CFCF brings in new blood…

Montreal: Malofilm Distribution has signed an exclusive output deal with The Samuel Goldwyn Company for the distribution of all Goldwyn product in Canada….

Tomorrow comes last to Canada’s West Coast, but the future of telco-vision may be dawning there first….

Vancouver: Producers shooting in b.c. can expect more disruptions on the set this summer as rival performers unions, the ubcp and actra, continue to squabble over jurisdiction….

Atlantis signs L.A. deal…

The Cogeco Program Development Fund, an arm of Maclean Hunter Television Fund to assist Canadian television series, is giving its borrowers a break. Producers now have until the first day of principal photography to pay back loans made by the fund….

Montreal: Thirty-year industry veteran Mel Hoppenheim has regained direct control of the city’s largest studio complex after Toronto-based Panavision (Canada) decided not to renew its option on the facility….

Nay No More…

John Labatt Limited’s plans to sell off as much as 49% of its entertainment and sports entities will not affect its primary program producer, Skyvision Entertainment, nor its commercial production subsidiaries connected to The Partners’ Film Company….

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Distributors may soon have fewer levels of red tape to deal with. Industry and government are working together in Ontario to develop a home video labeling standard that could be adopted by all the provinces. At the same time, film/video classifiers,…

Sunny side of the doc…