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Months of negotiations have finally yielded affiliation agreements between Shaw Communications and the new specialty services, but problems persist in talks with Rogers Communications that have left the specialties in very different places. At one end of the spectrum, Showcase has…

After two years of negotiating to buy the company from John Labatt Limited, The Partners’ Film Company will likely belong to president and cofounder Don McLean within the next 30 days….

Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures, in a joint venture with Paladin, another Los Angeles-based company, has set up a duo of production support companies in Toronto and Vancouver….

Industrial and cultural imperatives are being touted in government chambers by industry organizations as attempts to secure the future of the Ontario Film Development Corporation and the Ontario Film Investment Program continue….

In the wake of the latest round of cbc budget cuts, there is no word yet on how the $67 million cut to the English-television budget or the $35-million cut to French television will fall out….

Last week’s melee of broadcast property swaps will strengthen the buying power of the CTV Television Network’s affiliate stations and may lend greater strength to applications for new services in the upcoming round of hearings….

The following article appeared in an advertising supplement to Playback….

The phenomenal demand this month for the first offering of Netscape Corporation shares is the best indicator yet of just how rapidly the world of online services is evolving, and how quickly the Internet is maturing as a commercial vehicle….

With fiscal ’95 revenues of $40 million and profits of $150,000, Paragon Entertainment Corporation is on track with last year’s forecasts, said Jon Slan at the company’s annual general meeting, held in Toronto earlier this month….

Montreal: Viacom Consumer Products has launched a North American promotion and licensing campaign based on what the company is calling ‘the finest example of a preschool property with legs,’ The Busy World of Richard Scarry, the animated children’s series produced by…