Telefilm Paris moves

Telefilm Canada’s Paris office has moved to the Canadian Cultural Centre. The center now houses the cultural services of the Embassy of Canada, the National Film Board offices and the National Archives.

Pierre Lampron, director of the Paris office, is now also responsible for Telefilm’s London office. Telefilm interim executive director Peter Katadotis says the realignment is the first step in a review of Telefilm’s foreign office operations.

The new address, phone and fax numbers of the agency’s Paris office are 5, rue de Constantine, 75007 Paris; Tel. (33-1) 44 18 35 30; Fax (33-1) 47 05 72 76.

The first Laugh

British Columbia Film’s newest competition program, Laugh! Chance, will give emerging b.c. companies an opportunity to produce a half-hour television sitcom pilot. The first deadline for applications is Feb. 28, 1995. For winning projects, B.C. Film will support the development of a series bible and the production of the pilot, and may provide ‘modest resources of up to 100% of the approved budget.’

Paragon announces

revenues up

Paragon Entertainment reports unaudited revenues of $14,864,085 for the six-month period ending Sept. 30, 1994, up 54% from the same period last year.

Videotron slump

Montreal-based Groupe Videotron has announced net profits of $20.5 million, or 11 cents a share, for the 12-month period ending Aug. 31, 1994, down from the $25.1 million reported for 1993.

The cable television company attributes the slump to a profit downturn at broadcaster Tele-Metropole and the cost of expanding cable operations in the u.k.

Revenues were up 10% in 1994 to $641 million. The u.k. operation, Videotron Corp., accounted for earnings of $34.1 million during the period. Videotron Ltee., the cable operation in Quebec and Alberta, reported revenues of $332.5 million, a $20 million increase over 1993.