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Binchmarks: Tech buys: 10 ways to protect yourself

Bruce McWilliam is a member of the KNOWlaw Group of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch….

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Ontario Scene: High Road Productions on the road for variety of projects

High Road Productions is heading to the Calgary Stampede in July to shoot four-time wwf champ Bret ‘Hit Man’ Hart’s comeback attempt and film the bad guy’s romp through the streets as a parade marshal….

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Video Innovations: Of Webcasters and telerobots

In January 1996, Michael McHale and Keith Holding formed MediaTribe Interactive and today are recognized as pioneers at the leading edge of the world of live multimedia events….

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Cuts giving little guy chance at CBC

Industrious outside producers are among the few who have found a silver lining to budget cuts at the Canadian Broadcasting Coroporation, as the use of independents has become a viable cost-saving strategy for the pubcaster in both the news/current affairs and…

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Quebec Scene: Castravelli options Theroux novel Chicago Loop and signs R’eg

Montreal: Reaching for top talent, Taurus 7 Film Corp. producer Claudio Castravelli has optioned the film rights to the Paul Theroux novel Chicago Loop and signed British director Nicolas R’eg (The Man Who Fell to Earth) to direct the picture….

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B.C. Scene: Cold Squad series heats up as Baton’s money starts to work

Vancouver: For Julia Keatley, this day has been a loooong time coming….

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Commercial Directions: Cerny, Gardner and Leech called by Sprint

At The Directors Film Company director Robert Quartly and dop Rene Ohashi shot two days for Campbell Soup Classics through bbdo. Chris Parkins of Flashcut will be handling the post….

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Storyboards: Shot to the head

Four headless bodies were ordered a la carte from International Rocketship as the visual grab for Star Choice Digital Satellite tv’s latest subscriber-seeking effort….

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Zap Proof: Eyes on the Prize

A man, an eagle, a rabbit. Sounds like the beginning of an old joke or the start of a cover blurb for a new age version of a Jonathan Livingston Seagull book….

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News Brief: BBDO sews up TSN creative

Ad shop BBDO Retail, previously responsible for tsn’s retail creative, is taking over the sports network’s consumer and trade creative as well. tsn’s trade retail was formerly handled by Bozell Retail of Bozell Worldwide….

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The Command Post summer ritual came with a twist this year, with the venerable institution startling the industry with a brash identity shift. Given the state of the crowd at the annual shindig they may not have noticed it, but the…

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Special Report on Canadian Talent: Writers on their own, says Martin

While policy and funding issues are hashed out at the bureaucratic level by the mix of broadcaster, producer, and government interests, the changing shades of the Canadian production landscape also have a direct impact on the talent that provide a crucial…