The cftpa has taken a firm position on a proposal to eliminate the federal production services tax credit. The producers association does not support the measure which was suggested in an advisory committee report to Heritage Minister Sheila Copps’ Feature Film…

Canada should participate in the formation of a multilateral agreement on cultural products like tv shows and movies Alliance Atlantis chairman and ceo Michael MacMillan told delegates at Insight’s 1999 Broadcasting and Program Distribution Summit in Toronto late last month….

Bruce Cowie has retired from his post as ctv executive vice-president and chief operating officer….

Canadian pay and specialty channel revenues are up significantly this year over last, but with 16 new services launched in ’98 the overall profitability of the sector has dropped according to financial information filed to the crtc….

Having established itself as one of the world’s dominant players in one-hour primetime drama series, Alliance Atlantis Communications is quietly preparing a major assault on program territory currently ruled by fellow Canadian pubcos Cinar and Nelvana….

Dissatisfied with the cftpa’s inability to take a position on a proposal to scrap the foreign tax credit and buoyed by its own successful Ottawa lobby to stave off overtaxing foreign actors, Canada’s usually inconspicuous service production sector has become politicized….

Richard Stursberg has resigned as president of the Canadian Cable Television Association to join dth provider Star Choice as president and ceo….

A strike by 1,800 technical workers at the cbc is disrupting normal programming on both the main network and on Newsworld….

Longtime cable movie service producer Dufferin Gate has made the jump to series television with The Hardwood, a big-budget, high-profile drama for Viacom Productions skedded to premier on u.s. cable channel Showtime in June….

Heritage Minister Sheila Copps has apparently struck out in a bid to have support for $50 million of federal money allocated for a feature film fund written into the upcoming budget….

The Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has asked the crtc to launch an ‘inquiry’ into cable companies’ introduction of new specialty channels….

Two homegrown Canadian films that opened in November are delivering boffo box-office numbers for producer Rhombus Media and distributor Odeon Films….