*CTV signs on for The Englishman’s Boy…

Vancouver: The Council of B.C. Film Unions has narrowly approved a three-year labor pact with U.S. and Canadian producers. The unions get a 3% rate increase over three years in the renewal of the one-year landmark deal that was supposed to…

*Showcase adds 100 Aussie hours from Ellis…

CineNova Productions’ unique factual dramatization properties have once again caught the eye of Canal+, a financing partner on their five 1996 Great Adventures of the 20th Century titles, with the signing of new deals representing $10 million in production activity….

Quebec cultural agency sodec and Unifrance International are the sponsors of a new Parisian showcase for Quebec feature films and documentaries called Cinema du Quebec a Paris. The event runs Nov. 5-9….

Rob Thompson, an Ottawa-based producer from Winter Films, is having the curious experience of watching his one-hour doc turn into a media event which he describes as bigger than the actual $80,000 documentary itself….

Vancouver: A $500,000-plus lawsuit clouded the October announcement of Red Sky Entertainment, the new Vancouver distribution company run by four Alliance Releasing defectors….

Continuing with its six-month cycle of upgrades, Toronto’s Side Effects software has unveiled Houdini 2.0, its next generation 3D digital animation software package….

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Toronto-based Xtreme has capped off the expansion of its facility at 555 Richmond Street West with a gigantic lip-sized job for the most enduring rock band ever….

Maxx Productions director Larry August picked up four days for Ikea Germany through Roche Macauley & Partners. James Gardner was the dop and post will be handled by David Hicks at Panic & Bob….

In the ongoing struggle in the international broadcast market, one Canadian company which has found a high degree of success – even capturing an Emmy for its efforts – doesn’t produce content but the environments and systems which facilitate production and…