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Robertson: on top of this game
IN the storm of consolidation that has swept through the broadcasting industry in the past year, Paul Robertson is among the elite few ascending the corporate food chain at the speed of convergence….
LFP awards $23.8M to 202 productions
MONTREAL: Over-subscription levels for Licence Fee Program top-up money for Canadian documentaries declined considerably this spring, in dollar terms, to the tune of 7% on the English side and 20% of the French side….
Frozen man hungry for work in T.O.
IF competition really spurs the industry to produce the best possible product, then commercial production companies in the Toronto market had better be churning out award-winning work with every board coming over the fax machine. As if the batch of new,…
What’s inside the BlackBox?
WHEN Richard Bullock and his wife Toni purchased Boz Films from Greg Bosworth in 1997, the two jumped head-first into the world of Vancouver commercial production….
Bisson heads to Cossette
The focus of this regular section is on agencies in Canada. Looking for agency business strategies and creative teams’ secret weapons? We tell all in Ad Missions….
Liberals to support B.C. film biz
VANCOUVER: B.C. voters booted out the most film-friendly government in provincial history May 16, but the new Liberal government is expected to build on that success….
Ginger Snaps up ‘respectable’ #s
WITH a P&A budget that represents close to 30% of the film’s overall budget, Ginger Snaps’ opening weekend figures were somewhat disappointing to distributor TVA International….
Short fest boasts 23 programs
THE Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival, running June 6-10, this year presents 23 programs of short world cinema and a new festival market….
The Bald Ego – Bruce Alcock
Established commercial directors are the subject of this regular feature. Each issue we will profile their careers, accomplishments and the ideas that propel them to new advertising heights….
New slots, coprod buoy Amerimage-Spectra
MONTREAL: Perhaps the country’s busiest variety and performance show producer, Amerimage-Spectra is producing 18 specials and series this season, representing more than 35 hours of national and international programming….
The sweetest whine
Congratulations! It’s our most offensive year yet. Our standards are as fabulously low as they have ever been, and the public is outraged. Seems like we’re finally getting things right….
Whassup? NewNew hires two new
who’s gone where? From where? And when? As the Revolving Doors spin, we put the spotlight on spot-makers on-the-move….
Clarification
In an April 2 Marquee Post item about a Natrel spot Command Post/TOYBOX senior Inferno artist/ designer James Cooper recently worked on, Cooper was quoted as saying: ‘At this stage of my career I’m finding less and less challenge in the…
Merci and ciao, Francois
Ah, Francois, we hardly knew ye….
Jump Cuts
CRTC greenlights Videotron takeover…
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