Word on the street has it Yorkton Securities is shopping the assets of Toronto-based Paragon Entertainment, with names like Alliance and Atlantis among the potential buyers, as is Lions Gate Entertainment. Paragon assets include the Lacewood animation library and HandMade Films…

Vancouver: The b.c. government has a dilemma: can it match Ontario’s tax credit for foreign producers or should it risk losing the jobs assigned to the estimated 50% of service business which will leave b.c. next year if it doesn’t?…

In the wake of Investment Canada’s approval of the Sony/Loews-Cineplex Odeon merger, the question as to who will end up with the 51% control of Cineplex Odeon Films offers a myriad of possibilities and scenarios….

Montreal: The year just out was nothing short of spectacular for Canada’s publicly traded entertainment companies. From January to December, nine pubcos, including four new ones, raised an unprecedented $400 million-plus in the private and institutional investor markets….

Vancouver: WIC Western International Communications is downplaying escalating rumors that Emily Griffiths, matriarch of the Vancouver-based company, has decided to sell her controlling interest in the broadcasting giant, thereby liquidating the business empire founded by her late husband Frank Griffiths, Sr….

Having honed their skills on a variety of genres of projects from commercials to all manner of long-form service work, and having worked all over the geographical and stylistic map, Canadian animation companies are flourishing….

While Canada continues to act as a mecca for film and tv production, the sophistication and size of the post and effects industry has grown commensurately, offering an ever more comprehensive complement of gear and services….

*Red Sky’s debut slate…

Montreal: Alliance Vivafilm intends to reapply to the Regie du Cinema for a general distribution permit following a controversial decision in December denying the company a permit….

While Canada continues to act as a mecca for film and tv production, the sophistication and size of the post and effects industry has grown commensurately, offering an ever more comprehensive complement of gear and services….

Vancouver: The executive board of the Union of B.C. Performers-actra has voted to endorse a new master collective agreement with the amptp….

The p. 11 story on The War of 1812 in the Dec. 15 issue of Playback incorrectly identified Bill Nemtin as one of the producers. The four-hour documentary series is produced by Arnie Gelbart of Montreal’s Galafim and Andrea Nemtin of…