Entertainment, Media & Sports

The British Columbia Lottery Corp. (BCLC) is partnering with Manitoba Lotteries to provide online gambling to Manitobans.

Vancouver gaming company Las Vegas From Home.com Entertainment Inc. (LVFH) is peddling a product on Facebook that lawyers are saying could be illegal in this province.

B.C.-based producers say they’ll stop filming in Saskatchewan when the subsidy is removed, but can still get better deals outside of B.C.

Symptom

Vancouver animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. (TSX:RNK) has reported decreased revenue and significant losses from operations in 2011. Rainmaker’s loss from operations was $2,844,956, an increase of $1,988,012 compared with 2010.

There may be no large arena Stanley Cup viewing parties in downtown Vancouver this spring, the first playoffs since the 2011 finals ended with a Vancouver Canucks ’ home loss and riot.

While many of Vancouver’s neighbourhood cinemas are fighting for survival, local cinema heavyweight Cineplex Entertainment doesn’t share small operators’ perception that business is tougher now than it was five years ago.

The Green Thumb Theatre Company aims to sell naming rights to corporations to raise $1.3 million to convert Vancouver’s oldest schoolhouse, Carlton Hall, into a new performing arts centre focused on programming for youth.

The province's efforts to expand its film production business have helped it move ahead of B.C. as Canada's largest film jurisdiction

Scarce funding for arts in Vancouver driving need for cultural organizations to get best bang for each buck