Cannes, France: Business was good all the way around at this year’s mipcom, with most participants attributing this surge to the multiplication of specialty channels. But the good news has a downside: plummeting program prices….

Described as the new ‘anti-Star Trek,’ Starhunter, a $22-million sci-fi series shot in the remote locale of Minto, n.b. makes its world premiere on TMN-The Movie Network on Nov. 1. The 22-episode series has been a long time coming, and cocreators/producers…

Who’s gone where? From where? And when? As the Revolving Doors spin, we put the spotlight on spot-makers on-the-move….

Shots & Chasers tracks who shot what during the previous month. Production companies are invited to fax information for this column as frequently as possible to Dave Lazar or Dustin Dinoff at (416) 408-0870. The next deadline for submissions is Wednesday,…

Derek Vanlint has signed with The Big Film Company as a director/dop, but continues to be represented by Toronto’s Sessler & Co. as a dop for both commercials and long-form projects….

As I write this missive, the World Series pits the New York Mets against the elegantly pinstriped NY Yanks. The first three games are in the books and the Mets – who lost the first two to the terrier-tough Bronxers -…

*The media is lying: Looks like the wick-stickers here at the Brunie have continued the age-old tradition of shameless journalistic lies, just to keep up appearances. You may have noticed the last On The Spot reported that I was on vacation….

After much success in Canada with the controversial French film Baise Moi, Remstar Distribution has acquired its u.s. rights….

The International Festival of New Cinema and New Media, held Oct. 11-21 in Montreal, has chosen Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai as the winner of its Louve d’or prize for best feature film for In the Mood for Love. The prize…

Ending a painfully controversial dispute that has cost the demise of top-end jobs and reputations, Cinar Corp. and Globe-X Management have finally come to an agreement on the payment schedule for the remaining us$50.9 million still owed by the Nassau-based investment…

Vancouver: Sextant Entertainment says it has settled with its former cfo Martin Johnson, a founding member of the company who left abruptly Oct. 11 to ‘pursue other interests.’…

Montreal: The Canadian Television Fund has released interim statistics on the results of its spring 2000 application process. The figures do not include the limited lfp and eip results from this fall’s funding round….