Recent years have seen a major overhaul of the look, content and quantity of movie theatres in Canada. A consumer who hadn’t been to the movies since 1996 – if you could find one – would be shocked by the changes:…

Nelvana is expected this month to announce the launch of a new media division which will handle the development of proprietary products based on the company’s slate of animated programming….

Vancouver: Canadian audiences will have another homegrown, primetime soap opera to get lathered up about should chum finally get its long-held wish for a Vancouver television licence….

Mntreal: The crtc issued three important broadcast notices on Thursday, Dec. 23, generally reaffirming its new policy position including its position on time credits for priority programming as well as its decision not to create broadcast incentives for children’s programs. Some…

Vancouver: The sale of Finale Post Production to video duplication company Telepost Communica- tions fell apart Dec. 15, four months after the deal was announced and two months after the deal was supposed to close….

Films depicting graphically or sexually violent situations could be excluded from federal tax breaks under a proposed amendment to the Income Tax Act which is being spearheaded by the Department of Canadian Heritage….

Vancouver: The implementation of new tax policy for foreign actors working on Canadian film sets did not take effect Jan. 1 and has been delayed indefinitely. However, the guidelines for non-Canadian behind-the-camera workers have been refined and are now in place….

Famous Players has installed digital projection systems at its Paramount Toronto and SilverCity Riverport Vancouver locations, signaling the beginnings of what Famous calls ‘fully digital cinema experiences in Canada.’…

The nominees for the 2000 Golden Globes include productions from Rhombus Media and Alliance Atlantis Communications, as well as a boxer’s story from Canadian director Norman Jewison. Rhombus is up for best foreign-language film for its multi-Genie-Award-winning The Red Violin….

Vancouver: On Jan. 4, Lions Gate Entertainment closed a us$33-million ($49-million) financing with a group of investors including Seattle-based magnate Paul Allen and two European broadcasters – a vote of confidence the company hails as a milestone that will kick start…

Telefilm Canada’s Toronto office invested production money in six feature films for fiscal ’99/2000, started April 1, 1999 and ending March 31, 2000….

*Salter Street rev skyrockets in ’99…