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Calif. fights tax credits

The ongoing tax credit fever, which has provinces upping the ante with each other in attempts to kick start local production while attracting foreign producers, has caused some u.s. heavy hitters to sit up and take notice….

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Mainframe financials down but deals pend

Mainframe Entertainment’s third-quarter results were down from the same period last year, but the Vancouver-based company is touting a slate of upcoming projects to bolster its financial picture….

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Alliance plays with Irwin and Sega

Alliance Communications has formed partnerships with Canadian toy manufacturer Irwin Toys and video game giant Sega of America to develop animated titles based on toys and games….

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Creating, producing spots for clients: CBC thriving in commercial field

The cbc’s in-house commercial department, Event and Sales Promotion, has made the step up from exclusively doing low-budget video spots with a glossy image campaign for Air Canada….

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Special Report on Production in Western Canada: Nomadic: Plugging Cancon abroad

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Special Report on Production in Western Canada: Visual: from spots to docs

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Ontario Scene: It’s raining catz and dogz at Wiseman’s Amberwood

Sheldon Wiseman, former president/owner of Ottawa’s Lacewood Animation, is back with a new series out of his toon prodco Amberwood Entertainment….

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Paragon Ent. on the block

Add l.a.-based Live Entertainment to the mix as the fate of Paragon Entertainment gets decided behind brokers’ doors….

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Alliance gets lucrative nod

The guaranteed ctcpf renewal by the federal government was merely the capper on a good news couple of weeks for Alliance Communications….

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Baton has eXistenZ

Baton/ctv has acquired the free television rights from Alliance Communications for eXistenZ, director David Cronenberg’s next feature film which begins lensing in Toronto this April….

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New prodco scores Miramax deal

Born out of the CFP/Lions Gate Films project Jerry and Tom, director/actor Saul Rubinek, producer Elinor Reid and executive producer Ralph Zimmerman have formed a new production company, Creative Differences, and secured a ‘non-restrictive,’ first-look housekeeping deal with New York indie…

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Report on Commercial Production: BBDO drives outside the comfort zone

With two gold wins at the New York Festivals for excelling in the usually staid categories of trucks and tomato soup, BBDO Toronto has garnered international recognition by creating unconventional spots in traditionally conventional categories. Both the Chrysler campaign and the…