Vancouver: Lions Gate Entertainment has bought credibility, experience, legacy and a valuable library in its June 6 purchase of producer/distributor Trimark Holdings, say members of the British Columbia film industry….

Kevin Johnston, executive producer and partner at New York City commercial production house Boomerang Pictures, says he is bringing his productions to Canada during the labor dispute between the American advertising industry and performers unions sag and aftra….

Montreal: In a June 5 address to the Canadian Public Relations Society in Ottawa, TVA Group president and ceo Daniel Lamarre made it clear the broadcaster intends to leverage its high level of Canadian content programming to obtain new specialty tv…

Vancouver: With the acquisition of new companies and equipment, Yaletown Entertainment is claiming a couple of firsts and is getting a jumpstart on the high-definition revolution….

Vancouver: International Keystone Entertainment of Vancouver has withdrawn a public offering announced March 10. The producer that owns the Air Bud family movie franchise says the downward shift in market forces prompted the withdrawal….

Sheldon Wiseman, president and ceo of Ottawa toonco Amberwood Entertainment, and renowned actor Leslie Nielsen have created a joint venture worth $150 million that will produce 390 half-hours of animated programming for tv, three animated features and one live-action film starring…

It’s been a long time coming: a draft of the cftpa/cbc Terms of Trade Agreement is due for an airing before the cftpa board at the Banff Television Festival….

Landscape Entertainment has formed a new Internet entertainment production studio that is developing original broadband content with some of the world’s leading writers and directors, to be syndicated on the Web….

The following company was inadvertently omitted from the May 15 listing of independent production companies in Canada….

Vancouver: Funding agency British Columbia Film supported 79 b.c. film and television projects in fiscal 2000 (ended March 31) representing $4.2 million….

In the May 15 issue, Credo Entertainment was listed as the producer of Dinosaur Hunter. Independent Moving Pictures of Regina produced the mow and Credo is the distributor….

Nails in the Jell-O…