The CRTC will hold the long-awaited hearing regarding control and ownership of WIC Western International Communications in Hull, Que., on Oct. 26. The hearing was originally slated for May 3, but the commission decided to hold off until an agreement had…

Nintendo’s ‘Happy Together’ commercial, starring Super Mario, Donkey Kong and other familiar faces from video game land, took best of show at the second annual Golden Marble Awards. Created by Leo Burnett usa and directed by Mark Story out of Crossroads,…

Once again, the Canadian Television Fund’s Quebec office has received numerous applications for development assistance from the English-language private broadcaster envelope, and the amounts requested far surpass the earmarked amount of $166,689. Applications to the English-language envelope received to date total…

Suzanne DePoe and Michael Levine are joining together with Canada’s largest literary agency, Westwood Creative Artists, to form WCA Film and Television. The new agency, based in Toronto, is being established to create international opportunities for Canadian writers and directors….

Montreal: Motion International and France’s Marathon Productions have announced the start of production on the 26 half-hour animation series Marsupilami. The series is an adaptation of the comic book collection from Belge author Franquin, best known for Spirou and Gaston Lagaffe….

* At cbc, Christina Hajek has been named director of international coproductions, sales and acquisitions. Hajek was previously deputy director….

Montreal: Data from exhibition consultancy Alex Films indicates Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm was the theatrical market leader in Quebec for the period Jan. 1 to June 30. aav had a 19% share of the market, distributing 47 films for total receipts of…

The National Screen Institute-Canada is currently accepting applications for Drama Prize 2000, offering prizes of up to $30,000 in training, $6,000 in services and $6,000 in cash to six teams to use toward the making of a short film….

The CFTPA in partnership with Human Resources Development Canada has launched its new pilot project – the Production Internship Program for Canadian Youth….

Montreal: Iranian director Majid Majidi’s The Color of Paradise is this year’s winner of the Grand Prix des Ameriques, top prize in official competition at the 23rd edition of the Montreal World Film Festival. The director is the first to repeat…

The 11-year-old, youth-focused specialty channel ytv kicked off its new season Sept. 13 with 41 new programs, 14 of which are Canadian. Exceeding its overall 60% Canadian content quota, ytv boasts 80% of its primetime schedule comes from Canadian producers and…

Red Rover director Linzi Knight and dop Paul Tolton scored a two-day shoot for gte through Timerlan McClain. Post was handled by Griff Henderson at Panic & Bob and toybox….