Toronto: HGTV has signed an exclusive two-year production and development deal for a new series leveraging the popularity of Scottish interior designers Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan – known to audiences as the hosts of the U.K.-produced How NOT to Decorate.

MONTREAL: The producer of Bigfoot’s Reflection says he was sure of the creature’s existence after wrapping the documentary in the wilds of British Columbia and Washington State earlier this year.

MONTREAL: Muse Entertainment is prepping to shoot a feature comedy starring Meg Ryan and William H. Macy later this month in South Africa, while shooting continues on its MOW Too Young to Marry in Ottawa.

Dimension Films has closed a deal to remake David Cronenberg’s seminal hit Scanners – and has reportedly tapped Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw 2 and 3) to start work sometime in 2008, working from a script by David Goyer (Batman Begins, Blade).

Montreal production house and the landmark festival form new company, announcing plans to make scripted TV and movie comedies

Discovery Channel Canada is readying a major campaign to support the eco-minded second season of Canada’s Worst Handyman

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The Vancouver distributor has taken the world rights to the story of the small-town shootout

The following is the 2007 edition of Playback’s annual digest of key financial services available to the Canadian independent film and television production industry.

Thirty years ago, Wayne Sheldon decided to quit his film lab job and start his own company.

Television distributor Paul Black died March 8 after a battle with cancer, at the age of 56. Black was the head of Focus Worldwide, his own distribution and acquisition company, based out of Calgary. The company specialized in lifestyle programming for the international marketplace.