In the Nov. 1 edition of Playback, the French-language list of programs for the ACT Awards of Excellence was a list of entries for the competition and not the nominees as may have been implied….

Media Concentration?…

Following are the winners of this year’s Gemini Awards in the program, craft and performance categories as tabulated by the accounting firm of kpmg and provided by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television….

Montreal: Telefilm Canada has reported total commitments for the year ending March 31 of $172.4 million, including $134 million for production and development, and $22.6 million for activities related to product launch and promotion (distribution, dubbing, subtitling, national and international marketing,…

Pascal Blais producer Howard Huxham and team spent 25 weeks cooking up Lunchables’ ‘Breakfast Machine’ spot….

Ah, the House Hippo – a pocket-sized, chip-eating, cat-scaring wonder of our time. Well, wonder no longer: The House Hippo, created by Spin Productions for a psa from Concerned Children’s Advertisers, is a collection of Hippopotami plucked from stock footage and…

* Motion International has named Didier Pietri president of the company’s new u.s. division. Didier will open the new Motion office in Los Angeles Nov. 15. He is responsible for all u.s. activity including development and business relations, financing and production….

With some fancy art direction, vintage cars and nostalgic music, Chrysler and bbdo are bringing audiences back in time to the Me Decade, when rec-room walls were adorned with Farrah Fawcett posters, Led Zeppelin played on the eight-track and Tab Cola…

*AAC refinances bank debt…

With increasing competition infringing on its support, the CAN PRO Festival has decided to call it quits….

Vancouver: Film commissions in Victoria, the Okanagan region and other b.c. regions may have to close their offices in the new year because of a lack of funding, says the Regional Film Commissions Association of b.c….

Montreal: Cinar Corp. has taken a step towards an increased presence on the Internet through a strategic investment partnership in The Lightspan Partnership, a u.s. educational web and online company based in San Diego, Calif….