Warner Bros. has invested in the ion (Integrated Operations Nucleus) system from Toronto’s Soundmaster Group to outfit its newly renovated Clint Eastwood Scoring Stage. The studio installed the Soundmaster ion device control system with atom hardware, which is capable of integrating…

You might think producing audio for a film called Rollercoaster would be a pretty straightforward job. After all, how many ways can you record a rattling track and kids screaming?…

SIGGRAPH took place this year Aug. 8-13 in l.a. Once again, the Ontario Film Development Corporation, together with the Toronto Film Office, led an Ontario delegation to the show….

Tektronix has made official its intentions to exit the video content production business with the planned sale of that portion of its business to a new private investment entity, the Grass Valley Group….

The promises of this year’s edition of the Montreal World Film Festival, the 23rd, include homegrown distributors Lions Gate and Alliance Atlantis squaring off in official competition, legendary Cinepix movie duo, John Dunning and Andre Link picking up a career achievement…

The city is in the midst of an exceedingly busy fall film schedule with new Quebec and u.s. features and international and domestic tv series in production, or soon slated to begin principal photography….

Here, Playback visits some of Quebec’s key technical services operations, highlighting acquisitions and exploring key issues facing post-producers as they confront a rapidly changing market….

Montreal: An immigrant’s voyage of courage in the face of hostility and the story of one man’s fight for honor among ruthless mobsters top all program nominees for the 14th edition of the Prix Gemeaux. The annual Academy of Canadian Cinema…

Following are the nominees in this year’s program, craft and performance award categories as tabulated by the accounting firm of kpmg and provided by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.Program CategoriesCraft CategoriesPerformance CategoriesPROGRAM CATEGORIES…

Alliance Atlantis Communications and Germany’s Kinowelt Medien ag have inked a $400-million financial and operating partnership that aac president Lewis Rose says strategically is an ‘intelligent and logical combination.’…

Vancouver: Industrial inquiry commissioner Stephen Kelleher has been appointed by b.c.’s Ministry of Labour to help resolve the nine-month dispute between the 60-member b.c. Projectionists Union and cinema operators….

Vancouver: Lions Gate Entertainment is selling its 14-acre studio complex in North Vancouver two years after acquiring it for $26 million in cash and debt….