Technology’s only permanent quality is its impermanence. Recent tech advances are revolutionizing the broadcast and new media industries across the board, in the areas of production, post, delivery and distribution. Not only do hardware/software innovations improve the quality and creative efficiency…

There are three kinds of people: People who make things happen, people who watch things happen and people who ask, ‘What happened?’…

*Jay Firestone…

Seven is a charm for Victorious Films’ first feature, Century Hotel, which wrapped Nov. 4 in Toronto….

It’s a given u.s. studios and independent producers are worried about potential walkouts by the Writers Guild of America May 1 and the Screen Actors Guild July 1….

Gemini-Award winning producer Bernie Zukerman has flown the Cinar coop and struck an exclusive deal with Montreal-based Muse Entertainment to jointly find, finance and produce television projects for the Canadian and global marketplace….

Interactive entertainment may be the wave of the future, but it seems that future is taking a bit longer to get to than expected. And some are now feeling the pain….

Denis Villeneuve’s feature film Maelstrom has been selected as Canada’s official entry in the best foreign-language film category at the 2000 Academy Awards….

There are a few Canadian broadcasters out there wondering if the program for Broadcasting 2000, this year’s Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual convention, has anything to do with television and radio….

Vanouver: CanWest Global has another seven weeks to find a buyer for Vancouver-based ckvu after the crtc granted an extension Nov. 7 and filled the calendar with new deadlines….

The website address for Taking It to the Screen, a Canadian Screen Training Centre workshop series, was incorrect in the Oct. 30 issue. The correct address is www.cstc.ca….

Everyone’s talking writers….