canada’s film and tv production industry is estimated to be worth $2.2 billion, according to 1995 statistics, with $1.5 billion generated by indigenous production and the rest coming from service deals. So says Tom Berry, chair of the Canadian Film and…

Early findings in the Canada Rack Program, a study out of British Columbia on Canadian video sales, indicate a 60% increase in the rentals of Canadian titles when the videos are put in their own section and promoted. In a press…

Hot Docs!, the documentary forum and awards show, received a record number – 204 – of entries this year. The nominees have been announced, 10 categories in addition to six craft categories and an award for Best of the Festival. Barna…

Technical services, permanent staff, regional allocation of funds and department structures are going to undergo major changes at the National Film Board if chairperson Sandra Macdonald’s proposal, The NFB in the Year 2000, is approved by the board of trustess in…

The European parliament in Strasbourg, France, voted mid-month to impose tougher restrictions on u.s. and other foreign films and programs broadcast on European television….

Hot Docs!, the documentary forum and awards show, received a record number – 204 – of entries this year. The nominees have been announced, 10 categories in addition to six craft categories and an award for Best of the Festival. Barna…

cavco released its new proposed guidelines, amended for the Film and Video Production Tax, on Valentine’s Day in a paper marked ‘for discussion.’ Requirements for eligibility of the ritc include the following stipulations:…

The Quebec Court of Appeal has ruled that a $720 million broadcast for cable assets swap between CFCF Inc. and Groupe Videotron has to be approved by two-thirds of cfcf shareholders….

Why did the cftpa and the apftq choose an image from Margaret’s Museum as the poster and Living on the Edge as the title of this year’s biannual conference in Ottawa? Answers roam the expanse from the sensible to the esoteric…

Further to the story on cbc’s replacement series, (Playback Feb. 12, p. 5), producers Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell of Back Alley Film Productions are co-producing cbc’s new program, Straight Up, along with Alliance Communications….

Re: ‘Malofilm faces suit’ (Playback, Jan. 15, p. 2): The Parent Channel is a registered trademark of The Health Television System, a national in-hospital network, which wishes to inform readers that it is in no way involved in the action referred…

Vancouver: The final tally is in, and the better-than-expected result is that the value of the West Coast film industry continued to grow last year, despite worries that b.c.’s long-buoyant film business was beginning to flag….