As Due South moves into syndication territory with 22 new one-hour episodes for season three, PolyGram Television has picked up u.s. rights to the franchise….

MT&T, as part of a bigger initiative by the Stentor alliance of telcos, is pouring $1.9 million into a Culture and New Media Development Fund for Nova Scotia. Stentor aims to create a nation-wide fund to support new media applications for…

In Playback’s May 5 Report on Investment and Finance, the information on Telefilm Canada included a dollar figure indicating how much was available under each fund. Telefilm would like producers to be aware that the most recent numbers are still unavailable,…

Who knew that when the private broadcasters and the national pubcaster found common ground in primetime drama it would cause such consternation?…

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Vancouver: Vancouver’s best customers in the booming service production sector are now being hit with a 15% Revenue Canada withholding tax on earnings. And most vexing to film boosters in b.c. is that the withholding tax ­ which has been traditionally…

Montreal: Filmline International is assembling its most ambitious feature film slate to date, with unconfirmed reports American movie legend Marlon Brando and director Yves Simoneau will shoot the $20 million suspense film Free Money on location this summer in Montreal….

Montreal: Prominent industry producer Tom Berry and Coscient Group have agreed in principle to establish a joint-venture production company based in Los Angeles….

With over 1,500 films available for screening, and as the only North American market devoted exclusively to short films, the Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival is attracting a long list of American and international buyers….

– Forcier’s Comtesse to open FCMM…

Pending Ireland’s Independent Radio and Television Commission’s decision, CanWest Global’s newest international venture, TV3, could be on air in less than 12 months….

With the ink drying on a deal for Traders On-Line, a new addition to wic’s 1997/98 schedule, Toronto-based Electric Entertainment is on tap for its third series….