Picking up some hardware in Chicago recently for a three-spot campaign for the Federation des producteurs de lait du Quebec was Montreal’s pnmd. As with many award winners, the spots give a decidedly edgy feel to a traditionally wholesome product -…

With a wealthy, vertically integrated, publicly traded parent company loosening up the availability of funds, Lions Gate Films president Jeff Sackman expects his newly renamed production and distribution operation to spend between $35 million and $50 million on the production of…

YTV president Paul Robertson and Hasbro Canada president Sheldon Klein were at the Canadian Toy and Decoration Show in Toronto last week to announce a strategic alliance involving the creation of a ytv-branded line of toy and related products to be…

‘The Caucasian skull that we found clearly indicates we’re in the right spot. We’re going to find that ship.’…

Ottawa’s Funbag Animation Studio has completed a deal with Holland-based Philips Electronics subsidiary PolyGram Filmed Entertainment that will see PolyGram invest a 25% minority stake in the five-year-old toon company. Besides the investment, PolyGram will enjoy a 30-day first-look deal for…

Independent production and distribution company Cinepix Film Properties has been renamed Lions Gate Films following the purchase of the company last year by Vancouver’s Frank Giustra, chairman and ceo of Lions Gate Entertainment. Former cfp executive vp Jeff Sackman has been…

The job of writing the screenplay for Canadian tv movies and miniseries is rarely given to a ‘hired gun.’ In the case of this year’s batch of nominees in the category of Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries, the…

The job of writing the screenplay for Canadian tv movies and miniseries is rarely given to a ‘hired gun.’ In the case of this year’s batch of nominees in the category of Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries, the…

The job of writing the screenplay for Canadian tv movies and miniseries is rarely given to a ‘hired gun.’ In the case of this year’s batch of nominees in the category of Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries, the…

The job of writing the screenplay for Canadian tv movies and miniseries is rarely given to a ‘hired gun.’ In the case of this year’s batch of nominees in the category of Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries, the…

The job of writing the screenplay for Canadian tv movies and miniseries is rarely given to a ‘hired gun.’ In the case of this year’s batch of nominees in the category of Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries, the…

In the wake of Investment Canada’s approval of the Sony/Loews-Cineplex Odeon merger, the question as to who will end up with the 51% control of Cineplex Odeon Films offers a myriad of possibilities and scenarios….