Spawn is an occasional series on the production companies emerging to take advantage of the new specialty channel opportunities….

In the wake of the crtc’s ground-breaking Eligible Services Lists decision, vision.com is expected to announce a third tier of specialty services complete with new u.s. cable channels before the end of the month….

Six weeks after Mackerel Multimedia folded, parent company Combined Media is bankrupt….

In a bid to increase its market share, generate new revenue sources, and increase the profile of French-language educational programming, Ontario’s tfo network is aggressively pursuing national distribution….

Dave Geldart, an animator and owner of Toronto’s Waveform Digital Productions, was in Los Angeles earlier this month to check out this year’s siggraph convention and trade show. He files this report….

Vancouver: A-Channel’s inaugural fiscal year begins Sept. 1 and already the 1998 budget for its cultural raison d’etre is spoken for….

¥Equipment Manufacturer ProductionAdobe Systems Canada145 King Street WestToronto, OntarioM5H 3X7Ph: 416-360-2317Fx: 416-360-2917AKO Productions Limited43 Colborn Street,2nd FloorToronto, OntarioM5E 1E3Ph: 416-862-7100Alias/Wavefront110 Richmond Street EastToronto, OntarioM5C 1P1Ph: 416-362-8558Fx: 416-862-0630Apple Canada Inc.7495 Birchmount RoadMarkham, OntarioL3R 5G2Ph: 905-513-5844Fx: 905-513-5793Arri Canada Ltd.433 Horner AvenueM9A 1L7Ph: 416-255-33351-800-379-ARRIFx:…

That’s one giant step for the cable companies…

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The scene being played out around the unfolding Bre-x film rights saga has Alliance Communications and the writing team of John Hunter and Martin O’Malley waiting in the wings with film options in hand, an in-house cbc producer vying for a…

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Montreal: Behaviour Distribution senior vp Pierre Brousseau has announced the company’s new management and operations team….