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AdvertisingThe Sequel: Funding for content creation in Canada
Check out StreamDaily’s new monthly sponsored digital content series covering important trends within the online video industry.
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EntertainmentThe wily women of Wall Street
A look at the making of Whatever, Linda, a $300K web series that places 4 women as the brains behind Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
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DistributionBlog: The broadcaster is dead. Long live the broadcaster!
French media cos are intent on making a splash in the digital space, Jay Ferguson writes from Marseille Web Fest.
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EntertainmentExclusive: Starz picks up iThentic’s Space Riders
The 13-episode Power Rangers spoof co-stars comedians Mark Little and Dan Beirne, and will roll out weekly on Starz’s YouTube channel Union Pool.
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NewsExec director of Canada’s Bell Fund resigns from post
Andra Sheffer is ending her 17-year career with the Bell Fund, an organization that has funneled $140M in grants to new media projects since 1997.
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FundingCanada’s IPF invests nearly $2M across 17 web series
Thirteen of the projects selected to receive funding are new shows that will be produced this year.
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EntertainmentCanada’s IPF announces web series funding shortlist
A total of 23 projects were shortlisted after evaluators in Toronto and Montreal reviewed 188 applications.
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Distribution
JASH picks up The Amazing Gayl Pile
From the creators of IFC series Cock’d Gunns, this strange Canadian comedy series has found a home on the YouTube comedy network that’s headed by Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, and Reggie Watts.
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NewsCanada’s Independent Production Fund publishes guide for web series producers
From raising money to meal catering, the IPF’s Guide to Web Series Best Practices covers the ins and outs of online production with relevant data and tips from people in the biz.
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