Montreal: A subsidiary of information technology and telecom management company Telesystem, Telesystem Financial Corporation has emerged as Coscient Group’s principal shareholder. In less than a month, Telesystem acquired shares held by two individuals in Coscient’s management-control group, a major shareholder exercising…

A regulatory shift, following the Canadian Television Policy Review hearing, could see the number of hours of Canadian drama, children’s and variety programming in primetime more than doubling in the next two years….

Montreal: Looking for a qualified partner to counter the bidding power of the cbc/src tandem, both the Global Television Network and CTV Television Network have come out in support of TVA Group’s application for national network status….

Former president and interim ceo of Paragon Entertainment, Richard Borchiver, and real estate entrepreneur Paul Wynn (The Wynn Group), have formed a new Toronto production company, Annex Entertainment….

Vancouver: After at least two years of courting and one misstep down the aisle, two of Vancouver’s production community leaders finally tied the knot July 7….

CBC and a&e have signed on for Emmy Award-winning director Simcha Jacobovici’s latest documentary, Quest for the Lost Tribes, a $1.3-million film expected to air late this fall or early next year….

Saskatchewan-based Minds Eye Pictures has embarked on its first service production, the Trimark Pictures feature Inconvenienced….

– TVO kids launches 14 new shows…

alliance Releasing has finally filled the long-vacant position of senior vp/gm with the appointment of former Miramax vp and general sales manager Jim Sherry….

Francis Ford Coppola and Larry Sugar, president of Sugar Entertainment (Vidatron), are the executive producers of First Wave. Sugar is also the producer and his credits do not include The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, The Black Stallion and Bram Stoker’s Dracula….

Canadian TV Review: Round One…

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