Halifax filmmaker Peter Christakos is up in arms over government plans to build a $3.4-million soundstage at a former Shelburne, n.s. naval base, a site to which he claims to have exclusive studio space rights. Adding to the controversy is industry…

Vancouver: Voyageur Film Capital has bought 100% of Cadence Entertainment, producer of the features Rupert’s Land, Kitchen Party and Tail Lights Fade….

A group representing over 50 cultural industry professional associations including many from the film and television industry rallied in Toronto March 15 to pledge support for Heritage Minister Sheila Copps’ controversial Bill C-55….

Cinar Corp. has executed an underwriting agreement for the sale of seven million limited-voting shares in the u.s. and Canada at a price of US$20 a share. Of the new shares, 6.5 million are from treasury and 500,000 are being sold…

ESPN owns a piece of Outdoor Life. ctf decisions are coming too late to enable broadcasters to effectively plan their fall skeds. Compromises on the C-55 decision could have implications for the future of film and tv policy….

I was very pleased that Brad Fortner provided coverage of the January smpte meeting on Digital Television in Toronto (‘smpte challenges need for terrestrial dtv broadcasting – Canada’s position of dtv,’ Playback, Feb. 22, p. 22). However, I am concerned that…

* Alliance Atlantis’ director of licensing and merchandising Nancy Bassett has resigned, confirms aac communications assistant Geoff Goodwin….

Montreal: Telefilm Canada’s Quebec operations office has issued a memo updating various fund submission and deadline dates. These include:…

Ever since childhood, programming computer games on his Commodore 64 and experimenting with photography, Bitcasters president and founder Nathon Gunn has had his sights set on the convergence of new media….

Vancouver: A senior management shakeup at Vancouver’s Rainmaker Entertainment Group means ceo Bob Cabral has left ‘to pursue other interests’ and executive vp Tony Allard will leave June 30….

It’s the first day of the in-studio portion of the shoot, and just before breaking for lunch the entire Twitch City cast and crew gather around the camera grinning while a couple of sharply dressed cats steal the spotlight….

Edmonton-based Studio Post is expanding with a new film processing system and added effects capabilities….