As one of the five countries most represented at mip-tv, with 85 stands and 139 participating companies, Canada is proving an emerging presence on the world market….

Montreal: Zone3’s start-up isn’t like anyone else’s….

Thirty emerging tv professionals have been awarded fellowships to attend the 21st Banff Television Festival, thanks to the support of ctv. tva will award an additional 10 fellowships in support of French projects….

*Astral revenues up…

Montreal: Canadians have responded with real enthusiasm to WEM – the World Education Market – with the space allocation reserved for participants from this country sold out early. wem is being billed as the ‘first truly international, multi-sectoral education forum’ and…

The Ontario Arts Council has announced the finalists for the 2000 M. Joan Chalmers Documentarian Award for Film and Video….

Despite the marked decline in the state of public television, attendance at Input 2000, to be held in Halifax, is still worthwhile, according to organizers….

The Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival, running May 18-28, marks its 10th anniversary this year….

The Ontario Film Development Corporation, in partnership with tvontario, is launching a Documentary Calling Card program, an initiative designed to create new professional development opportunities for emerging doc makers in Ontario….

Telefilm Canada will participate in the international multimedia market Electronic Entertainment Expo 2000, as part of its goal to provide greater access to Canadian cultural multimedia products on an international scale….

Cancom has struck a deal to be the exclusive satellite partner of Liberate Technologies in the Canadian market. Cancom will use Liberate’s ‘middleware’ platform to deliver interactive tv applications from numerous content providers to its Star Choice direct-to-home subscribers and cable…

Following on the critical success of their first features, Vancouver filmmakers Carl Bessai (johnny), James Dunnison (Stuff) and Reg Harkema (A Girl is a Girl), begin production May 15 on a trilogy of experimental low-budget digital films called Bang!….