A CRTC ruling that allows dth provider Star Choice to charge Canadian specialty and conventional broadcasters for the insertion of promotional materials during local advertising on u.s. satellite services appears to have paved the way for conventional cable operators to follow…

Market potential at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival is primed with 52 new companies confirming attendance, the majority of which hail from the u.s., Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland and the u.k….

With the fall launch season in gear this week, word is that ctv has a new multimillion-dollar image campaign ready to debut Sept. 14….

The appointment of Canadian Business journalist Peter Waal to vp investor relations at Lions Gate Entertainment is raising eyebrows amongst executives at CTV Network, Alliance Communications and Atlantis Communications….

Although chum decided not to air the Howard Stern television show, it remains tied to the terms of the contract with cbs-owned Eyemark Entertainment….

Toronto production company Shaftesbury Films is launching a feature film distribution arm in partnership with Oasis Pictures, teaming up with Imax Corp. cofounder Robert Kerr on a large-format distribution company, and announcing a $30-million production slate for 1998….

Amidst the Heritage Ministry’s Feature Film Policy Review, rumors of a $50-million film fund, and an array of submissions and discussion papers, Canadian feature filmmaking is a hot topic leading into the Toronto International Film Festival….

With a record 366 Canadian films submitted this year, Perspective Canada coprogrammers Helen du Toit and Liz Czach spent an extra three weeks in front of the screen to select the final 19 features and 42 shorts in the festival….

Submissions to Perspective Canada hit a record in 1998 at 366 entries (89 features, 277 shorts), up from 284 (81 features, 203 shorts) the previous year. Of the submissions, Ontario accounted for half, 183, followed by Quebec (79), British Columbia (56),…

Montreal: Behaviour Communications has revealed an ambitious production and development slate along with its third-quarter ’98 financial results….

Montreal: Canal d has 800 hours of new programming for its ’98/99 season, including 300 hours of new Canadian acquisitions. The documentary and entertainment service currently invests $8.8 million a year in programming, of which $2.8 million is original production….

A record 277 short films were submitted to the 1998 Perspective Canada program, a marked increase over last year’s 203 total….