TelevisionFeaturesServiceTotalCompanyProductionDevelopmentDrama / OthersMOW / MiniseriesDocumentaryAnimationChildren’s Live ActionMagazine / LifestyleDramaDocumentary 258,600,000Alliance Atlantis Com.250,000,0008,600,000191,000,00027,000,000  27,000,000 5,000,000  142,797,000Fireworks Ent.141,297,0001,500,00063,052,00013,400,000  16,829,000 48,016,000  104,005,548Motion International99,125,9344,879,61430,518,16026,957,0043,551,98511,335,8577,551,65917,559,944 1,651,325 94,873,000Lions Gate Ent.94,323,000550,00018,194,00022,673,00011,326,00019,934,000501,000 21,695,000  *90,000,000Cinar Corp.90,000,000 5,000,0008,000,000 66,500,00010,500,000    81,712,477Nelvana81,712,477    81,712,477     76,500,000Telescene Film Group74,900,0001,600,00062,800,00012,100,000       *54,000,000Sullivan Ent.54,000,000 25,000,00012,000,000 11,000,000  6,000,000  49,952,000Peace Arch Ent.49,852,000100,00049,616,000 236,000     3,700,00046,905,872Salter Street Films46,905,872 35,350,512 1,725,481  6,546,8543,283,025  43,717,112Filmline International43,242,112475,0007,452,339     35,789,773  38,100,000G.F.T. Entertainment37,200,000900,000      37,200,000  37,450,000CineGroupe37,000,000450,000   26,000,000  11,000,000  36,000,000Mainframe Ent.35,000,0001,000,000   35,000,000     26,000,000Sarrazin…

Judging by the number of people ‘chasing the O’ at the Hot Docs wrap gala 2000, those docmakers are way too sexy for their films….

Montreal: The Independent Production Fund reports it invested more than $2.9 million in 1999 including $1.25 million in five Canadian primetime drama series and $1.48 million in nine family or children’s series. In its just-released annual report, the fund says last…

Nelvana has filed a preliminary short-form prospectus to the Ontario Securities Commission with respect to a proposed offering of 3,750,000 subordinate voting shares, the proceeds of which will be used to repay the debt the toonco will incur in buying u.s….

It’s been more than a month since ctv’s interest in SportsNet has been up for grabs and rumblings about Rogers Communications making a bid for the upstart specialty have been making the rounds….

Oops! We uncovered a couple of errors in our Audio/Post Top Shops survey results in the April 17 issue. The list labeled ‘Transfer – Commercials’ included the results from the ‘Transfer – Long Form’ category, and the actual results for commercials…

In the May 1 article ‘Documentary in the digital age,’ Richard Elson was listed as the director of the 1992 film The Colours of My Father: a Portrait of Sam Borenstein. In fact, Elson produced the documentary. The film was directed…

In an age when ‘thinking global’ appears to be the mantra of enlightened entrepreneurs everywhere, the term ‘parochial’ can take on the stature of ‘adjective-most-feared’….

Montreal: The Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media is an established showcase for auteur filmmakers. What is perhaps a little less known is the year-long lobbying efforts by festival co-director and vp Claude Chamberlan who actively pushes distributors…

Vancouver: The 2000 Leo Awards gala event on May 13 honored veteran domestic film booster Michael Francis and the Pacific office of the National Film Board for their outstanding individual and organizational contributions to the British Columbia film industry. Francis, an…

* Deborah Bernstein has been appointed to replace Phyllis Platt as exec director of CBC Television Arts & Entertainment, effective immediately….

Montreal: A summary of this year’s program screening results at MIP-DOC 2000, the parallel documentary market held in conjunction with mip-tv, indicates current affairs and history are the most popular program categories….