Germany could be fertile ground for Canadian producers with the right project to pitch, says coproduction/coventure consultant Bob Linnell. Based in London, Eng., the former Telefilm Canada deputy director says he’s increasingly busy dealing with inquiries about Germany, ‘because there is…

The Anik E1 blowout left ExpressVu in the lurch but the water’s fine for any and all specialty applicants in search of space for its digitized signal, says Telesat Canada….

It’s Godzilla meets Mothra….

Cannes: Eight-year-olds with flip phones, dogs with pedicures and 10,458 tv execs from 2,560 companies from 104 countries shared the Croisette, and when all was finally sold and bought, Canadians who immersed themselves in the Palais and the network of Cannes…

Montreal: According to Victor Loewy, theatrical distribution is a hardball business….

The government’s long-awaited copyright bill, tabled April 25, left organizations such as actra and the Canadian Music Publishers Association humming a happy tune. However, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters is singing the blues – not for what the bill contains but…

Members of the three English-language unions representing about 6,500 cbc employees voted in favor of a strike mandate as of Monday, April 29, and two of the unions’ four bargaining units will be in a legal position to strike as Playback…

Montreal: Malofilm Communications founder Rene Malo, chairman and ceo, has sold his majority ownership interest in the company to BHVR Communications, a new media investment company headed by Richard Szalwinski, Dr. Tom Cantwell and Gary Tregaskis….

This is in response to the letters in your April 22 edition regarding our advertisement in the April 8 Playback. Let me first apologize to those two correspondents, if as is evident, we gave offense. This was certainly not our intent….

Sheila, we hardly knew ye…

heritage Minister Sheila Copps is out of the game (for now) over the gst, at press time the cbc negotiations looked like a no-win scenario, and the list of industry-altering events pending budget, crtc or court decisions goes on….

In last issue’s Ontario Scene item on Empire, Dale Falconer, who is with Filmcap, was incorrectly identified as being with Cinecapital, the company which is handling business affairs for the new daily soap. Also, the production will not be a u.k….