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Flashpoint, Industry News, Rookie Blue, The Listener

VIFF forum session on co-ventures

From the Vancouver International Film Festival website:

TV TALK – Wednesday, September 30
3:30– 4:45 PM
Co-ventures in TV Land (FTV11)
Defying Gravity, Copper, Flashpoint, The Guard, and The Listener – these are a few of the Canadian-made scripted television series that have recently met with co-venture success in the US. The upside to the squeeze on production financing internationally is that US networks are looking to Canadian producers with renewed interest to carry the freight. But putting together an international TV deal is far from easy. It takes skill, talent and great timing – not just a great concept. Stop by for an in-depth session on getting a green light on scripts, budgets, cast, crew and financing on a series produced in Canada for the North American and, hopefully, world TV market.

Click here for more information and registration.

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Flashpoint, Industry News

In the news: Canadian dramas bellwether for industry

From Jason Anderson of The Walrus magazine:

  • Point of No Return: Making Canadian television drama worth watching remains a challenge
    “Even with the global recession slowing production (shortfalls forced CBC to cut the number of episodes in The Border’s third season), all this activity would seem to indicate a reversal of fortune for makers of Canadian television. As ACTRA’s Stephen Waddell told Playback Daily, ‘Canada is ready for the big time. If you look at the programs being produced now, they’re interesting, they’re innovative, they bring a new perspective.’ He might also have mentioned that the US networks buy them for a fraction of what it costs to produce their own programming.” Read more.
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Flashpoint, Industry News

Flashpoint set hosts announcement of Canadian TV funding changes

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From a media release:

Writers Guild of Canada Welcomes the Honourable James Moore Behind the Scenes of CTV’s Flashpoint

The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) today welcomed the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, to catch a glimpse of the work behind the scenes of the hit Canadian television show, Flashpoint.

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Industry News, Sanctuary

In the news: Vancouver productions

From Glen Schaefer of The Province, includes Defying Gravity and Sanctuary:

  • Production year promises to be busy
    “One of the biggest projects heading to Vancouver this year is the new sci-fi TV series Defying Gravity, an international co-production to air on Canada’s CTV and Space channels, as well as BBC in the U.K. and other European broadcasters. Vancouver’s Omni Film Productions is taking a lead role in the production with a multimillion-dollar spaceship set built in Burnaby.” Read more.
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Awards, Industry News

In the news: The Canadian TV racket … and Corner Gas

From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail on the recent CRTC decision, the Gemini awards’ plot to be as inconsequential as possible, and tonight’s Corner Gas:

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