Prime Time Reception
The CFTPA's annual Prime Time Reception. Join us to kick off the 12th annual Prime Time in Ottawa. Mix and mingle with colleagues and friends as we celebrate the many successes of the Canadian independent production community.

Opening Speech: The Honourable Bev Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Status of Women

Breakfast & Conference Opening: Strategic Priorities
for Telefilm
Sponsored by National Bank of Canada

Opening address by Wayne Clarkson, Executive Director, Telefilm Canada

Profile 2007: State of the Industry Report
Release of the CFTPA, APFTQ and the Department of Canadian Heritage’s annual report analyzing the production industry, followed by a panel discussion.

Networking break

Concurrent Sessions

Conventional & Specialty Broadcasting:
Still Viable in an On-Demand World?
Canadians are increasingly demanding that television content be made available to them at a time, place, and on a device of their choosing. What are the implications for traditional conventional and specialty TV broadcasting? Is appointment television still viable in an on-demand world? Panelists will discuss their programming strategies in the new broadcasting environment.

Moderator:
	Ira Levy, Executive Producer/Partner, Breakthrough Films & Television Inc.
Panelists:
	Norm Bolen, Executive Vice-President, Content, Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. Scott Dyer, Executive Vice-President, General Manager, Corus Kids Kirstine Layfield, Executive Director, Network Programming, CBC Television Christine Shipton, Vice-President, Original Programming, CanWest MediaWorks Inc. Domenic Vivolo, Senior Vice-President, Marketing & Sales, Astral Television Networks

New Media Programming Platforms and Rights Holders:
How Are They Being Handled Now?
Everyone has big expectations for the exploitation of new media platforms. How are new media rights negotiations being handled now and what does the future look like? John Barrack will moderate a distinguished panel of producers, broadcasters and guild representatives to explore the issue- what is at stake?

Moderator:
	John Barrack, National Executive Vice-President and Counsel, CFTPA
Panelists:
	Eric Birnberg, Partner, Lewis Birnberg Hanet LLP, and President, Behind the Scenes Services Corrie Coe, Director, Programming Administration, CTV Steven Comeau, President, Collideascope Digital Productions Ron Hay, Partner, Stohn Hay Cafazzo Dembroski Richmond LLP Maureen Parker, Executive Director, Writers' Guild of Canada Stephen Waddell, National Executive Director, ACTRA

Keynote Luncheon: The Canadian Television Fund - Future Plans and Challenges
Sponsored by Astral Media

Speaker: Douglas Barrett, Chair of the CTF Board, President and CEO, PS Production Services Ltd, and Partner, McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP

The Case for Kids Programming: Strategies for Growth
Release of the CFTPA, Shaw Rocket Fund, Alliance for Children and Television and the National Film Board’s joint study on the children’s and youth programming sector in Canada, followed by a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.

Networking break

Concurrent Sessions

Production Financing: Domestic and International Trends
This panel is intended to discuss the latest domestic and international production financing models, trends and challenges and some new ideas on financing bigger budget projects.

Consolidation in the Canadian Broadcasting System:
What are the Policy Implications?
Many industry observers expected CTVglobemedia’s proposed acquisition of CHUM to set off a new wave of consolidation in the Canadian broadcasting sector. The CanWest Global-Alliance Atlantis deal that followed suggests they are right. What are the policy implications of big transactions like these? Panelists will discuss the current and future ownership environment, policy considerations of increasing consolidation of broadcast groups, and the implications for creating quality Canadian content.

CFTPA Member Reception - Members Only
Prime Time Delegates Lounge, Les Saisons,
Westin Hotel, 3rd floor

NFB Innovation Crossroads
Sponsored by National Film Board of Canada
Cocktail reception at the Westin Hotel, 4th floor

Industry Party - Byward Market: Hard Rock Cafe
Sponsored by Corus Entertainment, marblemedia, Ryerson University

Breakfast: The CRTC and a Rapidly Changing World
Sponsored by CHUM Limited. The Commission has major challenges facing it in the broadcasting, cable/DTH and telecom environment. Delegates are invited to hear the strategic vision of the new Chairperson.

Speaker: Konrad von Finckenstein, Chairperson, CRTC

Feature Film Case Study: Bon Cop Bad Cop
The most successful Canadian film ever - so where did
all the dough go?

Last year we presented delegates with a sneak peek at the film Bon Cop Bad Cop, and it then went on to become the most successful Canadian film ever at the box office. In addition to discussing the key factors that contributed to the film’s success, this year’s panel will illustrate why, despite its considerable success, Bon Cop Bad Cop’s revenues still fall short of all its production, distribution and exhibition costs.

Coffee Break

BDU Content Strategies:
Can Cable and Phone Companies Do Their Own Thing?
Cable and telephone companies offering television services are beginning to bypass broadcasters and acquire content directly from independent producers and Hollywood studios, particularly for their on-demand platforms. For example, Rogers Cable recently did a deal with CBS Paramount International Television to offer Survivor: Cook Islands via its video-on-demand service, marking the first major U.S. studio VOD agreement for one of its current prime-time series. Meanwhile, SaskTel will be looking to independent producers in part to supply programming for its Max Local On Demand local community programming service. Is this the beginning of the end for broadcasters in the broadcasting value chain? What are the implications for broadcasters and independent producers? Can and will cable and phone companies do their own thing in the future? What are their content strategies going forward?

Concurrent Sessions

User Generated Content:
Do Producers Really Matter in the Future?
This panel on consumer-generated media, will bring together perspectives from operators of user-generated websites with those of producer to talk about how profoundly media – that is, web content, has changed; looking at the capabilities for building audiences, generating revenues , copyright implications and the new business opportunities and challenges that it presents for producers.

Reality on the Big Screen: The Future of Feature Documentaries
The panelists will discuss their first-hand experiences making feature length documentaries in today’s changing marketplace, examining their successes, their challenges and the latest trends in the sector that will influence the production of Canadian feature documentaries in coming years.

CFTPA Awards Luncheon
Sponsored by CTV
Presentation of the CFTPA-Kodak Lifetime Achievement Award, The CFTPA Entrepreneur of the Year Award & the Mentor of the Year Award

CFTPA Entrepreneur of the Year Award nomines:
Jamie Brown, Frantic Films
Shaftesbury Films
Kevin Tierney, Park Ex Pictures
Mike Volpe, Topsail Productions

CFTPA-Kodak Lifetime Achievement Award nominees:
Laszlo Barna, Barna-Alper Productions
John Delmage, Time Spent Productions Inc.
Arnie Gelbart, Galafilm Productions Inc.
Ira Levy, Breakthrough Entertainment
David Paperny, Paperny Films Inc.
Linda Schuyler, Epitome Pictures Inc.