Cogeco Cablesystems of Montreal has created a production fund of roughly $1 million a year for tv movies….

When David Cronenberg screens rushes (also known as dailies) on the Alliance production of his virtual reality sci-fi thriller eXistenZ, currently shooting in Toronto, the much-lauded director is treated to the highest quality digital sound perfectly in sync with the film…

Like one of the adolescent characters on its popular series Ready or Not, 15-year-old Insight Productions is experiencing growing pains….

They’re back….

Montreal: Telefilm Canada’s director of operations for the Quebec region says the ctcpf-induced spring scramble has worked to undermine project selection based on recoupment potential. With revenues from producers down, Joelle Levie says the issue will be addressed in a Quebec…

Having cowritten the script for the Kingsborough Greenlight feature production of To Walk With Lions and penned numerous reality-based biopics or mows, Toronto-based screenwriter Keith Ross Leckie finds himself in the anomalous position of being a busy Canadian scribe….

Shooting begins this September in Toronto on 26 one-hour episodes of Protocol Entertainment’s production of Code Name: Eternity. Global has purchased the Canadian window and will begin airing the series sometime in 1999….

While the attempt by competing u.s. majors to loosen Disney’s stranglehold on the animated feature market is still a work in progress, Canadian animation companies are suddenly much less enthusiastic about the opportunities for independent animated Canadian features….

Toronto’s Cambium Entertainment and management company MEG Entertainment of New Brunswick are finalizing a deal to build a large-scale animation facility in Fredericton, say well-placed sources….

Alliance Communications has $90 million worth of motion picture production on its fiscal ’99 slate….

In a deal that appears to please all the players involved, including culture watchdog Industry Canada, the former Cineplex Odeon Films will now operate as a separate entity to its new 75% owner Alliance Communications, while a triumvirate of film training…

It’s been a busy couple of weeks at Toronto’s Atlantis Communications. The company received a series order from a u.s. weblet, secured a $60-million banking facility, and released its first-quarter financials….