Montreal: Cinar Corp. says a resolution to its tax-credit review, underway for close to a year, is imminent….
Montreal: Covitec Group and Covitec’s principal shareholder Astral Media have announced an agreement to sell 100% of Covitec’s shares to Technicolor, the Camarillo, California-based visual packaged media company….
The final day of Wild Geese’s 22-day shoot takes place against a stunning Alberta valley backdrop. This day, two scenes, both exteriors, are to be shot….
So now that we’ve got it, what do we do with it?…
In a move that will add a significant European producer to its growing roster of strategic partnerships, AAC Fact has swooped in to save London, Eng.-based doc producer Cafe Productions from folding….
The tv series they make, the schedules their shows shape, and the toys and books they sell may all look like child’s play, but Nelvana is all grown up now….
* Robert Hurst has been promoted to the position of ctv’s senior vp, British Columbia and gm of Vancouver Television, effective Nov. 1. During his 27 years at CTV News, Hurst has distinguished himself as an award-winning journalist, foreign correspondent, executive…
Montreal: Following its successful bidding war against Rogers for control of Videotron, Quebecor has announced it will sell Television Quartre Saisons, Quebec’s second French-language private network….
Vancouver: The 19th annual Vancouver International Film Festival was an ‘up-side/down-side’ year, says director Alan Franey….
Angela Anaconda, the short, launched in theatres across North America Oct. 6 as a prelude to Digimon: The Movie….
Vancouver: Advocates for a West Coast multilingual tv station have an ally in Heritage Minister Sheila Copps, who has asked the crtc to say by Feb. 28, 2001 how it will establish an over-the-air multicultural licence despite the commission’s recent snub…
Montreal: Videotron Communications has launched a $3.5-million annual fund for the production of educational programs designed for multimedia and broadcast distribution….