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Focus on Cambium – 15 Years: Cambium moves into adult ‘hood From production roots in children’s and music programming, Cambium Film and Video Productions has flourished over the years, incorporating a distribution arm and beco…

Now, with 15th anniversary celebrations underway, the Toronto production company is setting its sights on future growth opportunities as it moves into development on its first adult series and looks to the prospect of opening an animation studio….

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Spot production up 5% to $195M

The Canadian commercial production industry generated some $195 million worth of spots last year, according to Playback’s annual commercial industry survey….

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Montreal’s Compagnie France Film with new division Equinox is considering handing over an expanded slate of English-language product for distribution to Red Sky Entertainment in Vancouver….

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Baton-CTV: Pink slips by Xmas

Vancouver: Now that Baton Broadcasting has assumed sole ownership of the CTV Network, restructuring committees have been struck to assess where duplication can be eliminated….

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Genies’ new TV strategy

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has switched gears in its approach for the upcoming 18th annual Genie Awards and shepherded six national broadcasters into a collaborative promotional alliance. The awards event will serve as the centerpiece of a broader…

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Perspective: Grigsby and Samuels navigate Cdn. funding

Wayne Grigsby and Barbara Samuels have become experts at navigating the mountains of paperwork and intricacies involved in dealing with Canada’s various film and television funding agencies….

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Ntl. net hearings: Drama tops agenda

Call it a blue-sky meeting for the tv business in Canada, those three days earlier this month when the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Global, Baton, wic, chum and the cftpa trundled to Hull, Que. to discuss their respective realities with the…

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12th Annual Report on Commercial Production/Top Spots ’97: Cue the 1997 Top Spot winners

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12th Annual Report on Commercial Production/Top Spots ’97: Craft Awards

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News Brief: Cosmos up for Oscar

The Canadian preselection committee for best foreign film nominee for the 1998 Academy Awards has chosen the Max Films feature Cosmos to represent Canada….

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TVNC seeks southern window

Given government cutbacks and its current distribution arrangement, Television Northern Canada chairman Abraham Tagalik says tvnc has reached a crossroads and has about a year to survive….

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12th Annual Report on Commercial Production/Top Spots ’97: Storey: on master work

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