Vancouver: Lions Gate Entertainment – which will make a splashy feature film debut with the Leonardo DiCaprio-led feature American Psycho – will also produce four television series for the fall schedules….

The veterans of the 1997 Banff Market Simulation are heading west again, aiming to further the projects they brought to the world television industry’s attention a year ago. All concur that stepping up to the pitching mound not only sparked some…

Production begins in Toronto June 9 on Highlander: The Raven, a Fireworks coproduction with France’s Gaumont. Citytv has issued a licence for the Canadian broadcast window of the first 20 episodes of the series based on the recurring character Amanda Raven,…

While many have imagined that they have just consumed the combined contents of a toolbox and fireplace at the hands of a ham-fisted gourmet, Toronto’s Dan Krech Productions, together with LairdFX, turned that gastric nightmare into visual reality in a recent…

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Diana Cafazzo and Simon Chester are members of the KNOWlaw Group of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch. This article was prepared with the assistance of Cindy Wan….

As acquisition discussions continue between Alliance Communications and distribution company Cineplex Odeon Films, Alliance chairman and ceo Robert Lantos confirms that if a deal goes through, his company’s intention is to keep cof as a separate operating entity….

David Wolinsky has stepped down as president and ceo of Toronto-based licensing/merchandising and film and multimedia distributor Noble House Communications. Jim Langedyk has been appointed president and ceo and will also be nominated by management for election as a director at…

With a new concentrated formula launched this year, the 1998 Bessies show honored 12 of the best ads in the land, most of which demonstrated a pared-down production ethic….

Earlier this month, as the crtc announced a major review of all its policies affecting Canadian television programming, the ink was drying on the $40-million acquisition deal signed a day earlier between Winnipeg-based CanWest Global Communications and Jay Firestone’s midsize Toronto…

While dramatic series have been given a lifeline with injections of additional ctcpf monies, other genres of programming may fall off broadcasters’ schedules if producers are unable to fill gaping holes in financing structures left in the wake of reduced eip…

Vancouver: After a splashy debut last fall, Vancouver Television has quickly settled into local mainstream television patterns and is struggling to grow its audiences. As a result, the Baton Broadcasting-owned station’s eight-month anniversary of its Sept. 22 premiere was marked with…