Link 2 Media, a Toronto commercial, music video and long-form production house headed up by Ron Heydon, has launched a new division, Proteus, to handle commercial and music video work. Link 2 will concentrate on long-form projects….

the Television Bureau of Canada will stage the 37th Bessie Awards, recognizing excellence in creative television advertising in Canada, May 10 in Toronto. Following are this year’s finalists in both the single and campaign categories….

Vancouver-based director Phil Brown has come aboard the Radke Films roster for representation. Brown, notorious for his controversial ads like ‘Dead Chicken’ (for Fong’s Fresh Poultry) and more recently ‘Lawnmower Man’ and ‘Bathtime’ (for Vancouver’s Canine Equipment), will be repped by…

Mexican-born director Javier currently makes his home and living in Toronto with The Players Film Company. The 26-year-old Javier says in the four years he has been directing professionally he continues to learn quite a bit about both filmmaking and advertising….

In Alberta, land of the prairie rodent, they have a saying: ‘Squirrels are just gophers with good pr.’…

Blink Pictures director Raymond Bark has been signed by bicoastal Gartner for exclusive spot representation in the u.s. Gartner, which has only signed one other director in the last three years (American Ray Dillman, repped in Canada by Avion Films), is…

The exponential growth of digital technology has many of the world’s footage archives dusting off old film cans and transferring their footage onto digital formats. It’s a daunting job, and costly too, considering that most footage libraries hold thousands and even…

If stock footage is the canned soup of production, then the pantry is packed and growing easier to access. Meanwhile, the flavors are changing, and with them, the way Canadian television is produced….

The Alberta film industry has completed its biggest year ever, with more than $254 million in production activity recorded in the province in 1999….

The Manitoba production community is currently facing the growing pains that always accompany an industry attempting to expand its volume and grow its infrastructure. Production and post companies have established themselves and are now working on two fronts: aiming to keep…

Production volume in Saskatchewan dipped in 1999 to $27 million from $58 million the previous year. In particular, indigenous production dropped more than 50% to $20.2 million from $42.7 million in 1998….

Crew Call, a new initiative to grow the industry’s skilled workforce just announced by the Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industries Association will be backed by $350,000 in funding from the federal and provincial governments….