When Iohann Martin first heard Bye Bye Mon Cowboy, Bye Bye Mon Rodeo – the ultimate lyric in modern Quebecois pop music – he had no idea he would one day be working with Mitsou, the singer who made the song…

Vancouver studio designer John Vrtacic has been designing and maintaining audio production studios for, as he says, ‘at least 25 years.’ In that time he has gained a unique perspective on developments in the audio industry….

Vancouver’s Circle Productions is spinning off its editing and post division, Cycle Media, into a separate entity. The official launch is planned for June….

When Al Szajman, vp marketing at Vancouver’s summedia.com, approached Palmer Jarvis ddb to create a campaign for its flagship website, savingumoney.com, he knew it wouldn’t take long to judge the effectiveness of the spots….

The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists are currently in negotiations with the u.s. advertising industry to avoid a commercial strike, scheduled for March 31. The potential work stoppage in the u.s. would have a…

Just over a year ago, Clint Skibitzky was doing market research and Olaf Pyttlik was operating a university-based midi and synth studio. Now, 14 months later, the two are running what they say is Winnipeg’s first all-digital, high-end audio post-production facility,…

Link 2 Media, a Toronto commercial, music video and long-form production house headed up by Ron Heydon, has launched a new division, Proteus, to handle commercial and music video work. Link 2 will concentrate on long-form projects….

In Alberta, land of the prairie rodent, they have a saying: ‘Squirrels are just gophers with good pr.’…

If stock footage is the canned soup of production, then the pantry is packed and growing easier to access. Meanwhile, the flavors are changing, and with them, the way Canadian television is produced….

Women in Film and Television-Toronto says former prime minister Kim Campbell will host the 2000 WIFT-T Crystal Awards….

NAB2000 may at first invoke images of grand casinos and bright flashing lights. All the glamor and glitz of Las Vegas might sound like a spring break for broadcasters and the technology manufacturers and distributors they are making the trip to…

Soho has dodged the trend. The Toronto graphics firm has kept extremely busy with its specialty in broadcast design despite the movement toward broadcasters doing their design work in-house….