comm.bat films is the new entity formed via the hyperlink of associates at Damast Gordon and Associates and Derek Van Lint and Associates. Gauging by the associated companies’ (decade-old dvla held 50% of three-and-a-half-year-old dgc) 1995 shoot-day activity, the combined volume…

Canuck kids’ shows, ya gotta love ’em. Grown in the shade of the u.s. limelight, new icons the likes of Dudley the Dragon have emerged to steal some of the pbs spotlight – not to mention extensive press coverage when the…

A package from Nova Scotia recently yielded a nugget ­ the third installment of the Keith’s beer saga from the Halifax office of Corporate Communications. The very amusing and credible period piece came as a surprise ­ pleasant ­ and when…

Three months ago The Bank of Nova Scotia declared its intent to enter the film financing fray. As the interest in film and tv production financing is at the corporate banking level under the auspices of Scotia’s media group, there is…

The Nov. 10 invitation from Toronto’s MacLaren McCann to a roundtable on Canadian creative sounded like a safe way to schmooze/snooze through to lunch while arguably earning one’s keep. It began in an innocent enough Canadian manner, with host Rick Davis,…

while the London Programme Market was a good one for sellers, buyers say there was less new product on offer at this year’s event, held Nov. 13-15 at Le Meridian….

The London International Advertising Awards were presented to 139 winners in television/cinema, radio, print and package design categories Nov. 13….

Stripes wound down at the end of last month, and the commercial operations of the low-end spot division of The Partners’ Film Company is now going under the new (but established) name of Revolver, its music video brethren. The change came…

You’re butting into The Simpsons and Seinfeld, you’ve got less than a minute, and you’ve gotta leave them laughing, oh yeah, and sell some beer and chocolate….

The Pat Ferns market simulation roadshow adds a new stop to the circuit with a junior edition at the Alliance for Children and Television’s 1995 Festival and Awards of Excellence. Since there’s change going down in the market, act hopes ‘the…

Malofilm Distribution has signed Canadian home video distribution deals with Time-Life Video and Hallmark Home Entertainment….

Derek Van Lint and Associates has inked a Canadian representation deal with l.a.-based production company Palomar Pictures….