Calibre Digital Pictures has completed a deal to purchase Nerve F/X Inc., an animation shop specializing in nt-platform visual effects for film and television….

The people at gvfx have received their third Emmy nomination for effects work, this time for their efforts on the Alliance Atlantis Communications series Total Recall 2070. The Toronto- and Vancouver-based shop got the Emmy nod for the episode ‘Machine Dreams.’…

As the market begins testing the integration of digital products, lessons are learned in what features are most valuable to broadcasters. An interesting case of compatibility arose in choosing a digital format for the cbc….

According to an attorney for Canadian actor/producer Dave Thomas, negotiations are ongoing to avoid a lawsuit between the sctv alumnus and Toronto-based MEG Media Group, the production partner on the new MacKenzie Brothers film Home Brew, after financing fell apart late…

Kicking off this year’s lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival’s Perspective Canada is writer/director Jeremy Podeswa’s North American debut of The Five Senses….

The famous phrase ‘The play’s the thing’ is fine so far as it goes, but how well would the play succeed if the script were blasé beige?…

*Specialty, pay-TV is good business at Astral…

* The National Film Board has named Andreanne Bournival to the position of director-general, French Program….

Montreal: Groupe Rozon and French producer Frederic Marbouef of Nalina Films (Jusqu’au bout de la nuit, Ay Pays des Juliettes) have announced an agreement to coproduce feature film comedies….

Leading entertainment industry lawyer Doug Barrett aims to help supply a major Canadian film and tv equipment provider with domestic and international growth via his new role as president and ceo of Cauldron Corporation, parent of wholly owned PS Production Services….

Montreal: Motion International has sold its Studio Centre-Ville unit to Groupe Covitec and signed a sidebar agreement guaranteeing ‘preferred supplier’ status to Covitec, Quebec’s largest technical service company….

Montreal: Cinar Corporation and the National Head Start Association have announced an exclusive business partnership to develop, produce and distribute branded training and a/v products to children, teachers, staff and parents at 2,051 Head Start programs across the u.s….