Attention festival goers: Get to your films early. Sit down. Don’t be in the loo when the trailer comes on or you’ll miss 15 seconds of pure clay and animation joy….

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The newest addition to the Canadian commercial production scene takes to the dance floor Sept. 1 and is looking to rumba with two or three Canadian directors….

cablesat’s new pay-per-view programming package will beam down next month amidst industry speculation that a consortium of three of Canada’s largest cable companies will apply for a satellite service licence alongside Expressvu and Power DirecTv by the Aug. 25 deadline….

showcase has put a hold on its funding commitment to original Canadian content until a fees agreement is reached with the cable companies….

against the backdrop of heated discussion in the u.s. Congress, the tv violence debate is guaranteed to pick up steam in Canada next month as Shaw Communications begins round two of v-chip testing and the crtc holds court on the issues…

rumors that F/X Training Corporation has gone into receivership are inaccurate, said Syd Kessler, president of The Kessler Group, in a prepared statement….

Big changes to the programming schedule are aiming to breathe new life into Life Network this fall….

Expressvu president Ted Boyle will announce Aug. 1 that the launch of the Canadian direct-to-home satellite service is being delayed until late fall….

It is neither the best of times nor the worst of times for the commercial production industry. This side of both the glory days and the recession, Canadian production houses are trying to come to terms with a reality more restrained…

Those still thinking the World Wide Web is a B horror movie starring a giant spider are out of the loop. The Internet isn’t a weave of pantyhose, water isn’t necessary to surf, and flaming isn’t the same old verb. Welcome…

While it may look like new media initiatives are being fenced in at the agency level, there’s a role for the commercial production community if they’re prepared to come to the agency or the client with good, even crazy ideas, says…