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Emmy award judge and FanTrust president Catherine Warren to join media luminaries at international festival and gala in New York

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

The world’s most prestigious global television event hosts a red-carpet line-up, including American Idol’s Simon Cowell and Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels NEW YORK, October 26, 2010 – The 38th International Emmy Awards black tie ceremony recognizing the best in world television will take place Monday November 22nd, 2010 at the Hilton Hotel in New [...]

The International Digital Emmy Awards Call For Submissions

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

For the sixth year, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is recognizing excellence in content created and designed for viewer interaction and/or delivery on a digital platform (i.e. interactive TV, mobile, internet, etc.) originating outside of the United States. The award categories are: Digital Program – Children & Young People Digital Program – Fiction [...]

Canada Media Fund Announces Experimental Stream First Round Results

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

October 13, 2010 (Toronto) – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) today announced the first round results of its Experimental Stream. Twenty-seven projects were approved for production funding in the form of CMF equity investment commitments for a total of $12.9 million. FanTrust president Catherine Warren served as Jury Chair for this inaugural competition, which emphasized [...]

New Funding Aims to Stimulate Media Development; BC Film to Provide Critical Matching Money

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Changes to BC Film’s Project Development Fund and the Digital Media Development Fund now provide increased support to BC film, television and digital content production companies. In a recent exchange with FanTrust, BC Film’s Robert Wong, Vice President, Tax Credits and Development revealed the thinking behind plans to further support the digital media industry with [...]

Todd & The Book of Pure Evil premiere is all-time highest-rated for SPACE original series

Monday, October 4th, 2010

– Highest-rated program on Non-Sports Specialty for A18-49 – Toronto, ON (Friday, Oct. 1, 2010) – SPACE fans signed up for a helluva good time as its new original Canadian series TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL debuted Wednesday night to 181,000 viewers, making it the highest-rated premiere for a SPACE original series ever. [...]