Edgy, edgier, edgiest. It’s no surprise comedy and format series are inching farther and farther onto the precipice of what’s funny and what’s in good taste….

The buzzwords at this year’s mip-tv animation booths will be ‘mixed media’ as studios undertake more and more blending of live action, 2D, 3D, clay animation, puppetry, cel or Flash animation….

Canada at the market – animation…

Tweens, tweens, tweens. This powerful demo has spawned a trend toward developing more live-action fare for the eight to 12 set. …

Canada at the market – tweens live action…

With channel numbers around the world on the rise, there is increased demand for documentaries and factual programming. Canadian arts programmer Rhombus International’s president, Sheena Macdonald, welcomes this trend: ‘More and more specialty and digital channels are popping up, which is…

Canada at the market – factual…

Canadian buyers heading to mip-tv have needs as closely targeted as the various channels for which they are buying….

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Milla Jovovich, Nastassja Kinski and Wes Bentley rush the silver screen later this year in the gold fever epic The Claim, directed by Michael Winterbottom. While the lead characters compromise their futures over the dream of Canadian gold, the film’s investors…

Veteran Toronto producer and international coproducer Chesler/Perlmutter Productions has been cheerfully exploiting ties to a little European partner with a big tax credit….

Boutique financier Equicap Financial Corporation (efc) has made its anticipated move into the u.s. market to supplement its existing Canadian-based film financing operation. efc’s established strengths include interim financing for international coproductions and gap financing where the estimated value of the…