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Special Report: Production in the Prairies: The year of the series
In that classic pioneering style that creates bounty from a challenging environment, the Prairies film and tv production industry has been experiencing unprecedented growth in recent years. The Manitoba and Saskatchewan industries have benefited from a measure of government support and…
Special Report: Production in the Prairies: Who’s doing what on the Prairies
Production is booming on the Prairies. Following is a sampling, just some of the projects being produced and developed by the region’s busy film and tv production companies….
At Press Time
The crtc has licensed two direct-to-home satellite distributors, ExpressVu and Power DirecTv. It has rejected Homestar, a bid from a consortium of cable companies led by Shaw Communications….
B.C. Film freezes distrib funding
Vancouver: British Columbia Film has frozen its distribution program after being ordered to repay $600,000….
Coprods decline slightly
Montreal: The number of official Canadian coproductions dipped slightly in 1995, down 10%-15% to 34 projects, compared to over 40 in 1994….
Long Days on the set
The set of the Rhombus Media production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night is washed with pale hues of straw, and the light streaming in through the windows of the Cape Cod house modeled after Eugene O’Neill’s home is diffused and…
Perspective: Gail Scott: the CRTC at the crossroads
All things considered, it’s not unlikely the 13 full-time commissioners charged with monitoring Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications industry are relieved to see the end of 1995, a year characterized by more than just the usual regulatory headaches….
Tax credit draft
The conflict between broadcasters and producers over the issue of broadcaster access to the new film and video tax credit is almost over. As it stands, broadcasters have access to the credit, but only up to the ‘historical’ levels at which…
AQRRCT vies with DGC
Montreal: A Quebec government administrative tribunal has officially recognized l’Association Quebecoise des Realisateurs et Realisatrices de Cinema et de Television as the sole negotiating agent for directors working in the French language, including members and non-members….
Malofilm’s revenue-boosting moves
Montreal: Malofilm Communications wrote a new page in its integration program in December, making two acquisitions with a combined value of $7.6 million….
Pixcom in Jakarta
Montreal: Pixart has changed its name to Pixcom and announced it will open a tv production company in Jakarta, Indonesia in June….
R-Q faces showdown
Montreal: If Radio-Quebec employees do not agree to management reorganization terms which will see some 300 layoffs, the educational network will be considered bankrupt on Jan. 1 and could be obliged to shut down, says Quebec’s minister of cultural and communications….
Coscient forms Cactus Animation
montreal: Coscient Group is joining the swelling ranks of producers and broadcasters targeting the animation/children’s television production market….
MIP-Asia not for everyone this year
Montreal: The number of key delegates from Canada, the u.s., France and the u.k. was halved for the second edition of MIP-Asia, but interest in program sales to the Far East extends well beyond the four-day market….
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