Montreal: TVA Group president and ceo Daniel Lamarre has announced a major reorganization, specifically related to the media company’s international activities….

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

Remember Playback’s Commercial Directions feature? It went away for a while and in its absence we received a number of missives asking, ‘Why, why, why have you taken Commercial Directions from us?’ Well fear not, you brave, patient souls. It’s back,…

Vancouver: On June 25, fire destroyed the production offices and two of four studios leased by Shavick Entertainment on West 2nd and Quebec Street in Vancouver. No one was injured….

Public affairs cable network cpac will provide continuous coverage of the crtc hearings for the new digital specialty and pay-tv licence applications, beginning Monday, Aug. 4, and running roughly four weeks thereafter….

The 7th annual Raindance Film Festival spotlights Canada at Raindance, a program of 12-15 features, shorts and documentaries that promises to deliver the best of Canadian film to the European screen….

Montreal: The National Film Board’s Documentary East Studio in Montreal has announced the first edition of Reel Diversity East, a competition which gives two emerging visible minority filmmakers the opportunity to direct a short documentary video, with funding and support from…

Diminished ratings for the 11th annual YTV Achievement Awards, broadcast May 28, have finally forced the kids channel to cancel the program in favor of the weekly magazine-style series YAA! To the Max….

The First Cut Awards, cosponsored by Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising and Playback, is the one chance in the year to shine the proverbial spotlight directly on the abundant up-and-coming commercial directorial talent in Canada. It is designed to recognize excellence in…

This year’s Saatchi & Saatchi/Playback First Cut Award winner is Randy Diplock, who may still be considered a newcomer to the commercial directing racket, but is definitely not a newcomer to the advertising biz….

‘Tis the season to be shooting and as such Toronto plays host to a galaxy of Hollywood stars, who continue to pepper the streets with a proverbial dose of summer glam….

A reel full of spots no one could understand won First Cut finalist Alexandra Dellevoet a place in the Canadian commercial directing community….