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CBC applauds auditor’s report

The Auditor General’s final report on its special examination of the cbc’s activities, undertaken every five years, this year found that great strides have been made in the areas of strategic planning, facilities management, human resource management, program production, financial information…

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Fonds Greenberg names recipients

Montreal: Fonds Harold Greenberg has invested $445,500 in five French-language documentaries, two feature films and three pay-per-view special events for the partial year ending Aug. 31. Odile Methot, the fund’s president and director-general, anticipates next year’s investment will top $650,000….

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V-chip monitoring okayed

The crtc endorses parental control of tv viewing with the injection of the Canadian rating systems into programming and the V-chip system into all Canadian tv sets….

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Bensimon checks in

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

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NSI names Movie Camp winners

The National Screen Institute has announced the six winners of its Movie Camp Screenwriting Contests in Toronto and Ottawa….

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Effects-ionately yours, SIGGRAPH 2000

The sounds of mambo and the taste of gumbo provided the flavor for siggraph 2000, the annual conference of the computer graphics and interactive industries, attended by more than 25,000 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Centre June 23-28 in New…

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Bullet seeks its targets

Allan Stevenson, owner and operator of the upstart Toronto-based commercial house known as Bullet Films, is now on the hunt for a roster of directors….

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Contenders battle fierce sniping

With only 10 Category 1 licences up for grabs, the digital specialty channel applications are oversubscribed by a ratio of almost 9:1. Competition this stiff has inspired no end of interventions. The crtc has stipulated that applicants may not be in…

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Salter aim: spec club shakeup

Halifax, N.S.: Think about what works well on tv, what you’re interested in and what the audience says it wants. Combine these, as Salter Street Films has done, with growing strength and versatility in programming for tv and the Net, and…

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Puppet Works unveils Face Works

Puppet Works, a Toronto company specializing in tactile input solutions for 3D animation, has unveiled a new product with potential applications in the commercial production industry – Face Works….

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Head Gear keeps it weird

The mood at Head Gear Animation is reasonably mellow on a hot day in July, despite the crushing amount of work ahead. Steve Angel, a Head Gear partner, is in good spirits and bleeds enthusiasm as he introduces the staff and…

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Craig playing on its strengths

The Craig Broadcasting Systems’ Category 1 application for Festival, described as an independent film channel – and one of several digital specialty apps positioned along those lines – comes as an extension of its business, according to Sandi McDonald, executive vp…