With channel numbers around the world on the rise, there is increased demand for documentaries and factual programming. Canadian arts programmer Rhombus International’s president, Sheena Macdonald, welcomes this trend: ‘More and more specialty and digital channels are popping up, which is…

Stock is the answer to a cash-strapped spot producer’s dream – but commercials are by no means a big part of the business pie for Canadian suppliers….

When it comes to animation, one thing is for sure: broadcasters are chasing tweens. And with little programming aimed at this group, trend-savvy producers could be on to big opportunities….

Demand is high for factual – so can producers afford to sit on their hands?…

When Calgary Flames star Sheldon Kennedy shocked the nation by admitting that he endured years of sexual abuse from his junior hockey coach, ctv president and ceo Ivan Fecan found himself moved by Kennedy’s courage. Believing that the hockey player’s story…

Whether he’s documenting the failure of neo-liberalism in Mongolia, experiencing life in Canada’s federal prison system, or, as in the case of his latest Rockie-nominated episode, sneaking a camera past Turkish soldiers into Kurdistan, Jean-François Lepine declares, ‘I have a great…

Tires screech on the busy streets of Montreal and as the sirens wail to the accident scene, Wendy Tilby wonders whose life has just been drastically altered: who has just lost someone, and who has possibly just died. ‘I was always…

Randy was once a gifted nhl hopeful. Nicola was once a privileged girl raised in private schools and riding stables. The devastating effects of their addictions are apparent as Rockie-nominated doc Through a Blue Lens chronicles their lives as veteran junkies…

Gail Tilson is a Saskatchewan girl through and through. Even though the Gemini-nominated producer of Rockie hopeful The Dinosaur Hunter is technically from Ontario, she boasts about the high percentage of the film’s cast, crew and production staff who are from…

Barbara Williams says Phyllis Yaffe’s reputation is not the full story. In fact, once the two started working together after the merger of Alliance and Atlantis, she quickly realized that Yaffe possessed qualities beyond those widely known. ‘From the outside what…

A spa in the Canadian Rockies might not be the traditional setting to conduct business, but thanks to Phyllis Yaffe, Stephanie MacKendrick now knows it is the perfect place to get things done….

When Phyllis Yaffe was making the Omnimax Theatre dream a reality at the Ontario Science Centre, then acting ceo Debra Feldman saw her working style up close, and it left an impression: ‘I’m a fan!’ she says….