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CSC fetes best
Trading in their requisite jeans and easy shirts for tuxedos and bow ties, the cinematography community turned it out for the 39th annual Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards, an evening of well-deserved attention for the largely incognito heroes of the production…
CFP slate to hit $35M
Montreal: Cinepix Film Properties will take a major step up in feature film production this year, perhaps its last as a privately held company….
New cable initiative
Heralded as a major turning point for the Canadian cable television service industry, the creation of vision.com, the new industry initiative unleashed Tuesday, is raising industry hopes that the co-operative efforts of the major cablecos will speed up the roll-out of…
News Brief: Trempe to T-M
Head of tv sales for Radio-Canada, Robert Trempe, has joined Tele-Metropole as its new vp sales and marketing….
Programming: Consistency key for Vancouver’s U.TV
Like the rest of the CanWest Global affiliates, Vancouver-based u.tv is carving out its identity via ‘appointment’ television, a term buzzed by the CanWest pre-1994 fall launch to describe its focus on the consistent scheduling of quality programming….
News Brief: Filmoption in Nashville
Montreal exporter Filmoption International has opened a new office in Nashville, Tenn., headed by Barb Hall, director of acquisitions….
News Brief: 12th edition African and Creole showcase
This year’s 12th edition of Journees du cinema africain et creole takes place in Montreal April 25 to May 5….
On the road to MIP
Global digital tv is top-of-mind heading into the 33rd edition of mip-tv, running April 19 to 24 in Cannes, post the Canal +/Bertelsmann/ Havas strategic alliance plans with BSkyB announcement, which promises to fast-track digital tv in Europe….
New Regina distrib
Evergreen Releasing, a new distribution company with a focus on drama and children’s titles and ties to Western producers, plans to provide an alternative to the existing distribution system….
Journal: More woes for Star Choice
Star Choice Television Network, the latest Canadian dth satellite applicant, is playing down the impact of Telesat’s damaged Anik E1 satellite on plans to launch its service later this year, but the lame satellite is nonetheless contributing to the problems plaguing…
Journal: Six join in test
The Personal News Network (PNN) Alliance, consisting of Bell Canada, the cbc, Telesat Canada, Ottawa-based Newbridge Networks Corporation, Televitesse Systems in Kanata, Ont. and Oracle of Redwood Shores, California, will bring news and information to desktop computers using Televitesse Systems’ access…
Numbers: Rez rises to the occasion
Five weeks into their six-week run, The Rez is faring better than Straight Up in the battle of the cbc mid-season Cancon replacement programs….
Editorial: Cancon oasis
Quebec’s plea to be seen as a distinct society – whether politically, culturally or linguistically – need only use the voice of the province’s indigenous production industry to prove the point that all can be well in a paradise that is…
Journal: CSUA conference
There was no shortage of issues to discuss at this year’s Canadian Satellite Users Association conference, March 20 and 21 in Toronto. Hardware may be topping the list of short-term complications (particularly since Anik E1 became permanently maimed after the conference),…
Journal: B’caster deals await CRTC
Regulatory hearings examining a shift of properties and allegiances between Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications, Baton Broadcasting Systems and Electrohome have wrapped in Vancouver with a decision expected within the next two months….
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