Winnipeg: While national broadcasters remain quiet until next season’s broadcast letters are issued, the specialty channels are making it clear that the high licence fees required to maximize points at the Canadian Television Fund will impact programming decisions….

Winnipeg: As the Feb. 15 Licence Fee Program application deadline looms, producers are poring over the latest rendition of the Canadian Television Fund guidelines to figure out how the tweaking in the 2000/01 rules will affect their projects….

Winnipeg: Regina-based producer Partners In Motion, parent company of Harmony Entertainment, has merged a part of its operations with multimedia and Internet production firm Digital Wizards Ontario….

Winnipeg: Saskatoon-based Edge Entertainment has just completed a two-year corporate restructuring and concluded its first round of private placements for 2000….

Most Canadian producers are looking for options beyond the typical film financing model, which relies heavily on government funds. With the rules often changing and no guarantees that public money will be accessed, producers have recognized the need to look elsewhere…

With beaming lights and rich brocade curtains as the backdrop, a suave, overly slick announcer in a tux takes centre stage flanked by two beautiful blondes in evening gowns. With the over-the-top opulence and glamor reminiscent of the Oscar Awards clearly…

Credo Entertainment has made a sale to Discovery Channel for its health and travel show World’s Greatest Spas. Discovery is taking the series for the u.s., Latin America and Iberia. wtn, which licensed the series for Canada, has signed on for…

The Genie Awards paint a portrait of the evolving financial structures and production trends of feature filmmaking in Canada….

The bigger-is-better broadcasting trend is driving growth at Craig Broadcast Systems as president Drew Craig and his two brothers take over the privately held, family-owned business following the Oct. 30 death of their father, chairman and ceo Stuart Craig….

The National Film Board presented a $5,000 scholarship to the National Screen Institute-Canada at a Nov. 4 opening reception for the Global Visions Festival in Edmonton….

An additional 13 episodes of the children’s dramatic series Mentors has been licensed by Family Channel and will go into production next summer….

Twitch City’s Don McKellar and Fabrizio Filippo of the Fox series Action are starring in Gary Burns’ latest feature Way Downtown….