Toronto/Vancouver – September 21, 2010 – The producers of TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL have engaged FanTrust Entertainment Strategies to get fans wired about their new original television series. “We tapped FanTrust because of its successful track-record in audience strategies and fan-building for primetime and supernatural TV series, including those for CTV and [...]

Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings will be in Toronto Wednesday to launch an online video subscription service that allows Canadians to download their favorite flicks and TV shows for a monthly fee. Netflix entering the Canadian market, its first foreign expansion, has local video distribution players girding for cutthroat competition as still more Internet [...]

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) today announced that the future of content and content delivery in Canada is being bolstered by home grown innovation, as evidenced by the strong demand for funding through the CMF’s Experimental Stream. Applications submitted for funding by the first deadline, July 5, 2010, vastly exceeded the $16.2 million available at [...]

LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND, September 7, 2010 – The Rose d’Or held annually in Lucerne has named Catherine Warren as a Festival final juror for its 50th anniversary celebration of excellence in entertainment across all screens. With more than 40 countries participating, the Rose d’Or Festival is among the most important networking events for the onscreen entertainment [...]

Jimmy Fallon may have a strut in his step when he hosts this year’s Emmy Awards: He’s already won his prize. At last night’s Creative Arts ceremony for the 2010 Emmys, the digital experience for Late Night with Jimmy Fallonwon the award for Best Creative Achievement in Interactive Non-Fiction. In the Interactive Fiction category, the recently completed Star [...]