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CTF FUNDING DECISIONS ROCK TELEVISION INDUSTRY

PRESS CONFERENCE: Producers, writers, directors, broadcasters and actors from
This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The 11th Hour, and other high-profile shows that were
refused funding by the Canadian Television Fund, discuss the cutbacks and
implications for the industry.

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2003

Time: 11 a.m. (doors open at 10:30 a.m.)

Where: CTV’s Masonic Temple,
888 Yonge St. (Davenport entrance)
Toronto

Webcast: The event will also be web cast live at Canadian NewsWire: Event URL: http://www.newswire.ca/webcast/viewEventCNW.html?eventID=524260

Participants:

Moderator - Elizabeth McDonald, president & CEO,
Canadian Film & Television Production Association
Ira Levy, executive producer, Breakthrough Films & Television
Michael Donovan, executive producer, Salter Street (22 Minutes)
Paul Gross, actor
Peter Keleghan, actor (Made in Canada)
David Wellington, director (The Eleventh Hour; I Love a Man in Uniform)
Karen Walton, writer (The Eleventh Hour)

Q & A to follow

For more information on this, please contact:

Jane L. Thompson
Director of Communications
Canadian Film and Television Production Association

Tel: 613 233 1444 ext 227