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Sharpe Sound expands
Vancouver: Paul Sharpe is continuing his investment in the Vancouver film and television industry by wrapping up a $1 million expansion of his sound engineering company across the street from North Shore Studios….
Correction
– Quotes included in ‘natpe ups int’l allure’ (Jan. 13, p. 1) were mistakenly attributed to Linda Grinbaum. The correct spokesperson for Norstar is Milt Avruskin, vp of television. Norstar’s vp international is Marina Cordoni….
Editorial
Who will make the next Little Criminals?…
Journal
– Nature Nut hits syndie #s…
Letters: Targeting man or machine?
In the Dec. 16, 1996 issue of Playback, an ad appeared for Fujifilm on page 13. The ad shows an open videocassette with a Fuji videocassette in the case. On the top inside of the open case is printed, ‘If it…
Letters: Let’s compromise
This past summer, we set out to prove the critics wrong. Fed up with the constant grumbling about the state of the English-Canadian film industry, we formed our own company, Green Couch Productions, and decided to produce our own film, entitled…
News Brief: TFC appointments
Telefilm Canada chairman Robert Dinan has announced the appointment of two new members to the funding agency’s board of directors, Laetitia Cyr and Janine Beaubien….
Programming
Ah, the joys of simulcast. As the u.s. goes about rejigging schedules, so goeth we….
CBC wins big at NY festival
Days after its copious Gemini Award nominations, cbc emerged the top Canadian winner at the Jan. 16 New York Festivals International Television Programming & Promotion competition, taking home three golds, two silvers and five bronzes at the gala cap to natpe….
Binchmarks: U.S. TV Parental Guidelines have impact on Canada
Craig McTaggart is a member of the KNOWlaw Group of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch….
B.C. Scene: The truth is out there re X-Files, Millennium’s ultimate home base
Vancouver: So The X-Files actor David Duchovny tells Entertainment Tonight that he’s sick and tired of the ‘wet coast,’ and show creator Chris Carter discloses to reporters that he wants to shift from tv to the big screen, potentially ending the…
Ontario Scene: Laugh and the world laughs with you
Joel Axler, co-founder of Yuk Yuk’s, says ‘Benmergui and I were the only people to survive the first season’ of the ill-fated talk show Friday Night! With Ralph Benmergui. I’m a merciful person, so I’ll leave that alone….
News Brief: Malofilm/In Picture deal
Malofilm Distribution and New York-based In Pictures have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for In Pictures product in Canada….
Quebec Scene: SODEC promotes Quebec short films at Clermont-Ferrand
Montreal: Quebec’s cultural funding and certification agency, sodec, is preparing its maiden voyage to one of Europe’s leading short film venues, Festival du court metrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Jan. 31 to Feb. 8….
DKP, Crawford deal signals major U.S. push
The desire to create an enormous multifaceted production and post resource for a wide range of clients, and a strong creative, technical and personal fit has formed the basis of a strategic alliance between Toronto’s Dan Krech Productions and Atlanta’s Crawford…
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