Ask a Lawyer: The Way Forward in Canadian TV/Film Production
On March 12, 2015, the CRTC (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission) released The Way Forward — the first Broadcasting Regulatory Policy to come out of “Let’s Talk TV: A Conversation with Canadians” launched by the CRTC in October 2013. The CRTC’s stated intent is to make policies to facilitate and to lead Canadian programming into […]
Development Funding Advances
Development Funding Advances – Introduction If a producer receives an advance of development funds, must the producer repay the advance if the script rights expire and revert to the writer? As there isn’t a clear answer, producers should consider taking proactive steps to protect themselves. Reversion of Rights The Writers Guild of Canada‘s Independent […]