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Correction

Technicolor in Toronto provided front-end services and dailies to the production of Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. Incorrect information received by Playback ran in the July 21 issue.

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Composer straddles Cancon and Hollywood grandeur

Toronto film composer Andrew Lockington has captured the attention of Hollywood and is riding a career high, working on successive major U.S. studio releases, including the upcoming fantasy City of Ember, produced by Tom Hanks and directed by Gil Kenan (Monster House), and the current Montreal-shot New Line Cinema release Journey to the Centre of the Earth, directed by visual effects wizard Eric Brevig.

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Music man Findlay buys into Film Sound One

Composer David Findlay has joined forces with Toronto’s Film Sound One to create a one-stop sound shop.

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Revenues up, Cancon spending down, says CRTC

Private conventional TV paid less for Canadian programming in 2007, according to first all-purpose report from Gatineau

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Third season for Buzz

Family Channel orders another round from DHX

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Off wins Drainie Award

Author and documentarian lauded for work by ACTRA

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Display and PR lead ad growth

StatsCan report paints rosy picture for display advertisers and public relations. Media buyers and ad agencies see slowest growth

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New time pays off for Flashpoint

Cop show wins Thursday slot for CTV and CBS

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Côté fronts cop comedy for Cinémaginaire

C.R.A.Z.Y. star and stand-up comic Louis-José Houde at work in Quebec as father-and-son lawmen on the trail of Rémy Girard

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Changes coming, says Telefilm

Revamp of communications wing a warm-up for wider restructuring at the federal funder this fall

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Fox passes on Intelligence

Chris Haddock and John Wells taking pilot script to cable networks

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CBC bows Chinese website

News site aimed at Asian communities in B.C.