“No Animals Were Harmed”: Using Live Animals in Canadian Film and TV Productions

The HBO television series Luck was recently cancelled after three horses died during production. News reports indicate that the animal […]

By Bob Tarantino

Saskatchewan Ends Film & TV Tax Credit

The Saskatchewan government has announced that it is eliminating the Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit Program. From the CBC news report: […]

By Bob Tarantino

This week, the UK government announced that it plans to offer tax credits to high end television productions, video […]

By Ken Dhaliwal

Two items of note relating to the issue of international treaty co-productions which I believe indicate their re-emergence as a […]

By Ken Dhaliwal

Kudos to The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC), which has released a proposed Exemption for Documentary Filmmakers to Circumvent Technical […]

By Bob Tarantino

This post is part of an occasional series highlighting the type of risks which film and TV producers face and […]

By Bob Tarantino

This post is part of an occasional series highlighting the type of risks which film and TV producers face and […]

By Bob Tarantino

Amy Conroy, a Ph.D. student at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, has written an excellent article summarizing the […]

By Bob Tarantino

The question of whether Ontario law recognizes a tort cause of action for invasion/breach of privacy has long been a […]

By Bob Tarantino

This post is part of an occasional series highlighting the type of risks which film and TV producers face and […]

By Bob Tarantino

This post is part of an occasional series highlighting the type of risks which film and TV producers face and […]

By Bob Tarantino

Following up on a story we discussed earlier this year (Turmel v CBC (Dragons’ Den) – Enforceability of Depiction Releases), […]

By Bob Tarantino