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Que. fall TV

montreal: Call it the year of the thriller or the police drama, but Quebec network television has taken a decidedly modern turn….

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New season

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Summer

in the City…

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At Press Time

The heat is on in the fee-for-service negotiations between Rogers Communications and the new specialties. A rapid series of meetings have taken place since Rogers put an offer on the table two weeks ago. At press time, the two were 5%-10%…

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Greenlight takes control of Everest

Vancouver: Everest Entertainment will receive a substantial injection of capital later this month when publicly traded Toronto-based entertainment company Greenlight Communications completes its purchase of a controlling interest of shares in the Vancouver-based production and distribution company….

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For The Record

* For the fiscal year ending March 31, Alliance Communications shows record earnings of $12.9 million or $1.36 per share….

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New women doc series

Montreal: From Sappho to the Suffragettes, from Simone de Beauvoir to Benazir Bhutto, a new primetime documentary series called Women: This Wave An Ocean chronicles the story of female emancipation from the perspective of reformers, renegades, warriors and witnesses….

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Inaugural Toronto

shorts fest wraps…

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Editorial

Gov’t. quagmire…

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Clarification

re: ‘Specialties Sub Dissent,’ Playback, June 5, page 1:…

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Behind the scenes

on Canadian series…

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People

* L’Association des Producteurs de Films et de Television du Quebec elected a new board of directors at its annual congress earlier this month….

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By Malcolm Silver

Malcolm Silver is head of Malcolm Silver & Co., a Toronto-based company which finances the production and marketing of film, television, video and multimedia….

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For The Record

– During the month of May, Telefilm Canada committed $7,830,480 for 12 new tv projects….

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Quebec Scene

Galafilm, McKenna brothers…