![]() 4.Ĭomeau is chair of the Nova Scotia Film Industry Taskforce, a group composed of industry stakeholders including producers, broadcasters, labor groups, education and training organizations, funding agencies and government departments.Īmong the taskforce’s first missions was conducting a study on the current state of Nova Scotia’s film and television industry. The Entrepreneur of the Year Award, chosen by fellow producers, will be presented to Collideascope president and cofounder Steve Comeau at the CFTPA’s Prime Time in Ottawa convention on Feb. ![]() Also underway is animation for season two of Decode’s GirlStuff/BoyStuff for YTV. coproduction from Decode and the U.K.’s Hat Trick Productions, which will air on Channel 4 in the U.K. ![]() The Halifax prodco is also finishing up animation work on Bromwell High, a Canada/U.K. The teen-targeted action-adventure series follows the escapades of two international spies who rove around the world fighting crimes of conformity. Meanwhile, Collideascope is in production on the first season of Delilah & Julius, a $1.2-million, 26 x 30 animated kids series produced with Toronto’s Decode Entertainment for Teletoon. It will be the company’s third animation studio and, according to COO Michael-Andreas Kuttner, it will primarily handle the heavy workload coming from a 22-episode animated series Collideascope is working on with New York-based Funny Garbage for a major American broadcaster, details of which Kuttner cannot yet disclose. 7, means the addition of 40 animators and staff, making Collideascope the largest animation house east of Montreal. The new studio, which should be up and running by Feb. So full, in fact, that the Halifax-based toonco is adding a new animation studio to handle the workload. Located in Halifax, Canada, the company manages and co-ordinates all aspects of a program's life, including developing original ideas, purchasing literary rights, arranging production financing, carrying out production and post-production, as well as exploiting worldwide distribution rights.Halifax: In addition to winning the CFTPA Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Collideascope Digital Productions has a full slate on its hands heading into 2005. ( develops and produces original film and television programming. ( is one of the worlds leading producers and distributors of television programming and interactive content for the children, family and youth markets. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in London, DECODE Ent. We are looking forward to taking both our new and existing properties to the international marketplace, and to pursuing new business opportunities. "The DECODE and Halifax businesses are highly complementary and our combined program catalogs create a strong proposition for television sales, licensing and new media. This is an exciting time for us to go public under the DHX Media banner," said Court, DHX board member and president of DECODE Enterprises Ltd. Halifaxs preschool series LUNAR JIM is a co-production with Alliance Atlantis and the company is also a leading prime time comedy producer in Canada. While both DECODE and Halifax will retain their individual identities and brands, the combined catalogs create a strong portfolio of childrens and family programming, more than 1,150 half hours, which DECODE will exploit internationally.ĭECODEs titles include PLANET SKETCH (co-produced with Aardman), ANGELA ANACONDA, FRANNYS FEET and NATURALLY SADIE, while Halifax is in production on preschool series POKO, BO ON THE GO and MIGHTY JUNGLE. Donovan is chairman/ceo of the new entity and Bishop, Court and DeNure will also sit on the DHX Media board. Key shareholders in the new company are Michael Donovan and Charles Bishop of Halifax and DECODE's Neil Court, Steven DeNure, Beth Stevenson and John Delmage. ![]() The new entertainment ventures shares launched on both the AIM in London and the Toronto stock exchange, the TSX, with trading starting on May 19. and Canadian independent The Halifax Film Co. Leading kids and family entertainment specialist DECODE Ent.
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