APRIL 26, 1996/The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) has established a Primetime Emmy Award for best commercial of the year, beginning in 1997.….The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, Calif., has bought visual effects house Dream Quest Images, Simi Valley, Calif. Included in the acquisition is DQ Films, Dream Quest’s Santa Monica-based commerical division, headed by executive producer Jonathan Gilson….Venice, Calif.-based Digital Domain has entered into a strategic partnership with Montreal-headquartered Discreet Logic, developer of Flame, Flint, and other systems for creating, editing, and compositing imagery and special effects.….
APRIL 26, 1991/Director Thomas Coyne of Coppos Films, Los Angeles, will join Propaganda Films, also Los Angeles….London-based director Bryce Attwell has signed with Emerald Films, New York, for U.S. representation as part of a package including executive producer Bonnie Champion and sales rep Christopher Zander….The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) boards of directors, New York and Los Angeles, have voted to recommend to their members the new three-year commercial contract proposed by the Joint Policy Committee (JPC)..…