Vancouver: The labor dispute between the 66-member B.C. Projectionists union (IATSE Local 348) and the exhibition companies Famous Players and Cineplex Odeon escalated Dec. 5….

Experience in underwater photography, dramatic recreations, science documentaries, archeological digs and being a ‘preferred producer’ of Discovery Communications projects has paid off in spades for Toronto’s CineNova Productions….

Broadcasters and producers are being asked to put their money where their mouth is in the new eligibility criteria for the Canadian Television Fund….

Two of the most critically acclaimed films produced in Canada this year, Manon Briand’s 2 Secondes and Denis Villeneuve’s 32 Aout sur terre, were not entered in this year’s Genie Awards because their producer wants to draw attention to the lack…

Montreal: The future role of conventional broadcasters in the specialty arena has emerged as the primary issue displacing the murky debate over cable capacity after eight days of French-language specialty hearings….

Vancouver: While there are no specific provisions to entice runaway production in the new Alberta film incentive program, domestic and international coproductions that offer equal ownership and generate expenditures for Albertans are eligible for the new Alberta Film Development Program, announced…

Toronto’s Phoenix Animation Studios and Studio 8967 kids’ series Bedtime Primetime Classics will appear on Carlton Kids, the u.k.’s newest channel, launched Nov. 15….

A story on the crtc hearings for French-language specialty channels (‘No vacancy, says Videotron,’ Playback, Nov. 30, p. 1) reported the Specialty and Premium Television Association had called for the delisting of Sportsnet and Space: The Imagination Station as part of…

Quality control…

Montreal: Industry pioneer and producer Pierre Lamy has died after a long illness. He was 72….

In what marked the first meeting between the two associations in history, the Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters and the Motion Picture Theatre Associations of Canada got together late last month in Toronto and devised five key initiatives to…

*The Canadian Association of Broadcasters has appointed Sylvie Courtemanche to the new position of senior vp, specialty and regulatory affairs. Sandra Graham has been appointed to vp, public affairs….