Today’s Star-Phoenix includes a story on SCN and Saskatchewan filmmaking in 2010:

After a very difficult 2010, local filmmakers are optimistic about the year ahead following the approval of a new five-year broadcasting licence for the Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN).

The network needed a new licence from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) after its sale in June to Bluepoint Investments Inc., an Ontario-based holding company.

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SCN’s sale to Bluepoint was likely the only way the network was going to stay on the air. SCN had historically been run by the provincial government, but all funding was removed in the 2010-11 provincial budget tabled last March. At the time, the plan was to discontinue the network entirely. It was only after a public outcry that the government decided to open the network up for bidding from private interests.

Read the full article here.