Angelica Babiera

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Deals: Cineflix Rights, TSN, Paramount+, Spin Master

Cineflix Rights acquires global rights to U.K. unscripted format, Bell Media’s sports network builds up its streaming assets for the launch of TSN+, plus more.

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Hot Sheet: Yellowstone cracks overall TV demand top five

Paramount+’s Tulsa King climbed to No. 6 on the digital originals chart for the week of Jan. 2 to 8.

Blue Ant International pacts with Ukraine war docuseries producers

Citizens at War: A Year in Ukraine is an Australian/Ukrainian/British copro docuseries slated for release in February.

TFCA announces 26th annual award winners and nominees

The winner of the Rogers Best Canadian Feature Award will be named at the awards gala on March 6 in Toronto.

Toronto-based filmmaker and artist Michael Snow dies at 94

Snow, known for experimental films like Wavelength and So Is This, died Jan. 5, according to the Art Gallery of Ontario.

White Pine Pictures examines microplastics with latest doc

Principal photography on Plastic People will take place in various locations across North America, Europe and Asia.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Letterkenny hits digital demand top 10

A total of three Netflix series ranked high on the digital originals chart for the period of Dec. 19, 2022 to Jan. 1, 2023.

In Brief: Plant Daddy wins outACTRAto shorts competition

Plus: Whistler Film Festival announces its 2022 Audience Award winner, the Canadian projects that made the 2023 Oscars short lists, and more.

Karen Zylak begins cross-country production on hockey docuseries

The 12 x 24-minute series is hosted and coproduced by Canadian ice hockey player Saroya Tinker and produced by Serendipity Media and S-Media.

AMI to increase original content volume in 2023

The media company aims to double its live content on AMI-tv, beginning with the broadcast version of its audio program Kelly and Ramya, which is slated for release on Jan. 9, 2023.

Lowell Dean’s Dark Match wraps in Edmonton

The horror thriller film stars wrestler Chris Jericho and is produced by Edmonton-based prodco Dept.9 Studios.

CBC, HBO Max renew Sort Of for a third season

The Sphere Media-produced series, created by star Bilal Baig and director Fab Filippo, won a Peabody and a flood of other awards in the past year.