* Jacques Bensimon has been appointed exec vp of the Banff Television Festival. Now the managing director of tfo, the French network of tvontario, Bensimon will join the festival’s management team Oct. 1….

Vancouver: Believing that post-production sound is the next emerging market in b.c.’s film and television industry, Post Modern Sound of Vancouver is expanding its audio post facilities….

Banff, Alta.: Social satirist and tv gladiator Michael Moore captivated jetlagged, pitch-worn producers and journalists earlier this month when he made a pair of tour-de-force stops at the Banff Television Festival to promo The Awful Truth….

Scarborough, Ont.-headquartered Cinram International, an independent provider of prerecorded multimedia products and services, has signed a multiyear agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, the home video division of Fox Entertainment Group, ending in part the studio’s decade-long relationship with Los…

*Profits hold steady at SSF…

American and British programs dominated the 21st Banff Rockie Awards ceremony, held during a gala presentation capping a day of awards launching the Banff Television Festival, June 12-16. But Canada stood tall among nominees for Best Animation Program with the Rockie…

Vancouver: Telepost Communications is hoping it’s second-time-lucky in its bid to expand by acquisition….

Buffing up on X-Men and Nutty Professor 2…

A couple of years back, Ted Iannuzzi was on a technology transfer mission to Sweden with the Canadian government. At the time, he was developing virtual reality applications for medical education….

Toronto’s Dan Krech Productions celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this month. The visual effects/animation shop officially opened its doors June 24, 1985, and partner Dan Krech estimates the studio has since put together or contributed to upwards of 2,000 commercials and long-form…

Vancouver visual effects house Lost Boys Studios believes it is breaking ground with its work on Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, the syndicated Tribune Entertainment/Fireworks Entertainment series which started shooting in b.c. this spring….

The Toronto film industry lost one of its veteran contributors with the unexpected passing of Michael Kavanagh on April 15. Kavanagh, who ran Kavanagh Special Effects, worked in the film business for two decades, specializing in mechanical effects in an era…