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Special Report on Web Sites: Making money on the Internet
While media companies climb aboard the Web train, destination unknown, the creation of most sites is couched in terms of promotions, offering information and added value to tv audiences, and providing direct access and gaining feedback on broadcast and related activities….
Special Report on Web Sites: Feedback nets bonuses for cybercasters
Web sites are scoring big hits for tv broadcasters and producers and becoming as popular among audiences as the shows they promote. But network and show Webmasters are quickly learning that creative content and audience interactivity are the key to keep…
Special Report on Web Sites: Interactivities: How to develop a Web site
Thought for the day: this is not about building Web sites. Far too much attention has been paid recently to the hype and technology surrounding the World Wide Web. Forget the Web for a minute. Think about what communication needs you…
Special Report: Production in Atlantic Canada: Towards a common good: Maritimes look to harmonize
It was a time to sit down and discuss nuts and bolts, dollars and cents. At the Atlantic Film and Television Conference in June, representatives from all four provinces projected a $150 million regional industry by the year 2001, with a…
Special Report: Production in Atlantic Canada: Sea stories and beyond
Steeped in a heritage rich and rife with storytelling and yarn-spinning, the indigenous production industry in Atlantic Canada could hardly avoid turning the cameras on itself – there’s just so much to say. But as the sector expands and producers grow…
New prod fund this summer?
Although the Ministry of Heritage will confirm nothing, the film and television industry is buzzing that a new government production fund could be in the offing before the end of August….
Claude Fournier returns with romantic comedy J’en suis
Montreal: Leading man Roy Dupuis makes his comedy debut in J’en suis, a contemporary romance feature film and director Claude Fournier’s return to the genre after an all too long absence of nearly 20 years….
CAFDE wins skirmish over DTH movie rights
Montreal: The Canadian distribution industry has won the battle against Hollywood’s major film distribution companies which had called in the Federal Court of Appeal over rights issues in the new dth market….
At Press Time
Atlantis Communications has completed the sale of season one of Traders to the Lifetime cable network in the u.s., and has a u.k. deal also in process for the series. CTV Network has bought tv movies Night of the Twister, We…
Alberta divided over applications
Two years after the crtc shut CanWest and the Craigs out of the Alberta market, broadcasting ceos Izzy Asper and Stuart Craig are back on the bull, pitching for a new regional service with night-and-day applications that are dividing the already…
Telefilm cuts another $1M from payroll
Montreal: Telefilm Canada will reduce its payroll by $1.1 million and eliminate 24 full-time positions by the end of fiscal ’97. Five other jobs are being transformed to contract or part-time positions….
Motionworks restructures
Vancouver: The restructuring of embattled multimedia player Motion Works Group was approved by shareholders June 20 in Vancouver at the company’s agm. But shareholders had little choice since there were no other options to keep the company operating….
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CanWest Global’s success is being used against it by its competitors….
Corrections/clarifications
In ‘Sinbad’s virtual stars’ (Playback, June 17, p. 1) model-making credit for the 12-foot miniature of Sinbad’s vessel should have gone to Brian Cole Models. Prosthetics for the show are being created by Ron Stefaniuk of Toronto’s Quantum Leap….
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