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Cream Productions launches sustainability initiative led by in-house team

The Toronto-based prodco has hired Angelica Siegel (pictured) as its sustainability strategy manager.

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Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for Nov. 1 to 7, 2021

Ted Lasso holds the No. 1 spot in digital originals, while Saturday Night Live and PAW Patrol continue to lead overall demand.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs for Oct. 25 to 31, 2021

Hudson & Rex and Murdoch Mysteries crack the top 30 with The Good Doctor holding to No. 1 spot.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films for Oct. 29 to Nov. 4, 2021

No Time to Die remains at No. 1 for a fourth week, while the previews for Marvel’s Eternals propels it to No. 4.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films for Oct. 29 to Nov. 4, 2021

Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) stays at No. 1 in its third week, while Julien Knafo’s zombie comedy Brain Freeze debuts at No. 3.

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Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for Oct. 25 to 31, 2021

Ted Lasso returns to the top of the digital demand list, while PAW Patrol holds the No. 2 spot in overall demand in Canada.

Network Entertainment picks up Brat Pack memoir

The Vancouver prodco known for pop culture-icon projects will follow Weekend at Bernie’s Andrew McCarthy as he reunites with prominent young actors who starred in coming-of-age films in the 1980s.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs for Oct. 18 to 24, 2021

Blue Bloods and Survivor lead in the ratings.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films for Oct. 22 to 28, 2021

James Bond film No Time to Die holds onto the top spot, followed by Halloween Kills and Venom: Let There be Carnage.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films for Oct. 22 to 28, 2021

Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) remains at the top spot, with Alberic Aurteneche’s thriller La contemplation du mystère debuting at No. 3.

Deals: Storyline Entertainment, Bell Media, Cream Productions

Distributor Espresso Media International acquires Rama Rau directed doc, Storyline prodcution Coven, Bell Media picks up new seasons of Graveyard Carz, while SBS Australia secures rights to Cream Production’s The Story of Late Night from Cineflix Rights.

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Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for Oct. 18 to 24, 2021

PAW Patrol hits No. 2 in overall demand in Canada, while You lands on the digital originals chart at No. 4.