Bill Roberts is secretary general of the North American National Broadcasters Association based in Toronto….

Less is more. That’s the thinking behind the special effects creations going into the highly anticipated new series from Atlantis, Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, currently shooting in and around Toronto….

Montreal: Activity in video distribution by mpaa member companies, the u.s. majors, rose sharply last year with a 50% hike in titles released over the previous year, according to the 1996/97 annual report from Quebec’s Regie du Cinema. The report by…

Robert Armstrong is a broadcasting and production consultant based in Montreal….

Simon Chester is a member of the KNOWlaw Group of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch. This article was prepared with the assistance of jennifer macinnis….

Vancouver: The b.c. film community now knows the team that will navigate the next few months toward a provincial tax credit. There is much goodwill being generated that the B.C. Tax Credit will actually come together for the next fiscal year,…

Montreal: Productions La Fete has reprised the critically acclaimed Channel 4 drama series Tales of the City and begun principal photography on the six-hour miniseries Armistead Maupin’s More Tales of the City….

Hayseed, the first feature from Toronto novelist/scriptwriter Laura Macdonald and variety producer Martha Keh’e is currently in post, thanks to some timely intervention from Salter Street Films….

Ihe International Teleproduction Society’s 1997 International Monitor Awards were handed out earlier this month in Beverly Hills and once again Canadian companies were present in the u.s.-dominated roundup of winners….

Montreal: The work of building and wiring two new studios, and installing the various shared networks at MusiquePlus and new specialty sister channel MusiMax has to be completed 10 days to two weeks before MusiMax’s Sept. 8 startup date. And because…

The International Teleproduction Society’s 10th Financial and Compensation Data Profile for fiscal 1996 was released recently and showed an increase of 15% in revenues over 1995. The survey also found the overall percentage of profit on revenues was 5.6%, the same…

Toronto’s Videogenic has built a solid reputation as a test commercial production and post house since opening its doors in 1980. But its move into commercial production eight years ago has remained one of the company’s best kept secrets….