Everybody likes a “cheat sheet” which clearly summarizes the differences between various options – and now the Dentons Media and Entertainment practice team has prepared one to assist producers and their counsel in choosing between the various “structures” for producing film and television content in Canada: click here to access an online version of our Comparison of Canadian Content, Production Services, Co-Ventures and Treaty Co-Productions – there is also a .pdf version which can be downloaded from the same page.

About Bob Tarantino
Bob Tarantino is Counsel at Dentons Canada LLP and focuses his practice on the interface between the entertainment industries and intellectual property law, with an emphasis on film and television production, financing, licensing, distribution, and IP acquisition and protection. His clients range from artists and independent producers to Canadian distributors and foreign studios and financiers at every stage of the creative process, from development to delivery and exploitation.
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