Montreal: Nine Quebec companies and sodec have formally launched a new cultural industries financing agency called Financiere des enterprises culturelles. The mixed private-public agency was developed under the name SODEC-Financiere and has an initial capitalization of $45.5 million….

*Astral to be included in TSE 300…

Two homegrown Canadian films that opened in November are delivering boffo box-office numbers for producer Rhombus Media and distributor Odeon Films….

* Marni Wieshofer, ex-vp finance at Alliance Atlantis Communications who abruptly exited the company last month, has been named senior vp corporate finance at Lions Gate Entertainment….

With this first (and destined not to be the last) tech highlights overview, VirtualInnovations asked some technically savvy types from various areas of the industry to make their calls on the significant production technology moments from last year and to forecast…

With this first (and destined not to be the last) tech highlights overview, VirtualInnovations asked some technically savvy types from various areas of the industry to make their calls on the significant production technology moments from last year and to forecast…

* At Rainmaker Digital Pictures in Vancouver, Katie McFadden has been appointed director of operations, overseeing all lab and post activities there….

Producers and distributors may have a new weapon in the fight against unauthorized screenings or broadcasts of their works….

Just as Newfoundland establishes a generous tax credit and the production climate begins to look up, local producers are confronted with a new hurdle – the early Canadian Television Fund deadline….

Vancouver: Producer James Shavick of Vancouver’s Shavick Entertainment is inaugurating a new prize for the best emerging director in Western Canada on June 7….

With this first (and destined not to be the last) tech highlights overview, VirtualInnovations asked some technically savvy types from various areas of the industry to make their calls on the significant production technology moments from last year and to forecast…

With this first (and destined not to be the last) tech highlights overview, VirtualInnovations asked some technically savvy types from various areas of the industry to make their calls on the significant production technology moments from last year and to forecast…