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Marblemedia hires L.A. exec to expand U.S. presence
TVWEBRenae Garcia (pictured) is the company’s first L.A. hire as director of U.S. development and acquisitions.
eOne takes all rights to YouTube animated hit Simon’s Cat
WEBThe pact is part of a strategy by the Toronto-based company to expand into developing licensing programs for brands conceived in the non-linear space.
Blog: The CW’s new digital strategy
BLOGSTVWEBMindshare’s Lina Alles (pictured) on the network’s new digital studio CW Seed and its new slate of fall shows from the CW upfront.
NFB filmmaker named MIT visiting artist
FILMINTERACTIVEWEBKaterina Cizek will work with the institute’s OpenDocLab to develop the next production in the NFB’s multimedia Highrise project.
ideaBOOST unveils spring cohort
GAMINGINTERACTIVEMOBILEWEBProjects including Wondereur (pictured), Motion Panels+ and Lightning Platform will participate in the spring session of the CFC Media Lab’s business accelerator program.
Blog: ABC launches new viewing strategy
BLOGSTVWEBMindshare’s Lina Alles (pictured) on the network’s new live-streaming platform and the one show that stuck out in Tuesday’s upfront.
Continuum, Becoming Redwood topline Leo Awards nominations
FILMTVWEBThe awards, which recognize excellence in B.C. film and TV, will be handed out on June 7 and 8 in Vancouver (Becoming Redwood pictured).
Canadian Social TV top 3 – week of May 5
INTERACTIVETVWEBThis week we see how Degrassi’s social-media managers were able to get online attention by prompting fans to chose a favourite episode while The Borgias and Top Chef Canada also fared well.
RTR Media’s Coral YouTube channel finds Kin
WEBCoral joins Kin Community, a multi-channel YouTube womens’ network, as its first Canadian media partner (CoralTV hosts pictured).
BBC Worldwide Canada adds an exec
FILMTVWEBEx-eOne VP TV and digital sales Michael Smith (pictured) joins the BBC’s Toronto-based arm effective immediately.
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