The culinary adventure reality series hails from Montreal-based Toast in collaboration with Quebecor Content.
The distribution arm focuses on genre-specific films, and has launched with a six-film slate, including Karen Lam’s The Curse of Willow Song.
Norbourg‘s total gross hit just under $535,000 for the week of May 6, while Jonathan Keijser’s Peace by Chocolate earned the highest per-theatre average in its opening week.
The slate includes a mix of holiday and true crime films commissioned by Lifetime.
Black will oversee all non-editorial operations for the podcast company and news organization, after leaving Hot Docs in early April.
The decrease in revenue and free cash flow are attributed to program delivery timings and production costs in the quarter, with the company still on track to increase overall revenue for the fiscal year-end.
The one-year National Commercial Agreement will provide a 2% increase to all fees and rates.
The companies plan to develop the stories in Europe, with a focus on Spanish, Italian and English-language content with global appeal.
Moon Knight leads overall demand in Canada, with Ozark coming in at No. 2 on the digital demand list.
The Banijay-owned production studio will produce the series in partnership with rights holder Armoza Formats.
The national theatre chain reported $228.7 million in revenue during the quarter despite a number of closures and restrictions, with films such as The Batman and Spider-Man: No Way Home driving attendance.
Brad Danks, CEO of OUTtv Media Global, writes that Bill C-11 is critical in protecting Canada’s domestic distribution system.
The companies also plan to produce the slate, based on original Wattpad stories, including the The Bad Boy’s Girl by Blair Holden.
The Toronto-based media company reported an 11% decrease in revenue for Q1 2022, with kids and family profits offsetting losses in television revenue.