– More Due South

Alliance Communications has confirmed it will produce two more seasons of Due South thanks to increased financing from the international market, including England and France.

The original team will be back, minus direct input from creator/co-executive producer Paul Haggis and co-executive producer Kathy Slevin who were at arms’ length during the second season. At present there’s no u.s. broadcaster, but the company is optimistic one will step up to the plate once production starts rolling.

Alliance also plans to produce at least another season each of Straight Up and the long-running North of 60, both for cbc.

-Malofilm/BMG deal

Malofilm Distribution and BMG Video have signed a three-year distribution output deal for all bmg product in Canada.

BMG Video is a North American division of BMG Entertainment, an operation with annual revenues of $5.3 billion owned by European media giant Bertelsmann AG. The company is active in music recording labels, tv, theatrical films, video, radio and international compact disc and cassette manufacturing.

Theatrical releases in the new agreement include Peter Cohn’s Drunks, The Pompatus of Love and Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam.

Children’s titles include the Chuck Jones animated classic Peter and the Wolf, the Cabbage Patch Kids children’s series and the upcoming Britt Allcott animated feature film Mumfie, The Movie.

Yves Dion, Malofilm Distribution president, says the expanded catalogue will add ‘millions’ to the company’s top-line revenues.