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For the Record: Astral acquires 35% of Artech
* Astral Communications has formally acquired a 35% share of Artech Digital Entertainment, an Ottawa-based developer of computer games and multimedia software. Founder Paul Butler and Rick Banks will continue to manage the company. Artech has produced over 60 titles and…
B.C. Scene: Shum hoping critical raves spark boffo box office for Happiness
vancouver: Double Happiness, Vancouver director Mina Shum’s sweetheart film of last year’s festival circuit, opened in theaters last month in New York, l.a., San Francisco and across Canada to rave reviews from the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, two…
Supersuite’s digital buy paying off
montreal: Supersuite’s recent move to a complete Digital Betacam environment for its component recording requirements coincides with some excellent marketing results….
Black history CD-ROM helping to sell series
a young Toronto producer is using a cd-rom as a tv series calling card….
News brief: DHD adds Flame
montreal’s DHD Postimage has acquired an Onyx sgi workstation and the Discreet Logic animation f/x and editing package, Flame….
Word on the Street: Dust settling after Baxter Smith, Grittani move
much talk surrounding the migration of Ron Baxter Smith and Ron Grittani to Kessler Irish Films from Radke Films, both associated with The Partners’ Film Company….
Commercial Directions: Under the Gun deals with the devils
on the West Coast, Scott Barrett and Mark Masterson of Vancouver’s Under The Gun Films have been busy producing and directing a 30-second spot for the nba’s Vancouver Grizzlies and the nhl’s Vancouver Canucks through Palmer Jarvis and Glennie Stamnes….
Story boards: Banking on youth
in simple terms, ‘Brain Money,’ a funky new 30-second spot from Bank of Montreal, is a winged-out parody of ‘money talks.’ What it says, in this case, may be lost on the older generation, but young, more hip videoites will instantly…
For the Record: SOHO hires Joiner as US rep
* SOHO Post & Graphics, which has recently made the leap into high-end digital with the purchase of three new digital suites, has also added to its staff. Ray Joiner is the new u.s. marketing and sales rep, Paul Jacobs is…
For the Record: Gelinas hired by Sonolab
* Jean-Philippe ‘Philo’ Gelinas has been hired by Sonolab’s sound department in a bid by the company to increase its share of the audio post market for tv commercials….
For the Record: Ferwerda is Monitor Award finalist
* Bill Ferwerda of Magnetic North has been selected as a finalist for the 1995 International Monitor Awards which honor excellence in the electronic production and post-production creative industries. His ‘What Makes You Shiver?’ spot for Dentyne is a finalist for…
For the Record: CTV News reassigns staff
* CTV News has reassigned five of its domestic and foreign bureau staff, effective Sept. 1….
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