Film crew shooting Kathleen Wynne documentary

The Toronto Star reports that the team behind an acclaimed 1978 documentary on former premier Bill Davis is returning to Queen’s Park to film a new documentary on Kathleen Wynne, the first woman to govern Ontario.

White Pine Pictures, which says it has been granted “exclusive behind-the-scenes access,” this week began shooting a “cinema verité-style” depiction of Wynne and her advisers as they prepare the spring budget.

The untitled film, which will air on TVOntario later this year, is being co-produced by Emmy Award winner Peter Raymont.
Veteran documentary maker Roxana Spicer will direct the Wynne film.

Netflix a clear winner in the streaming battle

The Srar's tech reporter Raju Mudhar declared Netlix the winner in the streaming world. Excerpt:
"It definitely has more movies than both of its new Canadian competitors. It is also the only one that is truly an “over-the-top” service that anybody with Internet access can purchase. As well, the company has invested heavily in acclaimed original series such as House of Cards and Orange is the New Black."
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Postmedia and the heavy price it pays to survive: David Olive

The Star's David Olive writes:
Postmedia’s newspapers, with their depopulated newsrooms, run the risk of becoming irrelevant as a bulwark of democracy as they generate just enough cash to further enrich mostly U.S. absentee owners.
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John Doyle: CBC’s Amanda Lang problem should end with this: Resign

John Doyle writes:

Here’s an idea that’s probably going nowhere but let’s try it anyway – CBC’s Amanda Lang could get down off her high horse and resign. Enough with the haughty umbrage.
CBC could help her down from the high horse and achieve some closure on the matter of Lang’s allegedly compromised reporting and interviewing. But that’s another idea that’s going nowhere. CBC’s umbrage is even haughtier than Lang’s. It changed its regulations too late. Barn door closed after the horse left.
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(Reminds us of Lyndon Johnson saying he lost Vietnam when he lost Walter Cronkite. :)) )

CBC will no longer approve paid appearances by on-air journalists

The Star's Jacques Gallant reports:
 "The CBC announced Thursday it will no longer allow its on-air journalists to make paid appearances, a little over a week after senior business correspondent Amanda Lang publicly faced allegations about potential conflicts of interest for giving paid speeches.
"CBC News and Centres editor-in-chief and general manager Jennifer McGuire told the Star the discussion around paid appearances had been ongoing, but that 'the events of the last little while' impacted that discussion.
"McGuire and her Radio-Canada counterpart Michel Cormier broke the news to staff in a memo. She said reaction to the policy shift was “mixed” within the organization. The union has already condemned the new rule and hinted that it will challenge it."
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