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Could 2002 be known as the year sports saved television advertising?
In the next five months, two international events will take place which could help drag commercial production out of its current state of malaise: the Winter Olympics and the World Cup of soccer.
Are we being complacent about the PVR threat?
Bob Kennedy is a senior partner in Flashcut Editing, Toronto, and chair of the PVR subcommittee for CPAT.
Byles takes CTI to new heights
With the majority of Canada’s distribution operations falling under the control of Alliance Atlantis, the time is more than ripe for a player as well backed and prolific in international sales as Chum Television International to enter the field of third-party distribution.
Industry signs California girls; welcomes Wasson
Toronto’s Industry Films has signed two new California-based directors in Melodie McDaniel and Maggie Zackheim for exclusive representation in Canada.
Jankel tries out ‘Bra’
NewNew Films
Jump Cuts
Corus lays out Women’s Programming Fund
Move over convergence
Ever since I started covering the Canadian production and broadcasting industry, some three years ago, the theme of convergence has been at the forefront of almost every conference and major industry news story we’ve been involved with. While industry players struggled to develop the technology and business plans to implement convergence strategies, I was busy as a Playback staff writer trying to figure out the meaning of this 50-cent word.
Playback readership poll results
The $5-million Canada/U.K. coproduction The War Bride has been chosen among the five top Genie contenders as the best picture of the year by Playback poll respondents.
People
* Janet Yale, president and CEO of the Canadian Cable Television Association, has been appointed chair of the CTF board of directors.
Parker bids adieu to Corus
Paula Parker, VP of programming and production for children’s television at Corus Entertainment, has resigned her position to spend time with her family.
ACTRA CLIPPs low-budget program
A year-old initiative by ACTRA that opened the door for actors to work on independent films at below scale has swung shut.
Post houses sink teeth into adbeast
Toronto-based adbeast’s online common operating platform for the advertising industry has only been operational for less than a year, but it has already generated quite a buzz amongst post houses.
Boom or bust, hurdles remain the same for new audio shops
Certainly the ability to determine your own destiny is an exciting prospect for any professional. But there are advantages and disadvantages to setting out to launch your own company.
B.C. government to off-load film interests
Vancouver: With an expected cost-slashing provincial budget announcement just 15 days away, a delegation from British Columbia’s Community Marketing Group will be in Victoria Feb. 4 to ‘suggest’ ways the Liberal government can reduce its interest in the local film industry.
Low-budget demand stays high
Montreal: Telefilm Canada supported just under 20% of the production and post-production projects submitted to its Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance Program in 2001/02. The agency received 66 project submissions this year, 49 for production financing and 17 for post-production support, with 13 accepted, mostly in the production financing category. Eighty projects were submitted in 2000/01.
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