The Blue Ant Media-owned channel has added three original docs and factual series, including Planet Shark and How the Wild Things Sleep.
The deal will see the Blue Ant Media-owned distributor acquire Drive Media Rights’ more than 900-hour content library.
Appointments at the Toronto-based prodco include Jillian Brand as senior VP of development, overseeing non-scripted projects.
The Vancouver-based director’s esteemed career spanned 40 years and included an Oscar win for 1981’s Just Another Missing Kid.
Evil by Design: Surviving Nygård is based on reporting in a CBC podcast about the allegations against the Finnish-Canadian fashion executive.
Sahba Li and Jane Churchill-Smith will work with VP of development James Farr to expand the company’s premium slate.
AccessCBC, a partnership with the ReelAbilities Film Festival, is now taking submissions for scripted and documentary projects.
The move expands upon a first-look deal Boat Rocker and TeaTime have had in place since 2019.
The collection will include films from the renowned documentary maker created between 1984 and 2019, including Incident at Restigouche and Hi-Ho Mistahey!