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Clarification: Straight Up
Further to the story on cbc’s replacement series, (Playback Feb. 12, p. 5), producers Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell of Back Alley Film Productions are co-producing cbc’s new program, Straight Up, along with Alliance Communications….
Clarification: Malofilm
Re: ‘Malofilm faces suit’ (Playback, Jan. 15, p. 2): The Parent Channel is a registered trademark of The Health Television System, a national in-hospital network, which wishes to inform readers that it is in no way involved in the action referred…
B.C. logs record year
Vancouver: The final tally is in, and the better-than-expected result is that the value of the West Coast film industry continued to grow last year, despite worries that b.c.’s long-buoyant film business was beginning to flag….
CRTC turns attentions to exemptions
With access behind them, the crtc is now in the midst of nailing down which services should be exempt from licensing requirements and what criteria should determine them, in public hearings that opened Feb. 19….
Potential ratings system in play
So where are we and where are they in terms of constructing a tv program ratings system?…
Numbers
Three weeks up against the big guns and CanWest’s Traders is holding its own, with the female audience that maintained eye contact with er’s George Clooney for Traders’ first nights showing up in bigger numbers mid-Feb….
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Programming: Bravo! stays true to its mandate
It was January 1995, the middle of the first hell month for the six new English-language specialty channels, when Bravo! station manager Paul Gratton turned away an advertiser ready to buy airtime for 31 straight days….
Ontario Scene: Studio Oasis’ Richards purchases Cinespace complex
About five months after Eastern Mall Ltd., which owned the studios, facilities and properties at Cinespace, was declared bankrupt, word is a new owner has been found and the deal is signed….
Victoria Muspratt: Portrait of a woman of action
A year and a half ago, former casting director and short filmmaker Victoria Muspratt won her American Green card in the lottery. The next day she was on her way to Los Angeles, with her last $400, no driver’s licence, and…
News brief: Awards update
– Dodi robb, Anna Sandor and Bill Donovan will be recipients of the John Drainie Award, the Margaret Collier Award and the first Academy Achievement Award respectively at the 10th Annual Gemini Awards. Robb is being recognized for her significant contribu
B.C. Scene: Integrated approach a hit for producer James Shavick
Vancouver: James Shavick is one of Vancouver’s best-kept secrets. While most local producers spend years laboring to get just one feature into production, this month Shavick begins rolling the cameras on his 18th feature film shoot in Vancouver in just two-and-a-half…
Word on the Street: Jolly Roger NY incarnation?
No word yet whether director Steve Chase will reconcile with his u.s. rep house Fahrenheit Films, but sources say that if Chase defects, Fahrenheit owner Michael Romersa is considering opening a Big Apple shop named Jolly Roger….
Storyboards: Beautiful Basics
Even in an age when animators can call upon the monster memory of super-computers to help squeeze their creative juices, colored pencils and animation paper can still be called on to produce new results….
On the Spot: More tips for novice directors
On the Spot is space for commercial production industry folk to ruminate, pontificate and just plain talk about job-related subjects….
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