, 2006
Playback - AAC faces uncertainty after Loewy departure


August 7, 2006
Playback - Mongrel handling Human Cargo, One Dead Indian


August 7, 2006
Playback - Playback on set in Rwanda for Dallaire film


August 7, 2006
Playback - Be Real asks 'Who are you? Where are you going?'


August 7, 2006
Playback - Muse wraps Spelling thriller


August 7, 2006
Playback - CW's Runaway production


August 7, 2006
Playback - Meet the Commish: Q&A with Karen Thorne-Stone


August 7, 2006
Playback - Toronto production sags, Ontario regions ramp up


August 7, 2006
Playback - Toronto's 'other studios' in holding pattern


August 4, 2006
Globe and Mail - The drive-in's new heyday


August 2, 2006
Toronto Star - Luminato festival the latest arts, culture beacon


August 2, 2006
Toronto Star - Sex and risk onscreen at TIFF


August 2, 2006
Toronto Star - Mel's big meltdown: With a brand new movie out, observers say he's alienated many, maybe even the Toronto film festival


August 2, 2006
Globe and Mail - TIFF launching program of sexy, youth-themed films


July 28, 2006
Globe and Mail - Landmark cinema gets a new life


July 25, 2006
Playback - B.C. studios hot, Toronto mild, Montreal picking up


July 25, 2006
Playback - Toronto megastudio delayed another year


July 25, 2006
Playback - Commentary: CBC needs ad revenues


July 25, 2006
Playback - Canadians watching more, distributors making more, says CRTC


July 25, 2006
Playback - Home Video: Solid orders for Beowulf & Grendel DVD


July 25, 2006
Playback - Polley, Maddin, zombies to invade TIFF


July 25, 2006
Playback - Temple Turns Over


July 25, 2006
Toronto Star - Creativity seen as economic key


July 25, 2006
National Post - Creative firms need hand


July 24, 2006
Toronto Star - Taking aim at Jane-Finch: Young kids are using grant money and mentors to learn about filmmaking


July 24, 2006
Toronto Star - Publishers with `film envy' want new role in adaptations


July 24, 2006
Toronto Star - William's a man for all seasons: Slings & Arrows returns for one final bow


July 24, 2006
Toronto Star - CRTC okays Bell Globemedia's ownership restructuring


July 24, 2006
Toronto Star - One last dance with the devil


July 24, 2006
Toronto Star - Nurture T.O.'s creativity, report urges


July 24, 2006
Globe and Mail - Cities get a creative kick in the pants


July 21, 2006
Toronto Star - Razzle dazzle with big hair? Like Chicago, movie Hairspray is being filmed here


July 21, 2006
Toronto Star - Founder splits with Alliance Atlantis


July 21, 2006
Globe and Mail - Much is missing from NFB freebie


July 21, 2006
National Post - Movie trust chair quits


July 20, 2006
TIFF News Release - Festival Shines The Spotlight On Canadian Cinema


July 20, 2006
Los Angeles Times - As Layoffs Sweep Movie Studios, Hollywood Fears for Its Future


July 20, 2006
Globe and Mail - Western filmmakers gaining ground: Statscan


July 19, 2006
Toronto Star - Hairspray movie to bypass Baltimore for Toronto


July 19, 2006
Los Angeles Times - DVD Deal Lets Films Go From Web to TV


July 19, 2006
CBC Online - Northern Town Begins Monday, July 24th at 9pm


July 19, 2006
Toronto Star - Polley 'honoured' by film fest


July 19, 2006
Globe and Mail - Consumers slowly giving cellphone TV a look


July 19, 2006
Globe & Mail - Promising talent in spotlight


July 19, 2006
National Post - BCE to reduce stake in Bell Globemedia


July 18, 2006
Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television News Release - Announcement 2006 - 2007 National Board of Directors


July 18, 2006
Globe and Mail - One More Bump For The National


July 17, 2006
ACTRA News Release - ACTRA Calls Bell Globemedia's Buyout of CHUM Alarming


July 17, 2006
Globe and Mail - More movie buffs hit theatres between spring 2004-2005


July 17, 2006
Globe and Mail - CHUM boss to stay on for transition


July 14, 2006
Toronto Star - Astral, Corus divvy up Teletoon


July 14, 2006
Globe and Mail - Bell Globemedia's CHUM deal to spawn diverse TV network


July 14, 2006
Globe and Mail - Rejected suitor Astral shopping around


July 13, 2006
Toronto Star - CHUM deal alters landscape


July 13, 2006
National Post - Deal boosts media stocks


July 13, 2006
Globe and Mail - BGM grabs CHUM for $1.4-billion: Bell Globemedia expands with second TV network and radio stations


July 13, 2006
Globe and Mail - Lions Gate goes into syndication


July 12, 2006
Playback - The 58th Primetime Emmy® Awards and Creative Arts Emmys Nominations
Congratulations to Jon Cassar on his nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and to Geoff Raffan on his nomination for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special



July 11, 2006
Playback - Sportsnet seeks go-ahead to air dramas


July 11, 2006
Playback - The other 'hair' musical


July 11, 2006
Playback - Sullivan feels the Magic


July 11, 2006
Playback - Duo rebounds, Americans meet Beowulf & Grendel


July 11, 2006
Playback - Should CBC drop ads and sports?


July 11, 2006
Playback - Glover game for Virgo feature


July 11, 2006
Globe and Mail - CBC's latest move fails to quell Tommy storm


July 11, 2006
Toronto Star - Arts guru returns to run new festival


July 10, 2006
Los Angeles Times - When the 'Yes' Becomes a 'No'


July 10, 2006
Toronto Star - Time to rethink CBC as public broadcaster


July 9, 2006
Toronto Star - Warhol's moving pictures


July 7, 2006
National Post - Star-studded releases are just the TIFF of Toronto's 2007 iceberg


July 6, 2006
Globe and Mail- Cancon in Jerusalem: Some of the biggest names in Canadian film are showcasing their work at Israel's premier movie festival


July 6, 2006
National Post - Superstars


July 5, 2006
Globe and Mail - Who's killing Death By Popcorn?:Artists worry over copyright legislation as a new film is pulled from Harbourfront program


July 4, 2006
Globe and Mail - No end in sight for CBC's Tommy troubles


July 1, 2006
Globe and Mail - Cronenberg, meet Warhol


July 1, 2006
Toronto Star - Essential movies


July 1, 2006
Toronto Star - Essential TV


July 1, 2006
Toronto Star - Adieu to Revue? Not if cinema's fans can help it


June 28, 2006
Globe and Mail - Software CEO on track to become TIFF chairman


June 28, 2006
Los Angeles Times - 'Broken Trail' leads AMC to top spot


June 28, 2006
Toronto Star - Cannes winner seen next at T.O. fest


June 28, 2006
Globe and Mail - Candid Cameras


June 27, 2006
New York Times - 'Broken Trail' Scores Big Ratings for AMC


June 26, 2006
Globe and Mail - Miss Mischa & Lord Richard


June 26, 2006
Globe and Mail - Oda to talk funding with Quebec filmmakers


June 26, 2006
National Post - Turn the CBC into a pay channel


June 26, 2006
Playback - Meet Playback's 10 to Watch for 2006


June 26, 2006
Playback - CRTC may rethink TV policy


June 26, 2006
Playback - Serial killings and Sarajevo on TMN/MC


June 26, 2006
Playback - CTV shows go online


June 26, 2006
Playback - Briefly - Toronto


June 26, 2006
Playback - Lowe leads Echoes sequel


June 23, 2006
National Post - Media demand for web content on the rise


June 23, 2006
Globe and Mail - Fest Watch: SPLICE THIS!


June 23, 2006
Toronto Star - Essentially Canadian: Movies


June 23, 2006
Toronto Star - Revue named heritage site; theatre still closing next week


June 23, 2006
Toronto Star - Nash slams CBC for its decision on reality show


June 22, 2006
ACTRA News Release - CBC’s bumping of The National 'Shocking Sell-Out': Performers


June 22, 2006
National Post - Moviegoers fight to save Roncesvalles repertory cinema


June 22, 2006
Toronto Star - Editorial: Shame on the CBC


June 22, 2006
Toronto Star - Senators urge overhaul of CBC


June 22, 2006
Globe and Mail - CBC execs try damage control


June 22, 2006
National Post - Stop competing, CBC told


June 21, 2006
New York Times - A Coming Attraction: Movies on iTunes


June 21, 2006
Toronto Star - CBC's 'The National' bumped by reality


June 21, 2006
National Post - The National bumped by American reality show


June 21, 2006
Globe and Mail - 'Idol' knockoff to bump Mansbridge


June 21, 2006
Globe and Mail - Tighter media ownership rules urged


June 20, 2006
Toronto Star - CSI co-producer targets surfers


June 20, 2006
Toronto Star - TV battles a high-tech world


June 16, 2006
Globe and Mail - Apple in talks to offer movies through iTunes


June 20, 2006
Globe and Mail - Surfing the Internet at work? Alliance wants to reel you in


June 20, 2006
Globe and Mail - Quebec box-office levy urged to support filmmakers


June 19, 2006
Globe and Mail - Flip-flop on the sale, focus on the content


June 19, 2006
Toronto Star - From Banff: TV bons mots, bull


June 16, 2006
Globe and Mail - Let media consolidate, Asper urges


June 16, 2006
Globe and Mail - ET CETERA - EVENTS


June 16, 2006
Globe and Mail - CBC aims to attract the young


June 16, 2006
Toronto Star - CBC TV tries for hits


June 16, 2006
Toronto Star - Learn the movie craft by living - Advice for aspiring filmmakers, writers


June 14, 2006
Playback - Camera changes hands


June 14, 2006
Playback - What the fund has done for me


June 14, 2006
Playback - Rep cinemas killed off by DVDs and artsy first-runs


June 14, 2006
Playback - Sold!


June 14, 2006
Playback - MOWs wow at CTV, hockey scores at CBC, TSN


June 14, 2006
Playback - Blockbuster adds eight Canuck titles to Festival Collection


June 14, 2006
Playback - Producers upbeat about CBC


June 14, 2006
Playback - Mawhinney joins Barna


June 14, 2006
Toronto Star - Colour commentary - Diversity's on the agenda, but do World TV Fest delegates care?


June 14, 2006
Toronto Star - Our tower gone in N.Y. moment


June 14, 2006
National Post - Telus CEO tells CRTC to keep its hands off broadcasters


June 13, 2006
Press Release - On The Lot


June 13, 2006
Toronto Star - Degrassi vs. The Shark


June 13, 2006
Globe and Mail - CRTC to review TV sector on heels of radio appraisal


June 12, 2006
Toronto Star - Ads render `public' broadcaster lifeless


June 12, 2006
Toronto Star - Pitching ideas on TV's field of dreams


June 12, 2006
Globe and Mail - Government steps into debate about TV's future - Calls for study of emerging technology


June 11, 2006
Toronto Star - Saw sequel ups gore ante


June 11, 2006
Toronto Star - New on CTV — the Internet


June 10, 2006
National Post - Cocooning trend has the majority watching films in the home


June 10, 2006
National Post - TV networks hope review brings ad relief


June 10, 2006
Globe and Mail - Web not seen supplanting TV any time soon


June 10, 2006
Globe and Mail - TV networks can relax


June 10, 2006
Globe and Mail - Turning the lens on gun violence


June 10, 2006
Toronto Star - It's about doing the right thing


June 10, 2006
Toronto Star - Torn from the headlines - New TV movie Doomstown is inspired by the deadly nightmare of gun violence


June 9, 2006
Globe and Mail - WORLDWIDE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL


June 9, 2006
Toronto Star - Hey, got a minute? - Worldwide Short Film Festival


June 9, 2006
Toronto Star - Show your shorts - Just 48 hours to make, edit films


June 8, 2006
Globe and Mail - CRTC, TV industry set to face off over content


June 6, 2006
Globe and Mail - Hollywood should stick to high road in its war on piracy


May 30, 2006
TVOntario - The View From Here - Official Selection of HotDocs 2006 - Actuality: The Art & Life of Allan King


May 30, 2006
Playback - Irreverant Media going Gay


May 30, 2006
Playback - More American Girl?


May 30, 2006
Playback - Doomsday


May 30, 2006
Playback - Coming up short


May 30, 2006
Playback - Thinking mobile


May 30, 2006
Playback - White out


May 30, 2006
Playback - Decode, HFC tie knot


May 30, 2006
Playback - Jenkinson high-tails from Telefilm


May 29, 2006
Toronto Star - CRTC's unpopular job is to protect the public interest


May 26, 2006
Actor's Fund News Release - Tenth Annual Big Swing Charity Golf Tournament Set for September 24


May 26, 2006
Toronto Star - Now you see $25M, now you see it again


May 24, 2006
ACTRA News Release - Canadian Broadcasters on U.S. Program Spending Spree: Canadian culture pays the price


May 18, 2006
Globe and Mail - Filmmakers shrug off defection


May 18, 2006
Toronto Star - Three rep cinemas to close by end of June


May 17, 2006
Toronto Star - Telefilm won't get its czar after all (Second half of article)


May 17, 2006
Globe and Mail - Film czar opts out of role with Telefilm Canada


May 15, 2006
Globe and Mail - CORE targets box-office gold with animation


May 15, 2006
Playback - Production flat in '05


May 15, 2006
Playback - Billable Hours, Jeff Ltd. off to a strong start


May 15, 2006
Playback - Good Golly, Miss Molly


May 15, 2006
Playback - Shaftesbury, Rowan find God


May 15, 2006
Playback - Mobifest ready to roll


May 15, 2006
Playback - Water makes waves at international B.O.


May 15, 2006
Playback - Silent Hill continues to make noise


May 15, 2006
Playback - Buyers mixed on Hot Doc picks


May 15, 2006
Playback - Loonie threatens summer shooting


May 15, 2006
Playback - Cheap programs surge


May 11, 2006
National Post - Here's looking at you, Queen Street


May 8, 2006
National Post - A smaller CRTC


May 8, 2006
National Post - The good, the bad and the loonie


May 8, 2006
Toronto Star - Hollywood on the ropes


May 4, 2006
Globe and Mail - Arts reaction to budget mixed


May 3, 2006
ACTRA News Release - Different Cast, Same Script


May 3, 2006
Toronto Star - A mixed bag for Toronto


May 1, 2006
Playback - Foreign themes highlight Canadian Spectrum


May 1, 2006
Playback - Pitching on the hot seat: the Toronto Documentary Forum


May 1, 2006
Playback - Hot Docs unspools eclectic mix


May 1, 2006
Playback - Seductive Shorts


May 1, 2006
Playback - Mobisodes: little productions, big legal pitfalls


May 1, 2006
Playback - Regulatory issues set stage for Mobile Forum


May 1, 2006
Playback - Building the most important and popular video platform


May 1, 2006
Playback - Briefs Cronenberg re-signs Mortensen/Honorary Degree for Allan King/TV Pilots at CFC


May 1, 2006
Playback - CBC axes 79


May 1, 2006
Playback - Silent Hill tops North American box


May 1, 2006
Playback - Mobile TV avoids regulation


May 1, 2006
Playback - Regulatory issues set stage for Mobile Forum


May 1, 2006
Playback - Jenkinson joins Telefilm


May 1, 2006
Globe and Mail - Filmmakers' exodus leaving California cold


April 28, 2006
Toronto Star - The Limb Salesman: Grand vision, low budget


April 28, 2006
Toronto Star - What's up at Hot Docs? Now in its 13th year, this international documentary film showcase has become one of the best fests in the world


April 28, 2006
Globe and Mail - Hot Docs


April 28, 2006
National Post - Tories open to foreign airwaves


April 27, 2006
GLobe and Mail - Canadian arts community bracing for the worst on budget tuesday


April 25, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Filmmaker back in her element In `Water,' Deepa Mehta continues the examination of Indian society she began with `Fire' and `Earth.'


April 25, 2006
Globe and Mail - Cameron sees future in 3-D films


April 25, 2006
Globe and Mail - Mystery czar meets his clients (Telefilm)


April 24, 2006
Globe and Mail - . . . AND THE FILMS EVERYONE WANTS TO MAKE


April 24, 2006
Globe and Mail - Design layoffs seen as end of an era for CBC


April 24, 2006
Toronto Star - The movie doctor is in: Can Jenkinson cure Telefilm?


April 24, 2006
Toronto Star - Festival appeals to sophisticated kids: Sprockets schedules eclectic lineup


April 22, 2006
Globe and Mail - With TV hitting cellphones, can Cancon survive?


April 21, 2006
National Post - A new way to draw captive viewers: Toronto's subway a test market for digital TV show


April 21, 2006
The Globe and Mail - CBC drops axe on 79 design jobs


April 21, 2006
Globe and Mail - FEST WATCH: SPROCKETS 2006: Now is the time ven ve vatch


April 20, 2006
Toronto Star - Quick action sought on CBC review


April 20, 2006
Toronto Star - Miller vows to increase city's economic focus


April 20, 2006
Globe and Mail - Telefilm to appoint film czar


April 17, 2006
Playback - Podeswa and Lantos going to Pieces


April 17, 2006
Playback - Hot Docs expands industry events


April 17, 2006
Playback - History of Violence DVD performing 'above and beyond'


April 17, 2006
Playback - Odeon opens $45-million Silent Hill


April 17, 2006
Playback - Banff names nominees


April 17, 2006
Playback - Fuchs signs on at CBC


April 17, 2006
Playback - ReGenesis beefs up online game


April 17, 2006
Playback - Weirdsville shoot settles in southern Ontario


April 17, 2006
Playback - Kitchener's Christie leads D-cinema revolution


April 16, 2006
Toronto Star - Legal ease


April 15, 2006
Toronto Star - Toronto `terrific' as itself, Douglas says City has presence in political thriller The Sentinel


April 15, 2006
Toronto Star - Canada never lacks for culture ministers But what have they really done for the arts?


April 15, 2006
Globe and Mail - Egoyan does Beckett, and sees a lot of himself


April 13, 2006
Toronto Star - Regulator to keep hands off mobile TV


April 13, 2006
Toronto Star - TV on cellphones fine by CRTC


April 13, 2006
The National Post - CRTC to keep hands off mobile video


April 13, 2006
Globe and Mail - Serious TV Web forum getting serious notice


April 11, 2006
Toronto Star - Going wild for Gerry Beowolf portrayer has a wolf pack of loyal fans He's amused by Americans driving north to see film


April 11, 2006
Toronto Star - Disney to make 4 ABC shows available free online


April 11, 2006
Globe and Mail - Log on for TV


April 10, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Studios Not Sure Whether Web Video Innovator Is Friend or Foe


April 8, 2006
The Globe and Mail - Appointment was 'a total surprise' Caroline Di Cocco was surprised to get the call, but culture mavens say she's a natural


April 6, 2006
Toronto Star - Movies in miniature


April 6, 2006
Toronto Star - McGuinty's baffling cabinet selections


April 6, 2006
Toronto Star - Pupatello gets big assignment


April 5, 2006
Toronto Star - Arts kept waiting by feds


April 5, 2006
Toronto Star - `Tsunami' of changes called danger to TV


April 5, 2006
Globe and Mail - Quebecor chief hails TV review


April 5, 2006
Globe and Mail - Brookfield rides hot Stelco issue


April 4, 2006
Globe and Mail - Studios support film sales on Web


April 3, 2006
Playback - Geminis hitting the road for British Columbia


April 3, 2006
Playback - Grendel eats the box


April 3, 2006
Playback - Awards boost Canadian DVD biz


April 3, 2006
Playback - MTV to team with indie producers


April 3, 2006
Playback - Canucks go multi-platform at MIPTV


April 3, 2006
National Post - Business leaders want foreign investment in broadcast, telecom


April 1, 2006
Toronto Star - Dramatic turn of events


March 31, 2006
Globe and Mail - CRTC making television review a top priority


March 30, 2006
Globe and Mail - CBC-TV names new head of arts


March 30, 2006
Globe and Mail - A bright spot on a wasteland


March 30, 2006
Globe and Mail - Canadian reality-TV shows go green


March 30, 2006
Toronto Star - CBC hires former producer for Coppola


March 29, 2006
Globe and Mail - ACTRA 'shocked' by TV drama-spending figures


March 29, 2006
Toronto Star - Herzog does Hot Docs


March 29, 2006
Toronto Star - Focus on U.S. enrages ACTRA


March 29, 2006
National Post - Private TV industry's profit climbs 4 per cent


March 28, 2006
Globe and Mail - Fugitive Pieces set to shoot


March 28, 2006
National Post - Canadian and international films mix for 2006 edition of Hot Docs fest


March 25, 2006
Globe and Mail - Heyday!


March 25, 2006
National Post - Televolution: No longer just sitting there


March 25, 2006
National Post - Who will provide content?


March 25, 2006
National Post - Advertisers are scrambling


March 24, 2006
Toronto Star - A bricks-and-mortar budget


March 24, 2006
Globe and Mail - Budget boosts culture to lure tourism revenue


March 24, 2006
Toronto Star - Snakes slither aboard X-rated plane


March 23, 2006
Toronto Star - A History of all of us


March 22, 2006
Toronto Star - Canada's cost advantage second only to Singapore


March 20, 2006
Playback - Genies go C.R.A.Z.Y.


March 20, 2006
Playback - 78th Oscars made in Canada


March 20, 2006
Playback - Giant proves pretty big for CBC


March 20, 2006
Playback - The super chimp spies top of the box


March 20, 2006
Playback - Christal opens T.O. office


March 20, 2006
Playback - Layfield defends new direction at CBC


March 20, 2006
Playback - CTF and Telefilm: one for the money


March 20, 2006
Playback - Good and bad in Beowulf


March 20, 2006
Playback - Red Green signs off


March 20, 2006
Toronto Star - Teen drama Degrassi hits 100


March 20, 2006
Toronto Star - Geist: Amateurs shaking up broadcasting


March 17, 2006
Canadian Film Centre Special Bulletin ‘MILO 55160’ WINS BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA AT 2006 GENIE AWARDS


March 17, 2006
Toronto Star - Cronenberg has no need for Painkillers


March 17, 2006
Toronto Star - Change CanCon rules, radio tells CRTC


March 17, 2006
Globe and Mail - The Director: Sean Garrity's Big Idea


March 15, 2006
CTV.ca - 'Dallas' film pits Texas against Hollywood North


March 14, 2006
Globe and Mail - Joy in the midst of A History of Violence


March 14, 2006
Toronto Star - Genies nuts for C.R.A.Z.Y.


March 14, 2006
Toronto Star - Cocktails and C.R.A.Z.Y


March 14, 2006
Globe and Mail - The Genie winners


March 14, 2006
National Post - Genie Awards turn out to be one C.R.A.Z.Y. production


March 11, 2006
Globe and Mail - The movie CBC wouldn't let you watch during the federal election finally arrives on TV


March 10, 2006
Toronto Star - CBC boss worries about the future


March 10, 2006
Toronto Star - For whom la belle trolls


March 10, 2006
Toronto Star - Beowulf & Grendel an epic movie


March 9, 2006
Toronto Star - Snubbed film `too subtle' for Oscar crowd


March 9, 2006
Globe and Mail - Inuit film to put a spell on TIFF's opening night


March 7, 2006
Globe and Mail - After the Oscars, Canadian winner paints the town red


March 7, 2006
Toronto Star - Backstage banter with Oscars in hand


March 6, 2006
Playback - Stursberg fires back at critics


March 6, 2006
Playback - Cronenberg making Promises


March 6, 2006
Playback - Polley directing Pinsent, Christie


March 6, 2006
Playback - Thorne-Stone new Toronto film commish


March 6, 2006
Playback - Degrassi joins the download rush


March 6, 2006
Playback - CBC sets the bar too high


March 6, 2006
Playback - Deluxe scares up Saw sequel with new DI suite


March 3, 2006
Globe and Mail - Movie makers rolling back into Canada


March 3, 2006
Toronto Star - Cellphone-movie contest seeks 1-minute films


March 3, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Shows on Web Have Been More Miss Than Hit


March 2, 2006
Globe and Mail - Loonie's liftoff might be a tad premature


March 1, 2006
Globe and Mail - Cable-TV fee fights looming


March 1, 2006
National Post - Man's best friend, but not his Pal


February 28, 2006
Toronto Star - Egoyan takes centre stage directing play in Dublin


February 27, 2006
Globe and Mail - This is Wonderland writer cuts off ties with CBC


February 25, 2006
Globe and Mail - DaVinci's Autopsy


February 25, 2006
Globe and Mail - Drama Queen No More


February 25, 2006
Globe and Mail - Bureaucrat chosen to foster Hollywood North


February 25, 2006
Globe and Mail - The long shadow of 9/11


February 22, 2006
Globe and Mail - Director Sarah Polley turns Munro story into feature


February 21, 2006
Toronto Star - Good TV not a numbers game


February 20, 2006
NABET 700 CEP News Release - NABET 700 CEP Restructures Leadership


February 20, 2006
Toronto Star - The renaissance woman


February 20, 2006
Toronto Star - Phoenix television rises


February 16, 2006
Toronto Star - Canada's reel success


February 16, 2006
ACTRA News Release - CBC Drops the Drama Ball


February 16, 2006
Los Angeles Times - New York Is Making a Comeback as Film Production Ramps Up


February 14, 2006
Globe and Mail - New Montreal Film Festival fizzles into oblivion


February 14, 2006
Toronto Star - CBC cancellations blamed on lockout


February 13, 2006
ACTRA News Release - CBC Brass Strikes Another Blow to Drama


February 13, 2006
Toronto Star - Full speed on `Great Wall': Rogers


February 13, 2006
Globe and Mail - Two acclaimed CBC dramas to be cancelled


February 13, 2006
Globe and Mail - From Wawa to the Berlinale


February 10, 2006
Globe and Mail - Foreign films keep Ontario tax break a little longer


February 9, 2006
Toronto Star - Ontario extends tax credit for foreign films


February 9, 2006
Globe and Mail - Degrassi Ready for the Big Screen?


February 9, 2006
Globe and Mail - CBC eyes partners for TV downloads


February 8, 2006
Globe and Mail - Toronto festival names documentary programmer


February 7, 2006
ACTRA Release - ACTRA Congratulates Bev Oda on Appointment as Heritage Minister


February 7, 2006
Globe and Mail - Post-Gomery, will funding slow down?


February 7, 2006
Globe and Mail - Who's who in the Conservative cabinet


February 7, 2006
Toronto Star - Arts groups welcome minister


February 6, 2006
Playback - C.R.A.Z.Y. leads Genies pack


February 6, 2006
Playback - Tories get cautious welcome


February 6, 2006
Playback - Big plans for Barna-Alper


February 6, 2006
Playback - Better ratings for Canadian drama: why a regulatory safety net is essential


February 6, 2006
Playback - CFTPA in full-on bargaining mode


February 2, 2006
Globe and Mail - CBC names new chief of programming


February 1, 2006
ACTRA Release - CRTC takes a step in the right direction, but still a long way to go


February 1, 2006
Globe and Mail - CRTC issues drama policy


February 1, 2006
Globe and Mail - Canadian's Crash on road to Oscars


January 31, 2006
Ministry of Labour Release - Ontario's Minimum Wage Rises Tomorrow


January 30, 2006
Globe and Mail - Brokeback Mountain takes Directors Guild award


January 29, 2006
Toronto Star - Canadian film honoured


January 27, 2006
Toronto Star - Canada's Top 10 showcased


January 27, 2006
Toronto Star - Hairspray movie to be shot in Toronto


January 27, 2006
Globe and Mail - Internet threatens Canadian broadcasters: report


January 26, 2006
Toronto Star - C.R.A.Z.Y. leads Genies nominations


January 26, 2006
Toronto Star - Global sues over reality TV series


January 26, 2006
Globe and Mail - Forget the awards. Watch the party


January 25, 2006
From the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television - Genie Nominations 2006


January 25, 2006
CFC Release - CFC Launches Telus Innovation Fund


January 23, 2006
Playback - Mobile biz gets moving


January 23, 2006
Playback - Take One folds


January 23, 2006
Playback - About a boy


January 23, 2006
Playback - Rent boys


January 23, 2006
Playback - Breakdancing doc returns to Toronto


January 23, 2006
Playback - Telus taps CFC for innovation fund


January 23, 2006
Playback - Big Girl in Berlin


January 22, 2006
Los Angeles Times - 'Bubble' Bursts Film Tradition


January 20, 2006
Toronto Life - Good Doc


January 19, 2006
Globe and Mail - Altman, Chabrol films to screen at Berlin fest


January 19, 2006
Globe and Mail - CBS set to air cellphone-only TV show


January 16, 2006
ACTRA Press Release - Liberals and Conservatives Disappoint on Culture


January 13, 2006
Toronto Star - Global banking on Falcon Beach


January 12, 2006
Globe and Mail - Actors stage pre-election rally over arts funding


January 11, 2006
ACTRA Press Release - ACTRA Puts Culture on the Election Agenda


January 10, 2006
Los Angeles Times - The Big Picture - Close-up on what went right, wrong


January 9, 2006
Playback - BGM deal could lead to new $130M fund


January 9, 2006
Playback - Virgo, Podeswa, Moyle score at OMDC


January 9, 2006
Playback - Violence, Trafficking up for Globes, but where's C.R.A.Z.Y.?


January 9, 2006
Playback - Producers clash over B.C.'s regional status with CTF


January 9, 2006
Playback - B.C. considers cutting production tax credits


January 9, 2006
National Post - Cronenberg picked best director for 'History'


January 6, 2006
ACTRA Press Release - ACTRA Puts Culture on the Election Agenda


January 3, 2006
Los Angeles Times - '05 Box-Office Slump May Be a Blip in the Big Picture


January 3, 2006
Los Angeles Times - Moviegoers speak up


December 31, 2005
Globe and Mail - artist of the year


December 31, 2005
Los Angeles Times - Up, up ... and away


December 31, 2005
Globe and Mail - Cronenberg's many faces


December 30, 2005
Toronto Star - It's about violence, love and family


December 30, 2005
Los Angeles Times - L.A. Rides a Wave of Ad Production


December 30, 2005
Globe and Mail - Yippee, the Beast will soon be dead


December 26, 2005
Los Angeles Times - Hollywood should rewrite own script


December 20, 2005
Los Angeles Times - Writers Guild's Confrontational Approach Getting Mixed Reviews


December 15, 2005
National Post - Film producer Newmyer dies at 49 while working out at a Toronto gym


December 14, 2005
Toronto Star - Golden Globe good morning


December 14, 2005
Toronto Star - Indie dramas rule Golden Globes


December 14, 2005
The Globe and Mail - David Cronenberg's Violence gets nod


December 14, 2005
National Post - Topping the list: Canada's cinematic achievements


December 14, 2005
National Post - A mountain's worth of nods


December 14, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Pros and Novices on Canadian Top 10 List


December 13, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Egoyan, Cronenberg meet the new class


December 13, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Manitoba film tax credit draws flak


December 7, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Ontario filmmakers get $1.5-million from OMDC


December 7, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Centre of the doc universe


December 6, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Lions Gate turns to DVD market to compensate for box office busts


December 5, 2005
Playback - Auditor general finds fault with Heritage


December 5, 2005
Playback - Heritage report calls for audience tracking at CTF


December 5, 2005
Playback - BBC to handle CBC archives?


December 5, 2005
Playback - Three Emmy wins for Canucks


December 5, 2005
Playback - Creighton named CTF boss


December 5, 2005
Playback - Jump Cuts


December 5, 2005
Playback - Canadian docmakers troop off to Amsterdam


December 5, 2005
Playback - Eleventh Hour goes out on top at Geminis


December 5, 2005
Playback - Cineplex's Jacob is Canada's reluctant film mogul


December 5, 2005
Playback - Toronto megastudio moves forward in '05


December 5, 2005
Playback - History reconnects director with mainstream audiences


December 4, 2005
Los Angeles Times - A voice for the techies


December 2, 2005
The Globe and Mail - At last, help for budding Louis B. Mayers


November 25, 2005
Toronto Star - Love and separatism


November 25, 2005
Toronto Star - Beyond titillation


November 25, 2005
Toronto Star - Zerbisias: TV artists are starving


November 24, 2005
Toronto Star - Ottawa tosses lifeline to arts


November 24, 2005
The Globe and Mail - CBC archives could be marketed globally by BBC


November 21, 2005
Playback - Oscar winner Lamb dead at 68


November 21, 2005
Playback - Water boils over at box office


November 21, 2005
Playback - They have seen the future. Or not


November 21, 2005
Playback - DOP Peter Walker dies at 53


November 16, 2005
Los Angeles Times - The right cure for box-office blues


November 15, 2005
Toronto Star - Carnal film has female view


November 14, 2005
Toronto Star - New rules for Toronto


November 8, 2005
CBC - Toronto woman campaigns against 50 Cent biopic


November 7, 2005
Playback - CFTPA blasts broadcasters


November 7, 2005
Playback - Egoyan film facing a sad Truth in the States


November 7, 2005
Playback - Provinces wrestle with problematic movies


November 7, 2005
Playback - Parliament committee grills Rabinovitch over lockout


November 7, 2005
Playback - Features


November 4, 2005
Toronto Star - The Twains shall meet


November 4, 2005
Toronto Star - On the crest of their global fame


Posted - November 3, 2005
News Release - Peter O'Brian Nominated to Chairman of the Board for TV Ontario
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November 3, 2005
Globe and Mail - CanWest slumps to loss


November 3, 2005
Toronto Star - Fantasy gets its close-up


November 2, 2005
Globe and Mail - Born to be Barbara Amiel


November 2, 2005
Globe and Mail - A newcomer stumbles


October 31, 2005
Globe and Mail - Profits need to trickle down: study


October 29, 2005
Toronto Star - Bound by fur and leather


October 27, 2005
Globe and Mail - Lockout was worth it, CBC boss says


October 28, 2005
Toronto Star - Rabinovitch defends lockout of workers


October 28, 2005
Toronto Star - In midst of `worst nightmare,' CBC chief makes point to panel


October 28, 2005
Toronto Star - Lockout was worth it, CBC chief says


October 28, 2005
Los Angeles Times - Director Warns of Big Screens' Extinction


October 27, 2005
Globe and Mail - How did it all go so wrong at the CBC?


October 25, 2005
Playback - Becoming Black


October 24, 2005
Playback - Meatballs still a hit


October 24, 2005
Playback - Egoyan, Wenders rally behind FNC


October 24, 2005
Playback - Telefilm announces New Media Fund winners


October 24, 2005
Playback - Eleventh and fifth nab 15 at 20th Geminis


October 24, 2005
Playback - High loonie raises concern


October 23, 2005
Los Angeles Times - Canada Rolls Credits on a Slump


October 22, 2005
Toronto Star - Could movies be stunting our cultural growth?


October 22, 2005
Toronto Star - Critics want film studio deal exposed


October 21, 2005
Toronto Star - Ontario to follow U.S. on daylight saving time


October 20, 2005
Toronto Star - A woman’s window on Toronto


October 19, 2005
Globe and Mail - International Emmy nods for Newsroom, Dark Oracle


October 18, 2005
Globe and Mail - Unrated Egoyan film opens in New York, L.A.


October 17, 2005
Toronto Star - Teens taste reel Canada


October 17, 2005
Globe and Mail - Hollywood demands share of iPod bounty


October 15, 2005
National Post - Video iPod turns 'old TV' on its head


October 13, 2005
Toronto Star - Writers put PEN to paper


October 12, 2005
Toronto Star - Eleventh Hour late love


October 12, 2005
Toronto Star - Truth Lies low in box-office battle


October 12, 2005
Globe and Mail - 11th Hour, fifth estate lead Gemini nominees


October 12, 2005
Globe and Mail - Relief as the locked doors finally open


October 10, 2005
Playback - Report: feds have failed to boost English films


October 10, 2005
Playback - Union claims victory as CBC goes back to work


October 10, 2005
Playback - Violence is golden at box office


October 10, 2005
Playback - Enough to make your Skin crawl


October 10, 2005
Playback - Mabbott follows up with comic Citizen Duane


October 10, 2005
Playback - German funds ripe for coproduction


October 10, 2005
Playback - February wedding date for Telefilm & CTF


October 10, 2005
Playback - DGC gives nods to Ciccoritti, Finkleman, McGowan


October 10, 2005
Playback - ACTRA, guilds oppose Canadian Film Channel app


October 10, 2005
Toronto Star - CBC workers vote to accept deal


October 8, 2005
Los Angeles Times - Norman Jewison, Mr. Lucky


October 7, 2005
Toronto Star - The naked truth about Atom Egoyan


October 6, 2005
Toronto Star - Time for hard look at way CBC is run, observers say


October 6, 2005
Globe and Mail - CBC hurries to get shows back on air


October 5, 2005
Toronto Star - CBC president chastised over lockout


October 5, 2005
Toronto Star - Plot line fizzles in new film funding


October 5, 2005
Globe and Mail - Lessons from past labour strife


October 4, 2005
Toronto Star - Lockout on ice as NHL season looms


October 3, 2005
Toronto Star - CBC, union reach tentative deal


October 3, 2005
Los Angeles Times - Filmmakers' mania for Romania


October 3, 2005
Los Angeles Times - This Just in: Flops Caused Box Office Slump


October 2, 2005
Toronto Star - Film shoot uses real medical records


September 30, 2005
Los Angeles Times - The small screen gets its Sundance


September 30, 2005
Globe and Mail - Bassett out as changes made at TVO


September 29, 2005
Toronto Star - City to spend $10M to prepare studio site


September 29, 2005
Globe and Mail - Film studio to go up; Bata offices to come down


September 28, 2005
Toronto Star - Film studio main feature at 3-day council meeting


September 26, 2005
Playback - Fournier steps in as CBC chair


September 26, 2005
Playback - Hurricane leaves Jewison pic in limbo


September 26, 2005
Playback - 'Very, very high' numbers at TIFF


September 26, 2005
Playback - CFC scores $10 million from Ontario


September 26, 2005
Playback - Mehta and Cronenberg wow 'em, Fitzgerald fizzles


September 26, 2005
Playback - Career Fair takes center stage at Innoversity


September 26, 2005
Playback - Mehta, Nealon and South Korea in the spotlight


September 26, 2005
National Post - CBC staff take fight to Ottawa


September 25, 2005
Toronto Star - Our movies need a hero


September 24, 2005
Toronto Star - Media must mirror lives of all Canadians


September 24, 2005
Globe and Mail - The CBC's mystery manager


September 24, 2005
National Post - Labour Minister to meet with CBC boss to attempt to end lockout


September 23, 2005
National Post - Viggo-centric: In David Cronenberg's unique take on the western, the Lord of the Rings star slays 'em in the aisles


September 23, 2005
Toronto Star - A History of Violence: Look into the soul


September 22, 2005
Toronto Star - Plot, schmot, it's the skin that reels them in


September 21, 2005
Toronto Star - Homegrown films flopping


September 21, 2005
National Post - Toronto waterfront studio details 'being kept from public'


September 21, 2005
National Post - Cronenberg wants you to repeat History


September 20, 2005
Toronto Star - Are good times about to end?


September 20, 2005
Toronto Star - CBC pickets walk PR line


September 17, 2005
Toronto Star - 30th fest closes with record sales


September 16, 2005
Toronto Star - City calls `action' on film studio


September 16, 2005
National Post - Film studio inks pact with city for $100M production complex


September 16, 2005
National Post - Film studio to revitalize waterfront


September 15, 2005
Toronto Star - $100M mega-studio to break ground by spring


September 15, 2005
Toronto Star - Actors support Atom Egoyan's use of sex scene that raises the discomfort level in Where the Truth Lies


September 15, 2005
Media Advisory - End the CBC Lockout! An Evening In Support of Public Broadcasting


September 14, 2005
Globe and Mail - Toronto, in its own words


September 13, 2005
Toronto Star - New Orleans still open for filming


September 12, 2005
Playback - Lawsuit won't block Water


September 12, 2005
Playback - CBC talks back on, but problems remain


September 12, 2005
Playback - Egoyan blasts MPAA ruling


September 12, 2005
Playback - Friends gather to remember Leiterman


September 12, 2005
Playback - C is for controversy - and Canadian


September 12, 2005
Playback - Dallaire to shoot in Africa


September 12, 2005
Playback - Silver and stronger than ever


September 12, 2005
National Post - Freshly pressed: Things learned at the film festival's weekend media conferences


September 12, 2005
Globe and Mail - That's my film on line two


September 12, 2005
Toronto Star - Toronto director's right to bear arms


September 12, 2005
Toronto Star - Real monsters


September 9, 2005
Toronto Star - Representation of Canadian movies strongest in recent years


September 9, 2005
Toronto Star - Festival's shorts are like small windows onto large worlds


September 9, 2005
Toronto Star - New CBC chairman lifts hopes in worker lock-out


September 9, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Fun is watered down at fest's opening gala


September 9, 2005
The National Post - TIFF News Index


September 8, 2005
Toronto Star - Trial by Water


September 8, 2005
Toronto Star - Adult rating for Egoyan's Where the Truth Lies


September 8, 2005
Toronto Star - A powerful mix of conflict, history, religious intolerance


September 8, 2005
Toronto Star - In film world, Toronto cast as must-see


September 7, 2005
ACTRA Press Release - CRTC Must Undertake Policy Review of Satellite Radio


September 7, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Satellite-radio issue stumps cabinet group


September 7, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Element of surprise


September 7, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Frulla: Taking the heat and loving every minute


September 4, 2005
Toronto Star - Our film fest, ourselves


September 4, 2005
Toronto Star - Cronenberg's masterwork


September 4, 2005
Toronto Star - On repetition and revenge


September 3, 2005
Toronto Star - The buzz stops here


September 3, 2005
The Globe and Mail - The Toronto International Film Festival 2005: TIFF/Outpacing Sundance, passing Cannes


August 31, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Talks to resume in CBC lockout


August 31, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Lockout shuts out network's high-impact series


August 29, 2005
Playback - Is CBC profiting from lockout?


August 29, 2005
Playback - Stars ready to light up T.O. fest


August 29, 2005
Playback - Klymkiw seeks larger profile for CFC


August 29, 2005
Playback - Toronto fest boasts 109 world preems


August 29, 2005
Playback - Top auteurs help TIFF ring in number 30


August 29, 2005
Playback - Water rises to launch fest


August 29, 2005
Playback - Ratings battle endangers thriller's box-office potential


August 29, 2005
Playback - Cronenberg returns to mainstream - or does he?


August 29, 2005
Playback - Virgo preems much-hyped sex drama


August 29, 2005
Playback - Beowulf & Grendel


August 29, 2005
Playback - Canadian docs seek international eyeballs


August 29, 2005
Playback - King tackles dementia stereotypes


August 29, 2005
Playback - TIFF 2005 expands industry initiatives


August 29, 2005
Playback - Postcards tell 30 years of TIFF tales


August 29, 2005
The Toronto Star - Collateral damage starting to mount from CBC lockout


August 29, 2005
The Globe and Mail - CBC staff to give a show in park


August 27, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Box-office slump? 'We've seen this movie before'


August 27, 2005
The National Post - Lockout tests loyalties as CBC audience tunes in to watch competition CBC losing audience


August 25, 2005
The Toronto Star - Egoyan film receives U.S. slap Censors react to `explicit sexuality'


August 25, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Egoyan film gets restrictive rating


August 24, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Dylan pic gets TIFF debut


August 24, 2005
The Toronto Star - Labour minister urges CBC talks


August 24, 2005
The Toronto Star - Mega studio gets mixed reviews


August 24, 2005
The Toronto Star - Here comes Hollywood


August 23, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Is the naked Truth too hot for censors?


August 22, 2005
The National Post - ACTRA pickets, then produces


August 22, 2005
The Toronto Star- Diver dies on Hamilton horror movie shoot


August 21, 2005
The Toronto Star - Legend prepares to take to the air


August 20, 2005
The Globe and Mail - CBC dispute not a factor, says Klymkiw


August 19, 2005
The Toronto Star - Cali tries again to pass film tax credit


August 18, 2005
The Globe and Mail - CBC-TV programming chief quits


August 18, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Film centre confirms CBC hire


August 18, 2005
The Toronto Star - `The kind of person you just can't replace'


August 17, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Degrassi gets prize at Teen Choice Awards


August 17, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Toronto 1 changing name to SUN-TV


August 17, 2005
The Globe and Mail - With lockout, depleted CBC struggling to stay timely


August 15, 2005
Playback - Familia leads Canada First


August 15, 2005
Playback - Two nods for Ciccoritti


August 15, 2005
Playback - People


August 15, 2005
Playback - Baron of Blood at top of his game


August 15, 2005
Playback - Celebrating 30 years in the film biz


August 15, 2005
Playback - How about Happy 36th?


August 15, 2005
The Globe and Mail - CBC locks out employees


August 14, 2005
The Toronto Star - CBC talks break down: Union


August 13, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Bollywood takes on Hollywood


August 13, 2005
The National Post - Lockout will change face of CBC as on-air personalities shut out


August 12, 2005
The Toronto Star - CBC staff face being locked out


August 12, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Sounds of CBC silence


August 10, 2005
ACTRA Press Release - CBC Unions Plan Coordinated Action Against the Corporation


August 10, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Canadian Slings & Arrows a critical rave in U.S.


August 10, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Let the star spotting begin


August 10, 2005
The Toronto Star - Big-name stars hone in on Toronto


August 9, 2005
The Toronto Star - Films for the Cineplex that's in your purse


August 5, 2005
The Toronto Star - Egoyan unveils nominees for Directors Guild awards


August 5, 2005
Canadian Television Fund - Governance Update Bulletin


August 4, 2005
The Toronto Star - Hatched, then gobsmacked


August 3, 2005
The Toronto Star - They're Canadian ... and sexy


August 2, 2005
Announcement from Minister Meilleur - Ontario Government Boosts Film Festival Centre


August 1, 2005
Playback - 'There was never anyone as big as him'


August 1, 2005
Playback - T.O. studio boss answers critics


August 1, 2005
Playback - Alliance selling its theaters


August 1, 2005
Playback - Leiterman shot landmark docs


July 31, 2005
Information Bulletin -
The Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal's role is to contribute to Canada's cultural community by encouraging constructive professional relations between artists, as independent entrepreneurs, and producers in the federal jurisdiction. July 2005 CAPPRT


July 30, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Sept. 11 miniseries shrouded in secrecy


July 28, 2005
The Toronto Star - Mega-deal `makes good sense,' studio head says


July 27, 2005
The Toronto Star - Mega-studio deal sparks controversy


July 27, 2005
The Toronto Star - Industry sets digital movie standards


July 27, 2005
The Toronto Star - Fest adds 9 films to hot list


July 21, 2005
The Toronto Star - Ontario keen to keep time with U.S.


July 20, 2005
The Toronto Star - Leiterman passed the torch — and his fire


July 20, 2005
The Toronto Star - U.S. puts Canada in time crunch


July 20, 2005
The Globe and Mail - CBC workers endorse strike action


July 19, 2005
The Toronto Star - Radio ruling will hurt our artists


July 19, 2005
The National Post - The death wish of cinema


July 18, 2005
Playback - Studio facilities across Canada


July 18, 2005
Playback - Servicing a busy summer slate


July 18, 2005
Playback - Toronto megastudio finally ready?


July 18, 2005
Playback - What about T.O.'s mid-sized studios?


July 18, 2005
Playback - CRTC: specialties drive viewers to Cancon


July 18, 2005
Playback - What they were thinking
Charles Dalfen on the 2004 rulings that rocked the CRTC



July 18, 2005
Playback - Locals snub Decode


July 18, 2005
Playback - Girard, Podeswa greenlit by Telefilm


July 18, 2005
Playback - Evictions for T.O. service companies


July 16, 2005
The Globe and Mail - DVDs' star status starting to wane


July 15, 2005
The Toronto Star - The Don of Hollywood North


July 13, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Workers to vote on strike mandate


July 8, 2005
The Toronto Star - Telefilm approves Dallaire movie


July 7, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Telefilm doles out cash for 12 feature films


July 6, 2005
Meeting Invitation Rezoning on the south side of Eastern Avenue - Business Consultation Session South of Eastern Avenue Economic Study Toronto Film Studios Rezoning And Official Plan Amendment Application


July 4, 2005
Playback - Strong growth predicted for Canadian media


July 4, 2005
Playback - Mehta to open TIFF


July 4, 2005
Playback - Bell Fund doled out $5.5M in '04


July 4, 2005
Playback - IPF spent $1.9M


July 4, 2005
Playback - Zoom still on


July 4, 2005
Playback - Telefilm and CBC put $2M into feature docs


July 3, 2005
The Toronto Star (Letters) - More coverage is needed on Canadian films


July 2, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Quebecor's Toronto 1 gets makeover


July 1, 2005
The Toronto Star - Slide much worse here June 30, 2005
ACTRA Press Release - CRTC Broadcasting Report: Spending on TV Drama Plummets


June 29, 2005
The Toronto Star - Canadians get gala treatment at fest


June 29, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Gates to open with Deepa Mehta's Water


June 29, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Big screen losing its magic in Canada


June 28, 2005
CFTPA Press Release - Could Cineplex deal boost Canadian-made flicks at the box office?


June 27, 2005
The Toronto Star - Hey, Cineplex show us some Canadian flicks


June 25, 2005
The Toronto Star - Such a long journey for Mehta


June 24, 2005
Jam Showbiz - Bruce Willis praises Toronto shoot


June 23, 2005
The Globe and Mail- City should be given more governing power, Ontario minister says


June 21, 2005
The Toronto Star (Letter)- Protestors helping Blue Man sales


June 20, 2005
Playback - Province's service biz bounces back


June 20, 2005
Playback - Heritage committee completes cross-Canada tour


June 20, 2005
Playback - B.C. production down 43%


June 20, 2005
Playback - Union report calls for dramatic change


June 20, 2005
Playback - Feds streamline TV funding


June 20, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Good in small doses only


June 20, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Protest greets Blue Man's debut


June 18, 2005
The Toronto Star - Blue Man production protest gets green light


June 17, 2005
ACTRA News Release - ACTRA takes seat at Canadian labour congress


June 17, 2005
ACTRA News Release - CRTC satellite radio decision lowers the bar on Canadian content


June 15, 2005
The Toronto Star - New influence for Telefilm


June 15, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Telefilm, CBC, announce program to fund new docs


June 15, 2005
The Toronto Star - 48 hours, 6 idealists, 1 film


June 15, 2005
The Toronto Star - Sutcliffe has his eye on acting A-list


June 14, 2005
The Globe and Mail - TV funding agencies to work in sync


June 14, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Blue Man production seeks to bar pickets


June 14, 2005
The Toronto Star - MPPs pass slew of bills before break


June 14, 2005
The Toronto Star - Year of Creativity celebrates Toronto


June 14, 2005
The Toronto Star - The `year of creativity' designed to draw tourists


June 11, 2005
The National Post - Amount of filming in Ontario has bounced back to pre-SARS levels


June 6, 2005
Playback - Industry slams new tax credit proposals


June 6, 2005
Playback - What is CAVCO thinking?


June 5, 2005
Toronto Star - Blue men vs. blue collars


June 4, 2005
Toronto Star - Film interest grows


June 3, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Blue sound Man joins protest


June 3, 2005
The Globe and Mail - CBC-TV unveils lineup


June 3, 2005
The National Post - Amidst tiff, Blue Men unveil cast


June 3, 2005
The Toronto Star - CBC will fall upon bio flicks


June 2, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Alliance Atlantis CEO drops post, top job goes to COO


June 2, 2005
The Toronto Star - Global TV sends 'Train 48' to scrap yard


June 1, 2005
The Globe and Mail - New film-censorship rules could be law by August


June 1, 2005
The Toronto Star - Culture cash keeps climbing, says survey


May 31, 2005
News Release - ACTRA Elects Richard Hardacre As New National President


May 30, 2005
The Toronto Star - Neighbours want film firm gone


May 29, 2005
The Toronto Star - Terry Fox film to focus on run


May 27, 2005
The Toronto Star - Instant filmmakers wanted


May 26, 2005
The Toronto Star - Incentives boost filming in New York


May 22, 2005
The Toronto Star - Lessons can be found in Canadian loss


May 22, 2005
The Toronto Star - A shutout at Cannes


May 19, 2005
The National Post - Hollywood can't stop gushing about filming in Canada


May 18, 2005
The Toronto Star - U of T star is born, lands in porn


May 17, 2005
The National Post - Kiss kiss, bang bang
David Cronenberg spread the love at Cannes ... as he opened his new film, A History of Violence


May 17, 2005
The Toronto Star - Cannes hails Cronenberg


May 16, 2005
The Toronto Star - Canadians have their day in the sun


May 14, 2005
The National Post - Atom Egoyan murder mystery plays like a steamy noir


May 14, 2005
The Toronto Star - Censors sharpen scissors for Egoyan


May 11, 2005
The Toronto Star - Passion without more cash in irks arts crowd


May 12, 2005
The Toronto Star - Jury duty confusing at Cannes


May 11, 2005
The Toronto Star - Looking for movie miracles


May 6, 2005
The Toronto Star - Cannes the talk of Atom and David war


May 5, 2005
The Toronto Star - Billboard slags Blue Man's `muddy boots'


May 3, 2005
News Release - Houston, we don't have a problem "Popcorn with Maple Syrup" ...wins gold


May 2, 2005
The Toronto Star - It's the Mouse vs. The Fixer


May 2, 2005
The Toronto Star - Mistaken shade of Blue - Blue Man Group disputes union


April 27, 2005
The Globe and Mail - How much should newspapers give away?
Most publications combine free, paid content on-line



April 27, 2005
The Toronto Star - Feds shovel $25M into Toronto film fest


April 27, 2005
The Globe and Mail - TIFF centre gets $25-million federal boost


April 26, 2005
The Toronto Star - Film fest to help Canadian filmmakers


April 25, 2005
The Toronto Star - Film centre reels in partner


April 20, 2005
The Toronto Star - Egoyan, Cronenberg off to Cannes


April 14, 2005
News Release - The Canadian Association of Broadcasters - ACTRA misleads Parliament on Canadian programming


April 7, 2005
The Toronto Star - Actors stand up for Canadian films


April 7, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Polley, McKellar blast Ottawa's cultural policy


April 6, 2005
The Toronto Star - Blue Man Group will not talk to unions


April 5, 2005
National Screen Institute - NSI Issues Call for Entries for NSI Totally Television Program


April 3, 2005
National Screen Institute - NSI Features First Film 7 Times Lucky Celebrates Canadian Theatrical Release


April 1, 2005
The Toronto Star - Kutcher, Hilton star in Casablanca remake


March 31, 2005
The Globe and Mail - Investors hit as CRA says 'cut' to movie shelters


March 30, 2005
The Toronto Star - No lights, no action in Ontario's film biz


March 28, 2005
The Toronto Star - Lights, camera ... action on the city's film centre begins


March 21, 2005
The Toronto Star - Will T.O. film biz get groove back?


March 17, 2005
CCAU Press Release - CCAU calls for action on worsening crisis
On the second anniversary of its groundbreaking report on the crisis in Canadian English-language drama, the Coalition of Canadian Audio-visual Unions (CCAU) sees little progress.


March 15, 2005 Ron Haney quoted in Playback article
Due to copyright restrictions, we cannot post this article on our website but if you have a chance to pick up the March 14th edition of Playback, flip to page 15. Ron Haney, the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of DGC Ontario is quoted in the article entitled "The freelance life of the T.O. sound editor". There's even a pic.



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