Almost two years since Kevin Shea, ytv’s first president and ceo, left broadcasting behind to join the ranks of the production community as president of Atlantis Communications, he’s returned to broadcasting, his self-confessed first love….

Both sides agree, key to the new Independent Production Agreement between the Canadian Film and Television Production Association and actra’s Performers’ Guild is the introduction of the preservation of bargaining rights and a new security agreement. These two new provisions far…

Montreal: The unprecedented ratings smash La Petite Vie predictably emerged as the most honored program at this year’s Prix Gemeaux Gala, winning six awards including the Hydro-Quebec Prix du Public prize….

When Eastern Mall Ltd., the company which owned the studios, facilities and properties at Cinespace, was declared bankrupt Sept. 11, Toronto’s largest studio – with a facility of 12 stages – went under with it….

Vancouver: Film and television industry insiders here are skeptical of BC Telecom’s energetic campaign to win support for its proposed cable tv service….

Investment Canada could not confirm a date for the decision regarding Polygram and Turner start-ups in Canada, but one well-placed source says word will be held off until after the Quebec referendum Oct. 30. However, one government official confirms that with…

Vancouver: Telefilm Canada’s fluctuating funding levels to b.c. feature filmmakers are a function of business cycles, not systematic discrimination, according to Telefilm boss John Taylor….

Montreal: Malofilm Communications completed the marketing phase Oct. 3 for a new issue of class b subordinate shares expected to raise approximately $12 million net for the Montreal-based integrated distribution and production company….

Pending agreement on the issue of director buyouts, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association and the Directors Guild of Canada, Ontario District Council, have signed on to a new Guild Basic Agreement governing productions for the next three years….

Kevin DeWalt of Saskatchewan’s Minds Eye Pictures is executive producer/producer of My Lost Daughter, an $8 million miniseries which is a fictionalized version of the Solar Temple sect story….

By now, more than 10,000 people from 102 countries are selling their television wares on the French Riviera at the 33rd annual mipcom international film and program market….

Andy Bird, senior vp and managing director for Turner Entertainment Networks International, says he’d be happy to go home from mip with two or three new series for The Cartoon Network, a satellite service launched by Turner in 1993 which plays…