– $10M injection for SODEC…

Cogeco Cablesystems of Montreal has created a production fund of roughly $1 million a year for tv movies….

ACTRA Performers Guild has applied to Labour Canada to appoint a conciliator to bring to a close a seven-month contract dispute with the Institute of Canadian Advertising and Association of Canadian Advertisers over the expired Commercial Agreement….

Heading out of the 1998 Banff Television Festival’s Market Simulation, a&e and pbs are both courting Norflicks’ David Wesley and Pixcom’s Andre Barro for their doc series The French In America. Pitcher Glen Salzman of Montreal-based Cineflix is in negotiations with…

Montreal: Significant cost overruns on the Kingsborough Greenlight Pictures feature To Walk With Lions has led to a split between Kingsborough chairman Pieter Kroonenburg and the film’s executive producer and company director John Buchanan. The film completed principal photography on location…

When David Cronenberg screens rushes (also known as dailies) on the Alliance production of his virtual reality sci-fi thriller eXistenZ, currently shooting in Toronto, the much-lauded director is treated to the highest quality digital sound perfectly in sync with the film…

What does getting ICE’d mean? Think of an all-star ball player who can hit it out of the park on command but doesn’t exactly lead the league in stolen bases. Now add speedballs and watch as he corks one that breaks…

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Montreal: Every year The Just For Laughs Festival sells more programming to markets around the world, but the event historically has been championed by players like Baton Broadcasting ceo Ivan Fecan, who helped anchor the festival in its earliest days by…

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With a new Alias|Wavefront Maya system in the house, Optix Digital Post & Effects is moving into 3D animation and creating some disastrous circumstances for CineNova Productions….

In Playback First Take June 23, Playback incorrectly described Paragon Entertainment’s financial status as ‘bankrupt.’…