Yearly Archives: 2012

Awards

Genie and Gemini awards to be combined in one show

From a media release:

Academy unites film, TV and digital awards

  • 2-Hour Prime Time Live Broadcast Sunday March 3, 2013 @ 8pm on CBC

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) will unite its film, television and digital media awards into one gala event with a live prime time broadcast, Sunday, March 3, 2013 @ 8pm (NT 8:30) on CBC. A series of celebrations of Canada’s screen industries leading up to the gala will include industry awards presentations and special events.

“Following extensive industry consultation and outreach, the Academy Board announces the consolidation of the Genie and Gemini awards into one major powerhouse show for the Canadian public,” says Academy Chair Martin Katz.

English and French-language films will continue to compete in the new awards show which will now also include English-language television and digital awards.

The annual Gémeaux Awards will celebrate French-language television and digital media on Radio-Canada on Sunday Sept. 16, 2012, as previously announced.

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TV, eh? podcast episode 92 – “Evolution or Curation?”

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Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary

Football player Brad Smith named Canada’s Bachelor

From a media release:

CFL WIDE RECEIVER BRAD SMITH NAMED FIRST-EVER CANADIAN BACHELOR ON THE BACHELOR CANADA, PREMIERING THIS FALL ON CITYTV

  • Most recently with the Edmonton Eskimos, the Hudson, QC, native takes time off from football to find love on the popular Bachelor franchise
  • Bachelorettes and Host to be revealed over the coming months

Following weeks of viewer excitement and fervent speculation, Citytv announced today that 28-year-old CFL wide receiver Brad Smith is now the country’s most eligible bachelor, and will star as ‘the bachelor’ on The Bachelor Canada, premiering this fall on Citytv. The highly-anticipated announcement was made earlier this morning on Breakfast Television, Rogers Radio stations across the country, and BachelorCanada.ca.

Smith, who grew up in small-town Hudson, QC, graduated from Queen’s University in Kingston, ON, and went on to enjoy a successful career as a wide receiver with the Montreal Alouettes (2007), Toronto Argonauts (2007-2009), and Edmonton Eskimos (2010-2011). Currently a free agent, Smith is taking time off from sports to find true love. After living out his childhood dream on the football field, the charismatic bachelor is ready to settle down and find his soulmate, taking Canada along on his romantic journey.

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Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary

Canada’s Bachelor revealed tomorrow

From Chantaie Allick of the Toronto Star:

  • Canada’s bachelor to be announced Tuesday on live TV
    The Great White North’s very own bachelor will be unveiled Tuesday morning on Breakfast Television. Citytv has been counting down to the official reveal at 8:10 a.m., when the new bachelor will sit down with CityLine host Tracy Moore for an interview, with video clues on the Bachelor Canada website. Day by day, a bit of a picture of his face has been revealed, too. Read more.
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Industry News

Serving art and commerce in TV writing

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From Alex Strachan of Postmedia News, interviewing the man behind TV, eh?‘s Vancouver TV Writing Seminar (register here):

  • Art and commerce can both be served: House writer Lawrence Kaplow on how it’s done
    Writing for TV – especially mainstream, broadcast network series like Body of Proof, Family Law and the soon-to-end House – means serving two masters: art and commerce. And, yes, it can be done, Kaplow insists. Kaplow hopes to explain how, at a seminar for aspiring writers Sunday, May 6, in Vancouver at Simon Fraser University. The seminar will cover such practical areas as pitching story ideas, script development, story structure, the politics of the writers’ room, and how to deal with notes from the studio and network. Read more.
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