Actor Marc Hickox has still not seen the ‘Blind Date’ spot for which he is currently receiving such praise. His excuse: ‘I’m back at Second City so I’m at the theatre every night. I know it’s on all the time but…

The following is a listing of Canadian commercial production houses in alphabetical order. Information is based on questionnaires completed by companies which chose to respond to Playback’s survey.The Ace Film Company #400-1152 Mainland St.,Vancouver, b.c. V6B 4X2Tel. (604) 682-0001Fax…

Alliance Atlantis’ AAC Kids Television Distribution division has acquired the animated series Old Tom. aac now holds the merchandising and distribution rights for markets worldwide, with the exceptions of Australia, France, New Zealand, Germany, French-speaking Africa, Benelux, Eastern Europe and India….

The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival will accept doc submissions for its Canadian Nominee Programme and International Showcase until Jan. 5, 2000….

The film No Tomorrow, opening in Toronto Nov. 17, will mark the official launch of the new Toronto-based production company OBSRD Productions. No Tomorrow, a dramatic short, is the result of a collaboration between filmmakers Richard Poplak and Tamir Moscovici, principals…

Vision Man, a Swedish film from director William Long, won the grand prize at the Banff Mountain Film Festival earlier this month. The film about an elderly Inuit hunter who reflects on his life was picked by a bmff jury from…

The National Film Board presented a $5,000 scholarship to the National Screen Institute-Canada at a Nov. 4 opening reception for the Global Visions Festival in Edmonton….

The following is an alphabetical listing of Canadian animation houses. Information is based on questionnaires completed by companies which chose to respond to Playback’s survey. (The number of commercials listed refers to completely animated – as opposed to post…

Bell ExpressVu president and ceo Michael Neuman is quitting the satellite tv service to head up a u.k.-based start-up telecom company. Bell ExpressVu has appointed coo David McLennan to take over Neuman’s duties in the interim….

With subjects as diverse as the fall of the Soviet Union, the rise of The Beatles, or the invention of ice hockey, historical programming has managed to parlay its way into the consciousness of viewers worldwide, as images such as the…

Seattle-based Getty Images is waiting for final legal approval to complete its us$183 million ($269 million) acquisition of The Image Bank from Eastman Kodak. Getty sources indicate the deal should be finalized by the end of the year, with the acquisition…

When David Paperny began preproduction on his documentary Murder in Normandy, he was put in touch with the curator of the Normandy Museum in Bayeux, France….