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Paragon reports break-out year in distrib
After a choppy two years, Paragon Entertainment wraps fiscal 1996 with revenues, margins and earnings showing improvement across the board over fiscal ’95….
Indigo plans to expand
Montreal: The new French-track pay-per-view service Canal Indigo premieres Monday, Aug. 26 at 6:30 p.m. on four cable channels, but vp/gm Rene Bourdages says the plan is to expand to 10 channels as soon as possible, perhaps within months….
Numbers: Christie Pits ties ER in ratings race
Behind two weeks of David Asper’s invading living rooms and three months into rerun season, The Riot at Christie Pits winds up one of few CanWest Global properties that have ably matched er in the Thursday at 10 p.m. time slot….
NANBA backs U.S. HDTV format
Though still two or more years away, high-definition television was brought closer to North American living rooms with the North American National Broadcasters Association’s endorsement of a made-in-the-u.s.a. digital tv standard for Canada, the u.s. and Mexico….
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Correction
In the Aug. 12 issue of Playback, director Guy Maddin’s name was misspelled in the p. 1 article ‘Madden’s Madness’ and the financial contribution of fund to Maddin’s production of Twilight of the Ice Nymphs was omitted….
Editorial: Develop your brand.
As well as a vast, diverse Panorama Canada and strong international film presence, the Montreal World Film Festival is attracting the right kind of people – buyers….
40,000 costumes for rent at R-C
Montreal: Radio-Canada is opening the doors to its impressive, one-of-a-kind costume inventory….
Tele-Quebec has 3-year guarantee
Montreal: With a new logo, colors and station id, Tele-Quebec officially took over from pubcaster Radio-Quebec Monday, Aug. 19….
TIFF moves into high gear
The films have been announced, the sales force is descending, and the audience is listening. All that’s left now is the queuing….
Distrib hearings
Among the many complex issues on the table at the upcoming rules for broadcast distribution, the major players have much to say about the proposed 5% of gross revenue contribution to Canadian program production….
Montreal hosts Canada-Japan Conference
Montreal: An impressive lineup of Japanese producers and industry reps will be in Montreal Aug. 26 for the Canada-Japan Conference, a follow-up to a conference held in Japan in 1994….
Word: Moviemaking: it’s all fun and games until a nipple gets pierced
On a recent shoot for ad agency Axmith McIntyre Wicht’s Labatt Breweries ‘Morning’ campaign, The Players Film Company’s David McNally captured that exquisite horror of the discovery of ill-considered deeds done during drunken hours. Without the ham-fisted, screeching tires and maimed…
Storyboards: Poetry in hockey pads
The fiercely competitive, violent, aggressive game of hockey…
Commercial Directions: Benson shoots 9 locations in 3 days
At comm.bat films, director/dop Steve Gordon picked up a day for a Burger King ‘Whopper Value Meal’ spot through Ammirati Puris Lintas, New York. Post-production was handled in New York by Bender Editorial….
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