montreal: Following TF1 International’s success in selling Lea Pool’s critically acclaimed coming-of-age story Emporte-moi in more than 20 countries, and an unprecedented 30 invitations to film festivals around the world, the film is getting a limited but prestigious theatrical release in…

Vancouver: The Ontario Film Development Corporation, Telefilm Canada and British Columbia Film are hosting the first of a series of interprovincial drama producer exchanges June 8 and 9 in Vancouver, prior to the June 11 Banff Television Festival….

Montreal: Japanese public broadcaster nhk and Discovery Digital Networks in association with the Banff Television Festival are offering a us$15,000 development prize for the best hdtv program proposal pitched to an expert commissioning panel at this year’s festival, June 11-16….

Vancouver: The value of b.c.’s domestic production industry grew 78% in 1999 over the previous year. Total homegrown production reached $298 million….

Montreal: The nfb animation short film Le Chapeau has been selected for screening as part of the International Critic’s Week program at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival, May 10-21. (www.onf.ca)…

Montreal: Corus Entertainment executive board chair Heather Shaw and president and ceo John Cassaday were guests of honor at the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, May 10, when the Toronto-based media executives led in the traditional ringing of the bell announcing…

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has selected 13 post-secondary students for its National Apprenticeship Training Program….

Calgary’s Shaw Communications will buy, subject to regulatory approvals, Reliance Distributors, which operates two cable tv systems in Squamish, b.c. Shaw recently swapped cable assets with Rogers and will control Vancouver-area cable systems….

While broadcasters today are universally aware of the Internet’s potential to help maximize the value of their existing brands, Toronto-based ChumCity International could sense something big might be brewing as far back as six years ago, when they formed ChumCity Interactive,…

Today’s new media producers have the-once-in-a-generation opportunity to define a new paradigm and lay the groundwork for the future of entertainment, information and lifestyle programming….

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The New Addams Family, A Feeling Called Glory, You…Me and the Kids – the Teen Years, Cybersix and My Father’s Angel were among the big winners at round one of this year’s Leo Awards – Celebration Awards Ceremony, held May 6…