Having served on the cftpa’s finance and tax committee for a number of years, Stephen Ord is now in his second year as the committee’s cochair, a responsibility he shares with the Royal Bank’s Robert Maurice. Traditionally, the primary task of…

The cftpa’s national training/mentorship program is very close to the heart of Kevin DeWalt, who was instrumental in establishing the mentorship committee during his tenure as cftpa chair….

Kevin DeWalt, ceo of Regina’s Minds Eye Pictures, moonlights as chairman of the cftpa distribution committee. The committee was formed two years ago to represent the interests of Canadian television distributors who, DeWalt says, were barely being heard over groups representing…

Montreal: The crtc has approved Astral Communications’ $227-million July acquisition of Montreal media company Radiomutuel….

Vancouver: They were married for nine months and it took just as long to draw up the divorce papers. On Jan. 19, Rainmaker Entertainment Group finally split officially with Pacific Motion Pictures….

Vancouver: u.s. broadcasters have been swift to embrace a Vancouver-made documentary that puts a new face on urban police….

The crtc has approved the renewal of all 31 cbc licences until Aug. 31, 2007. In response, cbc president and ceo Robert Rabinovitch says the new conditions of licence are fiscally irresponsible and an unacceptable intrusion into the Corp.’s managerial and…

Montreal: CineGroupe has unveiled production deals on two major animation series representing budgets of $37 million….

He’s been offered some of the most senior positions in both the American and Canadian broadcasting industries and although tempted at times, Chum Television’s senior vp of programming Jay Switzer maintains, ‘I have the single best job in all of television…

A deal set for a March announcement will see Toronto-based CanWest Entertainment partner with Carl Icahn’s Stratosphere Entertainment and Samuel Goldwyn Films to form an independent theatrical releasing company with enough ‘size and power’ to command greater attention from cablecasters and…

In an effort to bridge the changeover from analog format to the new, open-ended world of digital distribution, the crtc has issued a licensing framework for new digital pay and specialty services….

Winnipeg: As the Feb. 15 Licence Fee Program application deadline looms, producers are poring over the latest rendition of the Canadian Television Fund guidelines to figure out how the tweaking in the 2000/01 rules will affect their projects….