* Leanna Crouch, executive producer of tvo’s literary program Imprint, has resigned. After six years with the program, she is leaving to pursue interests in independent tv production….

* After losing an appeal, the Vancouver School of Animation and Multi Media is the first private post-secondary school in b.c. to have its operating licence yanked since a provincial regulator was set up in September 1992….

The special effects business is a medley of niches filled by model and propmakers, prosthetic people, physical effects specialists, and upwards of a dozen other categories. They share a three-dimensional design space, an extraordinary degree of craft, and the need for…

Canada’s film labs are run by resourceful optimists….

For Canada’s film studios, things have never been so good, or so busy. To meet the increasing demands of the bustling film and television industry, new studios have cropped up, existing facilities have undergone expansions and renovations, and once-vacant warehouses are…

It’s been a turbulent year for the producers of Madison….

Pitching a television series is a bit like pitching a baseball game. With a steady hand, careful observation, and solid strategy, the ballplayer throws his best pitch, hoping to spellbind his opponent. There are a few significant differences of course, not…

In the Quebec market, the people who produce television series for young teens have seemingly struck a responsive chord with buyers. And while it is said that buyers are more innovative and daring than in the past, producers only succeed if…

Norman Bacal is a partner in the law firm of Heenan Blaikie, based in Toronto….

Vancouver: Programming developed through CanWest Global Communications will constitute unprecedented competition for CTV Television Network affiliate cfcf-tv Montreal if a joint-venture proposal from CanWest and Tele-Metropole to enter the Quebec market is approved by the crtc….

Dubbed ‘Mike the Knife,’ Ontario’s new Premier Mike Harris held true to his slasher reputation in his first month in office, and the film and tv industry was not spared. Amid the $1.4 billion in cuts executed July 21, Harris froze…

Big changes to the programming schedule are aiming to breathe new life into Life Network this fall….