*Brat Pack touches down at C.O.R.E….

Vancouver: In the first quarter of fiscal 1999 (ended Nov. 30, 1998), Vancouver’s Vidatron Entertainment reports a 61% increase in revenue over the same quarter in fiscal 1998 to $15.1 million….

Cinema Esperanca principal Andre Bennett is expanding his focus on Canadian feature film production with seven projects shooting in 1999, worth over $11 million in production budgets….

*SCTV to join Comedy lineup…

Montreal: Telescene Film Group is reporting consolidated net earnings for the nine-month period ending Nov. 30, 1998 of $3.4 million, a 31% increase over last fiscal….

Canadian Airlines has taken flight with a pool of new spots boasting a rather generous production budget….

Aviator Pictures director Oscar Bassinson had a one-day shoot for a McDonald’s spot featuring an animated mouse with a passion for hamburgers and cheese. Ron Williams was the dop, Palmer Jarvis coined the creative, Gord Remple handled the offline at Northwest…

With backing from Radke Films, directors David McNally and Jeff Eamer have parlayed a 26-year friendship and five years of professional collaboration into a new production entity called m.e.a.t….

‘Homicide. Scandal. Racism. Politics. Fraud. Abuse. Rape. Suicide. It makes for a tough living, but great journalism.’…

Montreal: Exporter Filmoption International has successfully launched the 13-hour Greenspace Productions nature and wildlife expedition series Walk on the Wild Side, preselling to 147 countries. The series has sold to the 130 territories covered by Discovery International and 10 more by…

Vancouver: Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy – a series that romances the pioneering spirit in b.c.’s hinterland 50 years ago – was given the go-ahead by cbc brass for a second season of 13 episodes last month. The series is…

Simon Chester is a member of the KNOWlaw Group of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch. This article was prepared with the assistance of david kent, bruce mcwilliam and brian hilbers….