After seven months of negotiations, the Writers Guild of Canada, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association and the Association des Producteurs de Films et de Television du Quebec have come to an agreement on changes to the Independent Production Agreement.

The ipa sets the terms for freelance screenwriters in Canada. Key amendments were made to budget calculations for writers, coproduction rules, coverage for series story editors and the issue of sharing credits.

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Rumor has it Pat Macdonald, vp of marketing at Paramount Canada’s Wonderland, is headed for the president’s chair at ytv. Terri Coles has been acting president since ytv founder Kevin Shea moved over to Atlantis Communications in early 1994.