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Telefilm Canada recently released its corporate plan covering the 2006-2007 funding year to the 2010-2011 funding year. In the plan, From Cinemas to Cell Phones: Telefilm Canada Reponds to the Multiplatform Challenge, the funding agency outlines some of the changes surrounding the Canadian Television Fund’s administration – a role Telefilm formally assumed last month – as well as measures taken to improve accountability. The plan, which is excerpted below, also refers to the appointment of a feature film executive to make investment decisions – see page 6 for that story.

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After a year of wooing him, CanWest MediaWorks Inc. has finally named Brett Manlove to the position of senior VP, broadcast sales and marketing. Previously the company’s VP of local sales since 2001, Manlove came to CanWest MediaWorks when it acquired WIC Western International Communication’s television broadcast assets in 2000. Manlove began his broadcast career in the 1980s with an account executive post at WIC’s BCTV/CHEK station. "In the course of the past year, we have met with a number of interesting candidates, however, none with the level of expertise or passion that Brett brings to our business," Joe Mangione, president of sales and marketing at CanWest MediaWorks. "I am very pleased that Brett has accepted this position and that we have been able to fill the role from within the company."
Manlove fulfills several other functions at organizations other than CanWest MediaWorks, including president of the Broadcast Association of British Columbia, treasurer of the Television Bureau of Canada, board member at the Advertising Standards Council of Canada, and trustee of the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Did culture get short changed by the Federal Budget?
With the release of the first Federal Budget from the newly elected Conservative Party of Canada, those in the arts community say they’re starting to see the realization of their fears about the new government’s indifference towards culture. "Different cast, same script," said Stephen Waddell, president of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), in an news release. "They didn’t talk about culture during the election. They failed to speak of it in the throne speech, and now in their first budget they dedicate seven lines to the arts out of a 302-page document." While Finance Minister Jim Flaherty didn’t deliver the $150 million over three years promised to the Canada Council for the Arts by the previous Liberal government, he did allocate an extra $50 million in funding over the next two years. "Our culture defines us as an independent nation, so it’s troubling that it is barely on this government’s radar," added Waddell.

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