YTV series to be combination…

Tax shelter axing ‘pulls the rug out from under’ many companies…

with Theodore Tugboat…

Carol Reynolds has long wanted to go out on her own. The former network program director at cbc and, more recently, president of Paragon Productions, pegs her desire to fly solo as almost a decade old: ‘In ’85 I knew I…

Malcolm MacRury…

Lionel Shenken, president of Visual Productions, hasn’t always worked in drama. Back in the ’60s, he could be seen regularly on one of cfto-tv’s flagship shows, Man Around the House, talking about flowers, swimming pools and patios….

Sifting through…

Vancouver: Pacific Motion Pictures has formed a multi-million dollar joint venture in the u.k. and confirmed the appointment of former Westcom Entertainment executive vice-president Tony Allard as chairman and ceo and a partner in the company….

When the federal budget came down on Feb. 22, it caught some film and television producers by surprise with two measures which targeted tax shelter and Capital Cost Allowance gains. Although the budget was generally good news for arts and culture…

Eight months after the crtc announced the establishment of a television production fund, stipulations for the anticipated $300 million booty are set. The fund – largely allocated to the development of children’s programming and drama – will start up Jan. 1,…

What’s up doc? ’94 (April 5-10) will include public screenings at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario, and with premieres such as Ron Mann’s Dream Tower on the bill, this event promises to help draw the documentary format well into the mainstream…

Workshop was ‘fantastic’…