Sim Video Los Angeles is ‘a boutique facility,’ says Jim Martin, Sim Video’s VP of U.S. operations and new business developments. ‘We’re not a massive rental house, so we’re able to offer a more personal touch when dealing with our clients.

Capturing the joy and tears of the Canadian Idol competition is a key part of the job for Sim Video, which has supplied video cameras to the popular Canadian series since day one.

This year’s Toronto International Film Festival is unspooling two Canadian HD-shot feature films, including the new Peter Greenaway film Nightwatching, coproduced by Christine Haebler through Vancouver’s No Equal Entertainment.

Sim Video modifies cameras based on feedback from its DOP clients, according to video camera guru Rob Sim, co-owner and president of Sim Group.

There was only one objection and it took just 11 minutes for Goldman Sachs to scoop up the remaining 49% of Motion Picture Distribution at a special meeting on Friday

Dougray Scott cast as both sides of split personality, while a second horror, Day of the Drones, goes to camera at the Montreal production house

New on-air look will be matched by a redesigned website and promotional campaign in the fall, looking to build on the digichannel’s strong numbers

New broadband players will launch for major Alliance Atlantis specialty nets, and they’ll come with plenty of analytics for advertisers

Sixteen film and TV projects are headed for la belle province following a deal with the investment arm of the government aimed at breathing new life into Montreal

Corus breaks ranks with other broadcasters over proposed new media fund, while CBC, producers and educasters take sides against splitting the fund in two. Public hearings likely, say sources

Your Mommy Kills Animals is trying its luck in Toronto and Saskatoon, looking to expand west and into Montreal

Global has handed its version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? to John Brunton of Insight, following his work on the Canadian-ized Deal or No Deal