Public broadcasters should stick to their mandates and not compete with the private sector, says a new government-sponsored study on international public television….
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It’s a jolly, well-attended annual sport: cut up the Genie Awards, and get diligent about it. Take the host(s) and sets to task, rip apart the production values, snore through acceptance speeches, and snicker knowingly at the missing names on the…
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With a new $16.5 million injection from Onex Corporation, a leveraged buyout specialist based in Toronto, Alliance Communications is looking to expand its interests in music publishing, new media and animation….
Within days of Paragon Entertainment’s annual shareholders meeting Sept. 29, president Richard Borchiver and chairman Jon Slan were off to London, Eng. to discuss a financing package for u.k.-based HandMade Films, which Paragon acquired in May. Slan and Borchiver have said…
Following the bad news that its Robocop tv series may not be renewed, Skyvision Entertainment has announced a multimillion-dollar booty. The deal with Los Angeles-based Fred Dryer Productions will initiate at least us$50 million in television and film production activity, with…
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The 1994 Genie nominees are in and Atom Egoyan’s Exotica tops the list with 13 nominations. The nominations for the multiple award-winning feature include best film, best direction for Egoyan, best actor for Bruce Greenwood, best supporting actor for Don McKellar…