Bullseye Post, Toronto, is handling post-production on the digitally shot series Paradise Falls, not Bullet Digital Post as reported in the last issue of Playback….

Montreal: Smaller distribution companies in Canada are mounting a militant campaign to ensure they aren’t shut off from enhanced public resources for feature films….

In some ways, the debate around cultural relevance versus commercial success of Canadian theatrical films mirrors the current heated talk over whether Telefilm Canada should continue to support the minimum guarantee….

* Ian Fodie has been appointed cfo of Sextant Entertainment. Fodie, former financial controller and cfo of International Keystone Entertainment, takes over from Patrick Brown, Sextant’s controller, who has acted as cfo on an interim basis since October 2000….

At the industry’s request, the crtc has extended the deadline for comments on its position regarding ownership of pay and specialty services by cable companies….

Forget about dropping a bunch of soon-to-be-weds on an island stocked with single buff guys and Playboy Playmates. In classically understated Canadian style, Alliance Atlantis Communications has dropped eight young people – four men and four women, aged 19 to 29,…

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….