A new report on the Canadian Television Fund is calling for major changes to how television and multimedia content are financed in Canada.

While Gilbert Rozon is delighted that he and his Just for Laughs/Juste Pour Rire festival will receive the Banff World Television Festival’s top comedy achievement prize this year, the entertainment mogul prefers not to dwell on the past.

Corporate re-shuffling clears way for takeover of Alliance’s entertainment wing by CanWest and Goldman Sachs. Hearings for the cable channels expected shortly

Quebec star steps into role of 1960s hood Lucien Rivard for $6.5-million feature from Charles Binamé and Aetios Productions

CBC and DGC warn that lack of ad time limits and drama requirements spell trouble for Canadian stories. ‘We’ve already got enough commercials on television,’ adds NDP heritage critic

More than 200 French-language docs and animated films will be seen on Haitian TV as part of a new cultural exchange

New policy from the CRTC lifts limits on ad time and sets deadline for switch to digital, but turns down calls for carriage fees

Award nominations announced by Montreal ACTRA smile on local cast members of the Human Trafficking and the IFC comedy The Business

MONTREAl: John Malkovich, Evangeline Lilly and Romain Duris are set to star in the fantasy thriller Afterwards, a Canada-France coproduction set to start June 4 in Montreal.

Ottawa’s latest report on the recent troubles at the Canadian Television Fund says monthly payments should be mandatory, and that payments to CBC shows should be ‘re-examined’

The president and CEO of Quebecor unveils ‘Elephant’-sized plans to provide features as video-on-demand through Illico and through a database on Canoe

The $15-million thriller will shoot for three weeks in Montreal, putting the art-house icon alongside the Alberta-born star of Lost