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Adventures in pitching
Producers are used to getting pitched in washrooms, cabs, all sorts of odd settings. But those are just the tip of the iceberg. Playback asked producers to recall unlikely spots where they’ve been ambushed and responses included a Hell’s Angels clubhouse…
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Specialties/PPV Fiscal ’96
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News Briefs: Coscient revs up 13%
Coscient Group is reporting a 13% rise in revenues to $39.8 million for the six-month period ending Jan. 31. Earnings before taxes are up over 10% to $1.4 million while net profit is $847,787 or $0.07 a share. The revenues include…
On the set of Nights Below Station Street
The cast and crew of Nights Below Station Street are getting a good giggle as the polyester-clad actors slip into bell bottoms and tightly fitted disco duds to bring us back in time to a small Canadian mill town during the…
Que. tax credit: Cutback causes turmoil
Montreal: The apftq, the Quebec producers association, says the lack of transition time for changes to the province’s refundable tax credit program is creating serious turmoil….
C-32 at the wire
As the long-awaited Copyright Bill C-32 enters its final phase of approval in the Senate, actra and the Canadian Music Publishers Association are accusing the broadcaster lobby of trying to kill it….
CanWest battles BBS/Elec. bid
Although its merger with Electrohome is slated for crtc processes April 14, the first piece of Baton Broadcasting’s copious expansion effort could be temporarily sidetracked courtesy of a hardball protest from CanWest Global Communications….
Prods herald B.C. tax credit
Vancouver: By this time next year, b.c. film and television producers may be cashing their first cheques from the new British Columbia Tax Credit program….
At Press Time
Three veterans of the Canadian production industry – John Delmage, Neil Court and Steven DeNure – have formed Decode Entertainment, a new company that will harness their skills in project development, financing, production and distribution….
Slan projecting 30% growth for Paragon
With hopes of doubling the original HandMade Films library of 23 features by the year 2000, Paragon chair and ceo Jon Slan says his company is still considering starting its own Canadian film distribution company. ‘We haven’t found a way to…
AlphaStar scooping TSN
With the first Canadian direct-to-home service beaming down and a second on the way, both dth companies are cautiously optimistic about early market response….
MIP 97 puts focus on education
Education will be the main subject at the 34th edition of mip-tv, running April 11-16 in Cannes, France….
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