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TOIFA organizers defend B.C. investment in awards event
Apr 16, 2013 - $11 million pumped into local economy, Times Group boss tells BIV Full Article
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Rainmaker delisted from Toronto Stock Exchange
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Rainmaker delisted from Toronto Stock Exchange
May 08, 2013 -
Animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment (TSX:RNK) will be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) this June after failing to meet listing...
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Gaming sector holds job fair to support those recently laid off
May 01, 2013 -
Vancouver’s mobile gaming industry is rallying around those recently laid off by hosting a job fair May 3 that will be attended by various...
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Layoffs follow closure of two of EA's Vancouver studios
Apr 26, 2013 -
A global downsizing move by Electronics Arts Inc. (Nasdaq:EA) has hit Vancouver with the reported closure of two local EA studios....
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Rainmaker announces new animated film title
Apr 25, 2013 -
The battered stock of Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. (TSX:RNK) got a boost Wednesday following the release of details of its new animated film...
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Gaming, animation and visual effects career fair in town this weekend
Apr 19, 2013 -
The Visual Effects Society (VES) is hosting its second annual VES Vancouver Career Fair this weekend, according technology blog Techvibes.com....
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Lights, camera, election: NDP hopes to be film industry hero
Apr 10, 2013 -
Revealing the first major plank of his party’s campaign platform, NDP leader Adrian Dix pledged yesterday to rescue the film and TV industry ...
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Japanese gaming company to open Vancouver studio
Apr 10, 2013 -
Japanese gaming studio Namco Bandai Studios has announced plans to open a facility in Vancouver’s Centre for Digital Media (CDM)....
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Exclusive: Vancouver Mayor not invited to Times of India Film Awards
Apr 09, 2013 -
Gregor Robertson, the mayor of the city that hosted the inaugural Times of India Film Awards, was not invited to the gala ceremony – and...
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B.C. government adds $1m to Creative BC funding
Apr 08, 2013 -
The B.C. government announced Saturday it would add $1 million in funding to a society it created to promote the province’s struggling film, ...
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More controversy for TOIFA after it awards 11th-hour title sponsorship
Apr 05, 2013 -
The B.C.-taxpayer-backed Times of India Film Awards, currently underway, are now known as the Lux Cozi Times of India Film Awards after a title...
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Exclusive: Times of India Film Awards failed to land big-bucks Canadian sponsor
Apr 03, 2013 -
A lead time of 10 weeks meant the Times of India Film Awards was unable to sign a big Canadian sponsor, according to a marketing adviser hired for ...
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TSX gives Rainmaker Entertainment extension to meet listing requirements
Apr 03, 2013 -
Vancouver animation producer Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. (TSX:RNK) has been given a 30-day extension, until May 1, to meet the listing...
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Times of India film awards producer scuttled Surrey event
Mar 28, 2013 -
The Surrey Board of Trade says it has been snubbed by the Times of India Group, which has scuttled a Surrey event during its taxpayer-funded...
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B.C.'s film and TV spending up despite industry struggles
Mar 14, 2013 -
Despite dark warnings from B.C.'s film and TV sector, B.C.'s film and production spend edged up 2.3% to $1.216 billion last year....
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Surrey BOT disappointed to be cut out of Bollywood awards action
Mar 06, 2013 -
The Surrey Board of Trade's CEO says she is disappointed that no Times of India Film Awards events have been announced for Surrey....
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Vancouver producers chasing U.K. film deals
Mar 05, 2013 -
B.C.-led London film forum helps jump-start trans-Atlantic co-production discussions
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B.C. lost 3,500 film jobs to Ontario in one year: CMPA
Feb 28, 2013 -
B.C.’s beleaguered film industry had already lost 3,500 direct and spinoff film jobs in the year ending last March 31, 2012, compared......
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Beleaguered film workers take unusual step to spread the word about plight
Feb 22, 2013 -
The unions and guilds representing B.C.’s film and TV industry workers are stepping up efforts to raise awareness of their industry’s...
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Beleaguered domestic film sector scores small wins
Feb 19, 2013 -
Additional Canadian content dollars from BCE, Shaw deals helping homegrown productions
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Cineplex buys Fifth Avenue and Park independent movie theatres
Feb 18, 2013 -
Two independently owned movie theatres in Vancouver are being gobbled up by entertainment giant Cineplex Inc. (TSX:CGX)...
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Film-industry sponsored poll finds strong support for B.C. film
Feb 08, 2013 -
A Mustel Group poll financed by B.C.'s film industry has found strong support for government incentives to encourage film industry growth in B.C....
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Film group pushes back against criticism of “Creative BC” announcement
Feb 01, 2013 -
While much of B.C.’s film industry is scoffing at the B.C. government’s just-announced creative industries funding package, which...
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Gregor Robertson lobbies for national plan to support film, TV
Jan 30, 2013 -
Mayor Gregor Robertson is asking Ottawa to throw Vancouver’s floundering film and TV industry a life preserver....
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Movie jobs plummet as Hollywood shuns Hollywood North
Jan 29, 2013 -
Job figures support claims that tax incentives gap is driving steep decline in B.C. industry
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Thousands flock to voice concerns at #SaveBCFilm rally
Jan 23, 2013 -
What was billed as a town hall meeting to kickstart British Columbia's sagging film industry drew thousands of concerned people to the North Shore ...
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B.C. to host “copycat” Bollywood Oscars after being rejected for real deal
Jan 23, 2013 -
After Vancouver was rejected this week as the 2013 host city for Bollywood’s "Academy Awards," the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA)...
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Film, TV, gaming left out of BC Jobs Plan
Jan 10, 2013 -
Premier Christy Clark's BC Jobs Plan boosts agrifoods, forestry, mining, natural gas, international education, technology, tourism and...
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New Microsoft game studio welcome, but Vancouver still losing digital talent wars
Dec 04, 2012 -
With richer tax breaks, Eastern Canada's production centres continuing to draw talent from B.C.
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Rainmaker studios posts $3m loss, appoints new CEO
Nov 15, 2012 -
Vancouver animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. (TSX:RNK) has appointed a new CEO, following a $3 million loss....
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Struggling domestic filmmakers battle for slice of Asian capital
Nov 13, 2012 -
Chinese studios set to invest up to $15 million in domestic Canadian projects
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Digital Domain's Vancouver operation to stay the course after bankruptcy sale of parent company
Oct 09, 2012 -
Local VFX companies mum on fallout from Florida-based company's challenges
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Arts organizations to share new amenity
Oct 01, 2012 -
Bard on the Beach, the Arts Club Theatre Co. and Pacific Theatre are completing feasibility studies and plan to negotiate with the City of...
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Wine festival proceeds to flow to Bard on the Beach
Oct 01, 2012 -
Bard on the Beach will get a boost to its fortunes next year thanks to the Vancouver International Wine Festival's announcement that its proceeds...
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Government funding helps renew VIFF
Sep 25, 2012 -
Restored gambling grants pay for film festival's new ticketing system and website upgrade
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VIFF 2012 gets new sponsor, increased government funding
Sep 06, 2012 -
The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) announced yesterday that Fidelity Investments Canada had signed on as a major partner in a multi-...
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Shareholders approve Rainmaker Entertainment sale
Aug 02, 2012 -
Vancouver’s Rainmaker Entertainment announced August 1 that 99.91% of the votes cast by shareholders July 31 approved the sale of the...
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Disney strengthens Kelowna's Club Penguin division with massive virtual parties
Jul 31, 2012 -
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) has been strengthening its 300-employee Disney Online Studios Canada division in Kelowna, which operates...
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