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Mark Prasuhn named VP & GM of new Gusto! channel
The former Zoomer Media exec (pictured) will head operations for the new food and lifestyle specialty service from Ottawa-based Knight Enterprises, which launches in December.
NSI opens Aboriginal doc course nationally, gets $50K boost
As well as expanding nationally, the program will also benefit from the RBC Emerging Artist Project coming on board as a 2013 program partner.
Spike TV options Muse’s Tut miniseries
The six-part series will tell the story of King Tutankhamun’s rise to glory and the enigma surrounding his death.
Telefilm invests $12M in a total of nine features
Jean-Francois Pouliot’s Dr. Cabbie, David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars and Jason Stone’s The Calling make the cut, with $9.9M split between the three films.
Kacey Rohl joins Working the Engels
The Canuck actor (pictured) joins Andrea Martin in Global’s upcoming comedy series written by Katie Ford and Jane Ford and produced by Halfire-CORE Entertainment.
Studio Film Group acquires Canadian rights to Qissa
The Punjabi-language feature written and directed by Anup Singh won the NETPAC Award for best Asian film at this year’s TIFF.
Playback Hall of Fame media gallery (part 2)
The main event: After rousing red carpet reunions and cocktail-hour conversations, Playback honoured six new inductees into the Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame.
Cameras roll next week on slasher flick No Boys Allowed
The horror film, written and directed by Ashley McColeman, begins shooting in Timmins, Ontario, on Sept. 23.
Lisa de Wilde to chair TIFF board
The TVO CEO (pictured) becomes the organization’s first female chair, while StrategyCorp chairman David MacNaughton joins the board of directors.
Force Four’s John Ritchie on growing Seed
Playback catches up with the exec producer at Strategic Partners in Halifax, as the sperm donor comedy (pictured) goes into production on its second season.
Production begins on Odyssey’s Anatomy of Deception
The MOW is directed by Brian Skiba and written by Vancouver screenwriter Roslyn Muir (pictured), who won the company’s 2012 screenplay competition with the project.
Strategic Partners: Noreen Halpern on successful copros (part 2)
The second of Playback‘s two-part story on coproduction success from Strategic Partners in Halifax, NS, featuring veteran TV producer Noreen Halpern.
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