What is the future of television in the interactive era? Is the Internet a tool that will help the traditional broadcaster drive viewership and add value to its audience experience, or does it threaten to take over the market from them?…

(Sandra Richmond is a member of the KNOWlaw group of the Toronto law firm McMillan Binch. This article was prepared with the assistance of McShane Devlin Jones.)…

Canada’s newest and hottest independent feature-filmmaking husband-and-wife team, Jennifer Jonas and Leonard Farlinger, are busier than ever these days. Their first feature, The Perfect Son, is set to make its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, while their…

Vancouver: Local filmmaker Bruce Sweeney, a Mike Leigh follower, is back at the helm of his new film The Last Wedding. Like his previous film Dirty, Wedding has gone through a long development process that has included workshops with actors to…

Great North Communications president Andy Thomson is adamant that Prairie production will not be affected by Alliance Atlantis Communications’ purchase of the Edmonton-based company last month, even though as a result of the deal Thomson has been appointed exec vp of…

Montreal: Marina Orsini and Karl Pruner star in the 10-hour Productions La Fete tv series L’Or, an international saga of gold fever, a small Quebec producer and rich Chinese investors and their impact on an isolated rural community….

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Vancouver: The hard-line retrenchment of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to compel u.s. stars working in Canada to pay 30% more in income tax starting Jan. 1 will have a devastating effect on Canadian service production….

Montreal: The Gabriel Pelletier comedy La Vie Apres l’Amour has topped the $1 million mark after its first 10 days in Quebec theatres….

Montreal: Resentment is brewing in the industry over the kind of story that appeared on page 1 of the July 13 edition of the National Post….

Montreal: Comedies are the driving force behind the recent successes of Quebec movies at the box office. In the past two years French-language Quebec features have won an admirable 10% share of theatrical receipts mostly on the strength of films such…

alliance Atlantis Communications has formally announced its takeover of Edmonton’s Great North Communications….