If it’s all about location, then foreign filmmakers are going to love what Canada is bringing to market. This year, contingents from east to west will attend….

Even George Lucas is doing it, and Canada won’t be left behind – producers and post houses alike are eager to adopt the hot 24P format, despite the considerable expense….

A one-floor relocation may not seem like a big step, but for Toronto post house Triangle Studios, it opens a whole new world of audio post opportunities….

Two of Toronto’s visual effects shops have merged in a move likely to appeal to producers. And the new company, Twister/gfx, formed in early September, is looking to go after a larger market. To that end, it has plans to acquire…

Many in the tv industry wish ‘interactivity’ and all its implications would just go away. It means change, and it means risk. Daily improvements in the technology of (unregulated) streaming video are perceived as a threat to the traditional broadcast model….

A new breed of tv programming has arrived – shows conceived as true interactive experiences are successfully driving their viewership across various platforms, including tvs, computers and wireless devices….

Raja Khanna, president and ceo of Toronto-based Snap Media, has a word of warning for traditional broadcasters and producers: tackle the new media beast or ‘they’ll be in trouble.’ …

Suspicious River is an unusual Canadian film – its Cdn$3-million (us$2-million) budget was bankrolled by foreign investors. The deal that made it happen may signal the future of movie financing….

A low dollar and the tax credits a Canadian producer brings to the table means the discount for Canadian mow fare can be as high as 50%, says Taurus 7 Film Corp. producer Claudio Castravelli. ‘Or not far from it, let…

With a series of five digital features planned, Chris Zimmer, president of imX Communications of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has a demonstrated interest in one of the newer forms of filmmaking technology. Versatile and compact digital cameras expand the filmmaker’s location options…

Vancouver: Canadian film lobbyists expect the federal government – in another last-minute, do-or-die scenario – to resolve once and for all the long-burning issue of foreign actor taxation before the holiday break this month and just days before stepped-up tax enforcement…

As Canada’s proud new specialty channel owners sign up for master classes in ‘Beyond the licence: living well with cable and satellite’, a number of scenarios are emerging to predict how well casters and carriers will work together toward the launch…