For its new series Random Play, music video channel VH1 was seeking an offbeat visual representation of the music-themed comedy show and Toronto’s Cuppa Coffee whistled the appropriately distinctive design tune in creating the show’s on-air look….

Vancouver: On June 14 in Calgary, a final 28-hour session of negotiations between actra and u.s. and Canadian producers paid off with a tentative labor deal….

Some information in the listing for Toronto’s Spin Productions in the April 19 Audio Post, Audio Production, Post Production Report was incorrect. Following is the correct information:…

The policy, its bonuses and our offspring…

Leonard Asper will become president and ceo of CanWest Global Communications by Aug. 31, the end of the fiscal year. Izzy Asper, the company’s executive chairman and Leonard’s father, announced the promotion last week. Leonard is currently executive vp and coo….

* Brian Freeman has been named creative head of movies and miniseries at the cbc. This position has been vacant since the death of Jim Burt in January. Freeman joined cbc’s movies and miniseries team in 1994 and has held the…

CHUM Ltd. has acquired a 40% equity stake in Toronto-based Sleeping Giant Productions, a producer of arts, education and spiritual programming….

Montreal: This year’s 17th edition of the Just For Laughs comedy festival, July 15-25, is playing with a full deck of comedy professionals – from talent scouts to network program and development executives, producers, casting directors and managers. As for performers,…

Montreal: Motion International, the new coproate name for Coscient Group, has announced a deal to coproduce 26 half-hours of the 3D animation series Xcalibur with Ellipse Animation of France. The largest animation project to date undertaken by Motion’s animation unit (formerly…

Vancouver: Vancouver-based Rainmaker Entertainment is increasing the financing expertise on its board of directors at the same time as it solidifies a business plan that will keep it solely in post services….

Shaw Communications is spawning a new entertainment outlet to be created from its media assets….

On a recent design project for CNN International’s new a.m. news block, Toronto’s Soho Post & Graphics delivered the right morning-fresh look for three new shows and saved the news net some air miles, handling the entire project via the Internet….