Halifax-based new media and television production company Collideascope Digital Pictures and Cochran Entertainment have signed a groundbreaking distribution deal which includes both broadcast and online properties as part of a package….

The focus of this regular section is on agencies in Canada. Looking for agency business strategies and creative teams’ secret weapons? We tell all in Ad Missions….

There were some noteworthy Canadian triumphs at the 2000 London International Advertising Awards, held in London, Eng. in November. Four Canadian agencies used Canadian production companies to get their points across and help bring trophies back to their respective offices. Well,…

Toronto’s Avion Films is adding an interesting element to its business. Under the direction of Avion executive producer Andrea Minot, the spot shop is developing an initiative geared specifically toward its u.s.-based stills-photographers-turned-live-action directors, which will see the shop represent them…

Many directing teams are born when two directors with little to no experience get together to make themselves a more viable option for creatives looking to fill a job. Indeed, two novice heads are sometimes better than one, but it is…

If it weren’t for those golden little moments where nothing seems to make sense, nothing could save advertising awards shows from their own drabness. Recently, one fine-spun golden moment rescued the 2000 London International Advertising Awards when Toronto’s Toothin Theatre managed…

Toronto’s Filmblanc has signed a mutual representation deal with Lee Films of Madrid, which it says creates new opportunities for the Canadian and European commercial production communities….

Not even a limb breaking in digital surround sound can match the horrific noise of a packed movie theatre when the pre-preview commercials come on. They are inevitable these days, and nothing short of an angry rush on the projector room…

Jayne Morris-Berry’s JMB Post Production has been operating out of Vancouver for nine years. With a very loyal client list from both Canada and the u.s., the New Jersey-born Morris-Berry has one of the busiest post facilities in town….

Even George Lucas is doing it, and Canada won’t be left behind – producers and post houses alike are eager to adopt the hot 24P format, despite the considerable expense….

A one-floor relocation may not seem like a big step, but for Toronto post house Triangle Studios, it opens a whole new world of audio post opportunities….

Raja Khanna, president and ceo of Toronto-based Snap Media, has a word of warning for traditional broadcasters and producers: tackle the new media beast or ‘they’ll be in trouble.’ …