Hiltz Squared Media
Toronto producer and distributor Hiltz Squared Media has acquired the global TV rights to Oscar-nominated short documentary 50 Feet From Syria. Produced by U.S. filmmaker Skye Fitzgerald, the doc tells the story of a Syrian-American surgeon working amidst the chaos of the Syrian refugee crisis.

Quebecor Content
Quebecor Content has acquired the rights to CBS Studios International drama series Limitless. The show is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with K/O Paper Products and Relativity Television, and will be broadcast in French Canada on TVA Network and will stream on the Club Illico subscription service. The series airs on Global in English Canada.

Media Headquarters
Electus has sold the format rights to factual entertainment series Canada’s Smartest Person into four territories, including to Fremantle in France and Portugal. Read more about the deal here.

Distribution360
marblemedia’s Distribution360 arm has sold a number of factual and documentary titles to international broadcasters, including Ghostly Encounters and RTR Media’s Open House Overhaul. Read more about the deal here.

9 Story Media Group
Toronto-based 9 Story Media Group has licensed the third season of Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood to Disney Junior in Latin America (40 x 11 minutes). Read more about the deal here.

Lionsgate 
U.S. cable net Animal Planet and producer-distributor Lionsgate have picked up the documentary Million Dollar Duck via the Slamdance Film Festival. Read more about the deal here.

Bron Studios
B.C.’s Bron Studios is one of four production companies attached to The Birth of a Nation, which was picked up by Fox Searchlight for a reported $17.5 million. Read more about the deal here.

Corus
Shomi has secured a content licensing deal with Corus Entertainment for a slate of Nickelodeon series. Read more about the deal here.