Four directors who have surpassed the first blush of success discuss their approach to the craft and offer some thoughts for those on the way up….

Peter Rigby is creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi, Toronto….

With the clock ticking on the tier three specialty channel launch, the Canadian Cable Television Association has released its vp marketing and communications Mary Koven. She had been with the association less than a year….

New ctcpf policy guidelines which will govern sublicencing deals between the cbc and Canadian private broadcasters next year are in discussion at the board of directors level for the next two months….

Slawko Klymkiw has folded his gangly six-foot-four body into the corner of the couch in his seventh floor corner office at the CBC Broadcast Centre….

Up and running for a mere six months under Gordon Haines’ Combined Media parent company, Mackerel Multimedia has closed its doors for good after a nine-year run. Sister entity, 21-year-old Owl Communications, has laid off its 40-member staff, put its tv…

One of the first things David D’erksen remembers learning in film school was to avoid making movies with children or animals or period pieces, the three most time-consuming elements in film production….

Montreal: Citing the importance of a new national window for Montreal-produced English-language drama and documentaries, producers here are generally supporting a wic-led application to acquire local ctv affiliate station cfcf-tv….

Responding to speculation that Microforum will acquire high-end computer game developer Gray Matter, Microforum president and ceo Rick Winston says discussions are proceeding with due diligence that would effectively see Gray Matter become the internal development arm of Microforum….

Vancouver: Paramount Studios has invested ‘seven figures’ into the construction of four soundstages and production office space at an empty Molson Brewery distribution center in the eastern part of Vancouver….

The cbc shouldn’t have more than its fair share…

– China, Japan at WFF ’97…