Vancouver: The independent six-member board approved by the crtc to run Vancouver station ckvu at arm’s length from owner CanWest Global includes one former CanWest officer and two current CanWest minority shareholders….

Vancouver: Lions Gate Entertainment of Vancouver has restructured its home entertainment operations into three distinct video labels – in part stimulated by the acquisition of Trimark last year….

Cornering the market on science-fiction production, Starhunter producer Danforth Studios has launched a new sci-fi entity, Spaceworks Motion Picture Company….

Brian Linehan is the host of the 21st annual Genie Award Gala, to be broadcast live on cbc from the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Jan. 29….

The 2001 Banff Rockie Awards have been expanded to include more than $100,000 in prizes and a place for webcasts in the 14 competition categories….

Some of Canada’s top media execs have joined the National Broadband Task Force to advise the federal government on how best to make high-speed, broadband Internet access available to all Canadian communities by 2004….

Vancouver: Fans of digital production in Vancouver – and there are many – can attend Lights! Camera! Convergence!, a digital video symposium organized by the b.c. branch of the Directors Guild of Canada and sponsored by an impressive array of production…

Vancouver: Two more Vancouver directors will join local filmmakers Scott Smith and Reg Harkema on the rollercoaster ride of self-distribution….

Vancouver: Healthy Home – called an inspired guide to creative living – debuted Jan. 8 on hgtv as the latest in Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions’ string of information series….

Winnipeg and towns in the Interlake district of Manitoba are to serve as locations that could either retain their true identity onscreen or be repackaged as American by Winnipeg-based prodco The Screen Center, in its production of The Lights On The…

Up Front Entertainment has a full slate of docs in development for 2001 that move from nostalgic and heartwarming to scientific and heart-wrenching….

Halifax-based new media and television production company Collideascope Digital Pictures and Cochran Entertainment have signed a groundbreaking distribution deal which includes both broadcast and online properties as part of a package….