Western Canadian producers (including b.c.) received $10.5 million from Telefilm Canada and $5.5 million from the cbc’s exclusive Telefilm kitty in the most recent round of equity investment….

Vancouver: Two Vancouver producers have launched a Los Angeles-based entertainment company, while maintaining a satellite office in their home town. Voyager International Entertainment was unveiled May 19 as a company that will provide independent producers a ‘direct pipeline’ for their product…

Vancouver: Lions Gate Entertainment – which will make a splashy feature film debut with the Leonardo DiCaprio-led feature American Psycho – will also produce four television series for the fall schedules….

Vancouver: After a splashy debut last fall, Vancouver Television has quickly settled into local mainstream television patterns and is struggling to grow its audiences. As a result, the Baton Broadcasting-owned station’s eight-month anniversary of its Sept. 22 premiere was marked with…

Vancouver: Mainframe Entertainment of Vancouver has formed a strategic partnership with toy manufacturer Trendmasters to create three new computer-animated series between 1999 and 2001….

Vancouver: It was an unlucky 13 for the 334 people eliminated from Baton Broadcasting’s payroll May 13….

Vancouver: The B.C. Council of Film Unions has three productions working under a new contract that caters to low-budget productions even though its 3,500 members have yet to ratify it….

Vancouver: New on b.c.’s official film lists is Night Man, Crescent Entertainment’s second syndicated series and more evidence that the Vancouver company’s year-long focused efforts to transform itself from service producer to independent producer have been well placed….

Vancouver: The euphoria of having a domestic tax credit for struggling b.c. film producers was quickly snuffed by the realization that many small features will not qualify….

Vancouver: b.c. Premier Glen Clark concluded a two-day visit with the Hollywood film factories April 24 with promises that b.c. would remain a competitive production center for u.s. shows. Just how the incentives will shake out, however, are details that will…

Vancouver: At current growth rates, the b.c. film and television industry will top $1.5 billion in annual spending by 2007 and pay a work force of 70,000 people, says a forecasting report by accounting firm Ellis Foster in Vancouver….

Vancouver: Baton Broadcasting, through vtv, is living up to its crtc promise to support local, b.c.-made production….