OTTAWA - Once upon a time, the boys and girls in the content production and delivery business gathered for many huddles. They were figuring out how to pass film and... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - While CRTC chairman Charles Dalfen said little to surprise independent producers in his annual address at the CFTPA’s national conference, he did hint at something that could delight... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - CBC TV is making a bold, and some say scary, bid for bigger audiences by redefining the very foundations of its programming strategy, according to preliminary information presented... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Politics came to the winners' podium Saturday night at the Gemini Awards when outspoken Vancouver producer Chris Haddock (DaVinci's City Hall) got on his soap box after snagging... Continue Reading
IS CTV DESTINED FOR TOTAL Canadian television domination? Ratings currently available for the season-to-date, measuring from the first week of September, can be spun to suggest almost anything. But depending... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Major backers of an international convention on cultural protection are delighted it was adopted by the U.N.’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) last Thursday in Paris, but... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – A collection of Canada’s leading cultural organizations emerged from a meeting with the federal culture minister and several of her provincial/territorial counterparts Monday, united in their determination to... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Technology is making it easier to create animated programming, and adding multiple new distribution platforms, but as broadcasters told creators repeatedly during the second annual Television Animation Conference,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Cheers for the upswing in scripted dramas, cheers for the downturn in reality, scorn for the plague of ‘amber alert’ series and Lost imitators, howls for the once-mighty... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The Donald and The Hair may have sold media buyers on the continuing strength of The Apprentice when Mr. Trump made an entrance at Global’s 2005 fall launch,... Continue Reading
