The new director general of the NFB’s French program Monique Simard says she wants to ‘put the most money possible…

The first of the Canadian primetime series sold to a U.S. network in the last year has tanked…

Toronto news channel CP24 has come out with new technology…

The Parti Québécois will demand that Quebec be allowed to pull out of federal cultural agencies…

Can Canada’s television and filmmakers make the transition to video games, the platform some observers…

CTV employees face uncertainty while the TV network decides which jobs may possibly go as part of cost-cutting…

CFTPA is going paperless for its next conference, giving away an iPod Touch to each delegate…

Quebec Liberal leader Jean Charest promised to boost funding to the film and television industry while on the campaign trail on Monday…

Canada is a growing ‘games superpower’ and now one of the top video game developers in the world, according to a study released Tuesday at…

Recent tour by filmmakers through northern Ontario a success, says festival

The appointment of media-savvy, bilingual and former Alliance MP James Moore, 32, as the minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages may signal the Conservatives are ready to take culture seriously, say key players in the film and television sector.

This issue, featuring our annual Fall TV Report Card for the private conventional broadcasters, sees Etan Vlessing taking over as Playback’s TV columnist. To regular readers of Playback, Etan needs no introduction. Our intrepid contributor has for the past year written about the travails of the feature film industry in our Big Screen column.