Toronto’s Optix Digital Pictures has acquired a Sony 24P HD Cam VTR, not a 24P HD camera as reported in the March 5 issue of On The Spot….

Joe I-am-Canadian is soon to find that he’s become just another John Doe, no clear identity and no fixed address. At least, no fixed address that’s identifiably Canadian. …

Bill Roberts is president and CEO of Vision TV….

With a rapidly evolving broadcast and telecommunications industry, it would make perfect and timely sense that the mandate of the thirtysomething CRTC finally be held under the microscope and revised to reflect the industry’s changing needs and demands….

Montreal: Telefilm Canada has announced funding for 52 feature film projects under its Screenwriting Assistance Program….

At Barna-Alper Productions, Pim Van der Toorn is acting supervisor of production, documentaries. Incorrect information appeared in our March 19 issue….

Vancouver: B.C.’s NDP government – low in the polls and just weeks from an election call – has given local feature filmmakers another $5 million over three years. …

More laughs at Comedy Awards…

Who’s gone where? From where? And when? As the Revolving Doors spin, we put the spotlight on spot-makers on-the-move….

Radke Films has cooked up a new identity for its storytelling wing, M.E.A.T. The division is now called STEAM and will continue to offer boutique-style storytelling spot production.
Meredith Dorion, STEAM’s executive producer, explains the rationale behind the name change. ‘We just found that after a couple of years, the name [M.E.A.T.] was not ringing as true anymore. We wanted to make it a bit more fresh and progressive.’

Post-production and its powers are personified in this column. We’ll cover new techniques, technologies and the creative personnel and companies giving them vibrant visual life….

The Web is still a murky area for some advertisers, and many seem unsure about how exactly it can be of benefit. If they are to follow the example of Nike, Molson, Roots and others, and contact Vancouver’s noisemedia – a…