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Viceland Canada unveils fall schedule
Rogers Media and Vice have posted the fall schedule for fledgling television network Viceland Canada. (Pictured: Gaycation.)
Big Coat names new head of production
Christine Diakos (pictured) joins the Love It or List It producer.
Lionsgate acquires stake in Primal prodco
The producer-distributor has acquired a stake in UK-based Primal Media, a new company from Gogglebox Entertainment founders Mat Steiner and Adam Wood (pictured).
Yap Films helms Star Trek special for Discovery, Smithsonian
The two-hour special, Building Star Trek (pictured), will air this fall on Discovery Canada and Smithsonian channel in the U.S.
Lionsgate to acquire Starz for US$4.4B
The Canadian-American entertainment studio has entered an agreement to buy the U.S. pay-TV network Starz for cash and stock.
Vice Media expands into 51 new territories
The millennial media company has secured a slate of international deals that will launch fledgling television network Viceland into 51 new territories worldwide.
Makeful unveils originals for summer slate
The Blue Ant Media-owned lifestyle net has added two original programs to its lineup this summer: Holiday Makeover (pictured) and Make it Big, Make it Small.
Nat Geo, Discovery Canada prep Search for Atlantis
National Geographic Channel and Discovery Canada have greenlit director Simcha Jacobovici’s (pictured, right) forthcoming documentary Search for Atlantis. (Pictured left: EP James Cameron)
Bomanbridge, Omnifilm ink distrib deal
Singapore-based Bomanbridge Media strikes a partnership with Canada’s Omnifilm Entertainment.
Hot Docs, Blue Ice, NYT Op-Docs team on African doc shorts fund
The fund will support a series of doc shorts from African filmmakers that will be showcased on the NYT’s Emmy-awarded digital forum. (Pictured: Rama Thiaw’s Whose Country?)
Ed Barreveld to receive 2016 Hot Docs’ Don Haig Award
The Toronto-based, Emmy-nominated producer (pictured) will receive a $10,000 cash prize.
Trailblazing filmmaker Don Owen passes away
Toronto-born filmmaker Owen, co-director of Ladies and Gentlemen… Mr. Leonard Cohen, has passed away at the age of 84.
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