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Word on the Street: Retro brew spots
Kessler Irish Films’ David Wellington just finished another long day’s journey into a beer commercial on the shoot for Vickers and Benson’s three new Molson Dry tv spots….
First Cut: new directors award
Attention up-and-coming directors: Cannes, anyone?…
New Winnipeg shop
Madness has hit Winnipeg, and if writers/producers/directors Jeff Peeler and Brenda Kovitz have their way it will sweep through young local businesses and wake up the establishment….
Commercial Directions: GM work for Vale
SPY director Javier Aguilera recently picked up another three-spot campaign for the Daily Bread Food Bank through y&r, with Federico Barbabosa the dop. Director/dop George Vale was back in Toronto shooting a gm spot through MacLaren/McCann, having just been in l.a….
Quebec Scene: Roux marks feature debut on $11M EGM/Transfilm project
Montreal: Filming on the 45-day Productions E.G.M./Transfilm sci-fi fantasy feature Les Milles merveilles de l’univers began March 19 and goes to May 16….
Ontario Scene: Paragon starts up feature, signs Kratts licensing deal
Paragon Entertainment, via its feature arm HandMade Films and a distribution deal with Disney, will commence principal photography on a spoof of The Fugitive in Toronto May 27. The Wrong Guy will be directed by comedian-turned-director David Steinberg (Mad About You)…
B.C. Scene: Spring production fever begins with a vengeance
Vancouver: A fleet of new pilots and mows rolled out onto the streets of Vancouver this month, marking the beginning of another frantic spring/summer production season on the West Coast….
Budget aids financing of the new federal tax credit
Sara Morton is a lawyer in the Entertainment Law Group of the Toronto law firm of Lang Michener….
Video Innovations: Animatics’ new MODE: The makers of Midnight Stranger follow up with new interactive drama
In 1994, Ottawa’s Animatics Multimedia branched out from its core business of developing corporate multimedia products for clients like Apple and Corel to create an interactive social drama on cd-rom called Midnight Stranger, and now has followed up with mode and…
CanPro ’96: More sectors lending views
CanPro ’96, running March 30 through April 2 in Victoria, b.c., is making a push to get independent producers, specialty service, educational program and commercial representatives to join private television execs and brainstorm how to keep their heads above water amidst…
YTV, Canal Famille launch toy lines
Montreal: Canada’s children’s specialty channels, ytv and Canal Famille, are deepening their out-of-home profiles with the launch of their own toy lines, expected to hit the market by fall….
CCTA’s Stursberg on the specialties
If there was ever an ideal time to take over as president and ceo of the Canadian Cable Television Association, January 1995 wasn’t it….
Specialties: They’re at the gate
Of the original 44 new applications for specialty services filed with the crtc in January, 40, an eclectic mix of business plans among them, are still standing….
At Press Time: Showcase buys Sirens rights
showcase Television has purchased the rights to the 22-hour Telescene Communications lady police series Sirens, set to air April 19. It will broadcast in French on Tele-Metropole starting May 15….
Pubcos: More maturity, growth forecast
Canada’s publicly traded production companies have raised more than $150 million in equity financing in the past three years….
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