With a firm promise to delegates at the cftpa’s annual conference in Ottawa that complete guideline packages will be ready the first week of March, executives of the Canada Television and Cable Production Fund used the platform as an opportunity to…

Avid Technology has not closed its regional offices as reported in the Feb. 10 Video Innovations supplement to Playback. The company closed its Vancouver sales office, with West Coast business being handled by resellers there as well as by the Toronto…

Some are calling for looser definitions, more maneuverability on the Cancon front; others want more Cancon measures….

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‘Selective.’ This is certainly the best word to describe the letter by Celia Hamilton, actra’s Toronto branch manager, which appeared in the Feb. 10 issue of Playback. Entitled ‘actra rights oriented,’ the letter is a testimony to just how thin actra’s…

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In tune with the Ontario Film Development Corporation’s new post-ofip reality, the corporation has launched the first two initiatives from its Skills Development and Marketing Initiatives division. The new programs – Market Mentorships and Partnerships in Training – will be joined…

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Montreal: More than 140 films and videos produced in Quebec in 1996 including 20 premieres are on the program for the 15th Rendez-vous du cinema Quebecois, the annual production retrospective running from Feb. 27 to March 8….

The Star Choice Television Network has finalized the bulk of its programming schedule and will make its service available to Canadian consumers on March 31, making it the first dth contender out of the blocks….

Vancouver: The backers for Canada’s latest direct-to-home satellite broadcast system promise to deliver programming this fall with all forecast deadlines well intact….

With a tight focus on the needs and wants of indie filmmakers, the Local Heroes International Screen Festival will let loose on Edmonton March 9-15 with 17 short films featured in the Declaration of Independents. The films were chosen from 137…