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Skerrett Communication Limited was founded in 1972 by Bill Skerrett, a former CBC commentator and producer. The company was known in its early years as Audio Visual East and Skerrett Productions. It specialized in documentaries, television commercials, educational and instructional films and corporate training videos. Among the company's best known projects were documentaries concerning traditional resource industries in Atlantic Canada, such as a five-part geology series, a thirteen part agricultural food TV series, and a study of the controversy surrounding the proposed closure of the LaHave ferry service. The company also acted as an advertising agency and public relations consultant for a number of corporate clients, providing full service television, radio and print production media. By the late 1990s the company was recognized as one of the major independent television documentary producers in Atlantic Canada. It also had several hundred production credits throughout Canada and Europe, and won several international awards.