*Canal D 3D broadcast…

Ottawa: To get cg animated series Rolie Polie Olie rolling, Nelvana’s technical wizards played a little trick with two software packages which were never meant to work together….

With a few years under their belts, the specialty channels catering to kids have had time to stake out their ground on the broadcasting scene. Meanwhile, the conventional broadcasters and veteran specialties have been looking to forge their own identifiable niche…

Many producers and licensing agents would agree that the key to any successful merchandising campaign is gaining the maximum amount of exposure for your show. However, in an increasingly competitive and sophisticated marketplace, one that tends to expand beyond borders, hooking…

With so much children’s fare spread across a plethora of television channels, the competition for eyeballs continues to intensify. In order to keep the hard-earned attention of viewers, producers of children’s programming are increasingly taking their programs to where their audience…

From the earliest days of Mr. Dressup and Polka Dot Door to the controversy over Power Rangers, the Alliance for Children and Television has been an outspoken presence on the children’s television scene. While advocating high-quality programming and helping parents make…

following are the nominees for the 1999 ACT Awards of Excellence….

A year after the first Pokemon licensed products hit u.s. store shelves, Pokemania shows no signs of dwindling. The pocket monster phenom continues to pique kids’ interest in anime, collecting and monsters….

Canal Famille is in the process of renewing its broadcast licence which expired at the end of August….

Over the 1998/99 fiscal, the Shaw Children’s Programming Initiative committed more than $8.6 million to 63 children’s projects through the Shaw Fund, the Dr. Geoffrey R. Conway Fund, and the new Shaw Television Broadcast Fund….

Increased support for film, video and new media production has made it onto the federal government’s upcoming agenda with the Oct. 12 reading of the speech from the throne….

Beyond the official agenda at this year’s Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual convention, hot topics among execs and advocates are likely to be the newfangled television policy and the digital domain. Broadcasting ’99, taking place this year at the Queen Elizabeth…