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On Friday June 14 a special Nintendo 3DS bundle will be available at participating Walmart stores across Canada.  This bundle will include a Cosmo Black Nintendo 3DS portable gaming system and a packaged version of the Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon game at a suggested retail price of $179.99 ($30 savings off the suggested retail price if purchased separately).  Read the rest of this entry »

HISTORY announced today new casting for season two of its hit drama series Vikings, including Canadian Alexander Ludwig (The Hunger Games) as Bjorn, the intelligent and bold warrior son of Ragnar Lothbrok, and Linus Roache (Law & Order) as Ecbert, King of Wessex, a man full of strength, knowledge and undisguised ambition. Read the rest of this entry »

TELETOON Canada Inc. has announced its latest original production slate, featuring a brand new CGI version of the beloved Canadian animated series Inspector Gadget and swashbuckling new series Pirate Express, as well as the renewals of Rocket Monkeys (Season 2), Endangered Species (Season 2), Total Drama (Season 6) and Johnny Test (Season 7). This announcement was made from the Banff World Media Festival, where TELETOON is a proud sponsor of the Kids and Animation program for the fourth consecutive year. Read the rest of this entry »

Corus Entertainment and Telefilm Canada today announced the creation of the Family Feature Production Fund, a joint pilot initiative created to encourage increased production of audience-driven Canadian English-language live-action family movies for theatrical release.

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The next level begins now for Regina’s Wolfcop, selected by the inaugural CineCoup Film Accelerator to receive up to $1 million in financing and a guaranteed Cineplex release in 2014.  Read the rest of this entry »

I also tweeted from the Banff World Media Festival session yesterday where the Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced the official launch of a new website dedicated to information on crowdfunding. Read the rest of this entry »

QuickPlay Media has revealed the results of a survey focused on mobile TV and video viewing habits as well as ad tolerance in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The survey results reveal insights about ad tolerance across streaming devices, the popularity of Live TV versus video on demand (VOD) and the factors that motivate users to pay for premium services. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are all of the details about the new Eye On Canada national promotional brand that I was tweeting about yesterday from the Banff World Media Festival. Valerie Creighton, President and CEO of the Canada Media Fund (CMF), Carolle Brabant, Executive Director of Telefilm Canada and Michael Hennessy, President and CEO of the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) presented an update of this National Promotion Strategy and the new brand to promote Canadian audiovisual content. Read the rest of this entry »

Temple Street Media Ventures (the newly created division of Temple Street Productions) today announces the establishment of an original digital content studio, Boat Rocker Studios.  Working with YouTube, Boat Rocker Studios will foster a campus-like environment for online creators to collaborate, gain expertise, receive business support and produce content that speaks to the new generation of viewers. Read the rest of this entry »

Frank Siracusa, President and CEO of Whizbang Films and John Weber President and CEO of Take 5 Productions have announced that their next project Reign has been ordered to production for a twelve episodes series to begin shooting in Toronto at the end of July. The one-hour drama adds a second series to the Whizbang/Take 5 partnership now poised to generate more than $100 million in production volumes in Canada in the upcoming year. Both Siracusa and Weber are currently at the Banff World Media Festival. Read the rest of this entry »