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Here are the top 20 nominees for the 2020 Prism Prize

The eighth annual Prism Prize offers a $20,000 cash prize (up from $15,000 this year) to the best Canadian music

The Prism Prize is the annual award given to the best Canadian music video of the year with the winner

The music video is dead? No one told all the artists who keep making clips, some of which are outstanding

Each year, the Prism Prize recognizes excellence in Canadian music video production and direction with the winner receiving a cheque

The Prism Prize, Canada’s annual celebration of the art of the music video, works just like the Polaris Prize in

[I do a bunch of work with Vintage-TV, Canada’s full-on music video and interview channel for real music fans. If

The fifth annual Prism Prize, Canada’s quest to find the best music video of the past year, was awarded to

No, the music video is not dead. The Prism Prize seeks to recognize the best Canada has to offer, complete

The Prism Prize has returned, setting in motion a process to name the best Canadian music video of the last

The Prism Prize, Canada’s annual award for the best music video in the land, was given to Kalle Mattsson’s “Avalanche,”

Halfway through April. Done your taxes yet? Ponder that whilst you browse through today’s music news. It was 14 years

The Genius of Live Sports Production – Paul Graham In Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 013 December 1, 2020
The best live sports executive producers are a blend of genius, in both art and science. Whether we realize it or not, as viewers, we are of course more deeply engaged in cliffhangers. Match outcomes that keep us tuned in until the very end. That is where the executive producer shines. The research and preparation […]
Mark Silver
Intimate Gatherings of Sports Fans and Media Personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
Mark Silver