The crtc has denied tvontario’s application for mandatory Quebec distribution of tfo, Ontario’s French-language educational channel. tvo had requested tfo become part of an optional, additional-fee analog package, at a cost of 50 cents per subscriber….

Mr. fecan, your Web carriage awaits….

The exit door had barely swung closed behind producer Kim Todd at Winnipeg’s Credo Entertainment when Jeff Peeler of spot unit Credo Productions followed her out….

montreal: The Feb. 28 federal budget reaffirms government’s commitment to new support for Canadian movies as a follow-up to the ’99 Speech from the Throne promise of additional support for the production of Canadian stories and images….

Vancouver: Only one thing is certain about the West Coast television landscape: four of the five terrestrial stations are in play and the mess is in the lap of the crtc to sort out….

David Devine of Toronto’s Devine Entertainment has announced spring and summer production worth approximately $10 million, following word earlier this month that a California-based distributor, CIC Productions, has guaranteed an advance of $5.25 million. Devine says production will start in May…

Rebel webcaster iCravetv.com is gone, at least for now….

Montreal: A u.s. class action suit on behalf of investors who acquired limited voting shares in Cinar Corp. in February 1999 alleges the Montreal production company violated u.s. securities laws….

Vancouver: Mainframe Entertainment shares were racking up new 52-week highs last week as the glow of media mega-mergers put the focus on content providers….

You could say that for Global tv this fall it will be more of the same, but perhaps less so, on the kids and teen programming front….

Montreal: The Department of Heritage’s review of management practices says the film and television funding and certification system needs better coordination – especially in terms of risk-analysis and overlapping jurisdictions….

Liberty Media Group, the cable television programming arm of New York-based AT&T, has acquired a 19.9% stake in Corus Entertainment by buying 7.1 million non-voting shares at $28.05 per share….