Category: media

American movies have been shot in Canada for some time. But Canadian actors have been frustrated in not getting roles because of their up-north accents. So some of them have hired a coach.  Toronto Globe and Mail

It’s been a good year and times are good for the radio industry. But, warns a consultant, total audience has shrunk since 1990 and proliferation of ads (1980’s average: 10-12 per hour; Now: 20) could help chase away more.  Chicago Tribune

“Slowly, with inevitable exceptions, 1999 has emerged a landmark year for good movies. Maybe it’s millennial, maybe not, but we’re seeing more vitality, more inventiveness, more intellectual enterprise than at any other time since the 1970s.”  San Francisco Chronicle

The century’s dominant art form? The movies of course, though sprockets and celluloid are on the fast track to extinction.  Boston Globe

Government-subsidized broadcasting is under attack everywhere – in the US, in Canada and in the UK. A commercial broadcaster tells British MPs that the BBC should be privatized.  BBC

India’s Bollywood film industry is ready for international prime time. It’s become big business in England. And Hollywood’s big players are now casting greedy eyes on India’s hottest export.  The Guardian

Contrary to popular belief, American television has never been free. The question is: when will broadcasters start paying us for the use of public airwaves?  *spark-online

Representatives from TV networks walk out of NAACP hearings on diversity Monday.  Washington Post

It’s been the worst of years for homegrown French films. Now a proposal to censor movie reviews because they hurt domestic movies has directors up in arms.  Sydney Morning Herald

“Toy Story” sequel busts box office records taking in a record $81 million over the Thanksgiving weekend.  Variety