Joining the growing trend of Chinese companies seeking out a role in the movie business, Internet giant Youku is launching Heyi Film. A wholly owned film production subsidiary, it will make films “to the tastes of the Chinese audience” and “improve film marketing and distribution,” Tech in Asia reported. Heyi is eyeing major theatrical releases and helping online talent branch out. Among the first projects are Bad Sister, starring Ivy Chen; Vacation In Paris, starring Amber Kuo and Louis Koo; and The Master, a co-production with Beijing Century Partner Culture and Media. There’s also a plan to transfer popular web series Yes Boss! and Miss Puff, Tia says. Alibaba is the most recent Chinese company to add film production to its portfolio. However, a red flag was raised over its $804M acquisition of ChinaVision Media Group when the company said it had discovered suspicious accounting and suspended its shares...
- 8/29/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
eOne has acquired Canadian producer Force Four Entertainment from partners Rob Bromley, John Ritchie, and Gillian Lowrey.
The deal bolsters eOne’s activity in scripted and unscripted television from Canada and broadens the international sales slate.
Vancouver-based Force Four launched 1983 and has gone on to produce more than 500 hours of television including Border Security: Canada’s Front Line, The Cupcake Girls, Shannon And Sophie, Village On A Diet, Murder She Solved, and the scripted sitcom Seed.
The two companies partnered on Seed, which aired on CityTV in Canada and The CW in the Us. From there they established a first-look arrangement covering scripted and unscripted projects.
“As our business relationship developed, it was clear that Force Four and eOne share very similar tenets and goals, as two Canadian companies committed to great story-telling aimed at worldwide audiences,” said eOne Television president CEO John Morayniss.
“While Force Four will maintain the identity and culture that has allowed them to...
The deal bolsters eOne’s activity in scripted and unscripted television from Canada and broadens the international sales slate.
Vancouver-based Force Four launched 1983 and has gone on to produce more than 500 hours of television including Border Security: Canada’s Front Line, The Cupcake Girls, Shannon And Sophie, Village On A Diet, Murder She Solved, and the scripted sitcom Seed.
The two companies partnered on Seed, which aired on CityTV in Canada and The CW in the Us. From there they established a first-look arrangement covering scripted and unscripted projects.
“As our business relationship developed, it was clear that Force Four and eOne share very similar tenets and goals, as two Canadian companies committed to great story-telling aimed at worldwide audiences,” said eOne Television president CEO John Morayniss.
“While Force Four will maintain the identity and culture that has allowed them to...
- 8/28/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
CBC's celebrity chef Jonathan Chovancek, from the TV series "Village On A Diet" and his partner, award-winning mixologist, local radio/tv personality Lauren Mote, recently opened the new British Columbia catering & events company "Kale & Nori Culinary Arts".
"At 'Kale & Nori', we specialize in elegantly conceived cuisine and mixology," said co-owner Mote, also noted as the founder of Vancouver's "Cocktail Kitchen Series", the city's largest and longest running cocktail/food pairing competition.
One of Vancouver’s top catering chefs, Chovancek is also a contributor to CBC’s "Live Right Now" national campaign and a regularly featured guest on CityTV’s "Breakfast Television".
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"At 'Kale & Nori', we specialize in elegantly conceived cuisine and mixology," said co-owner Mote, also noted as the founder of Vancouver's "Cocktail Kitchen Series", the city's largest and longest running cocktail/food pairing competition.
One of Vancouver’s top catering chefs, Chovancek is also a contributor to CBC’s "Live Right Now" national campaign and a regularly featured guest on CityTV’s "Breakfast Television".
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- 8/26/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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