Vancouver-based director Phil Brown is no stranger to controversy, by any stretch. The mind behind the infamous ‘Dead Chicken’ spot for Fong’s Fresh Poultry is at it again, with a new two-spot campaign for Canine Equipment that is currently being seen…

The Players Film Company director Bradley Walsh and Jolly Rogers’ Curtis Wehrfritz will get their shot at the big screen when their films unspool as part of Perspective Canada at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival….

Four new French-language specialty television services represent tens of millions of dollars in new business for Canadian producers and distributors….

With the continuous growth in the specialty universe, audience share for Canadian channels has doubled in the past five years, with very little ‘cannibalization’ of audiences by newer stations….

ROBTv, the new business-minded specialty service first pitched to the crtc by Duncan McEwan and partners almost three years ago, is finally going to launch on Sept. 1. The programming, as one might expect, will be all about business, both at…

‘What MuchMusic is doing for the music world and Bravo! is doing for performing arts, Star! will do for the entertainment industry,’ says Marcia Martin, vp and gm for CHUMCity’s latest specialty….

It’s not owned by a big media corporation, it’s not profit-driven and it’s not exactly a specialty channel, but the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network is launching Sept. 1 as the only national aboriginal television service in Canada….

Ted Kelterborn is a member of the KNOWlaw Group of the Toronto law firm McMillan Binch….

To the delight of Dr. Ron Keast, Canadian Learning Television will light up the cable wires in the fall. Keast, the current president of ACCESS Learning Television in Edmonton, will act as president and ceo of the new specialty, having also…

As broadcasters across the country gear up for the 1999 programming season, they are also turning their attention to our digital future. The crtc, in anticipation of the coming digital rollout by cable, has called for comments on development of a…

CanWest Global Communications’ just-launched new media division will move on three fronts: developing its own new media products and services, investing in other Web-based companies, and teaming up on joint ventures in Internet services….

It had all the appearances of a humble beginning – two guys scraping startup money together from family and friends, flipping a coin to see who would be president and forming a company consisting of themselves, a Mac and a shoe…