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Big Coat takes Canadian format rights to The Extra Mile
The Israeli reality competition format sees divorced couples endure challenges for a cash prize.
Shutterstock buys PremiumBeat for $32M
Francois Arbour, co-founder and CEO, will lead music licensing globally for Shutterstock.
Hot Docs, Shaw Media invest $241K in 11 documentaries
The latest round of funding spotlights demand for female-centric films. (Attiya Khan’s A Better Man pictured)
Cineflix Rights picks up int’l rights to Blackstone
The deal with PPI Releasing will see the APTN drama shopped to international broadcasters beyond North America.
Movie Central, NSI unveil 2015 Script to Screen projects
Kim Izzo, Chris Dickie and Robert Chomiak will see their scripts shepherded from the page to production-ready packaging.
Cirque, 20th Century Fox TV ink development deal
The pact will see Cirque du Soleil Media and Fox develop live-action primetime scripted TV projects.
Why the CMF wants content producers to tread carefully in 2015
“This year’s main challenge for national TV industries will be to carefully pick their battles and their positioning: the time for trials and errors is coming to an end,” reads the CMF’s key trends report.
Shaw posts earnings drop
The cable giant saw lost video subscriptions and lower TV revenues in a soft ad market, while adding internet customers.
Former DRG exec Diane Rankin joins Distribution360
She will oversee international sales and acquisitions for the indie distributor.
Showrunner Emily Andras to adapt Nora Roberts novels for TV
Omnifilm Entertainment has optioned a best-selling book trilogy to develop the TV drama Blood Magick as a Canada-Ireland coproduction (Andras pictured).
Sunnyside premieres to okay ratings on City
The Dan Redican and Gary Pearson sketch comedy series debuted head-to-head with The Big Bang Theory.
Mommy and Orphan Black lead Canadian Screen Awards nominees
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television unveils contenders in 128 film, TV and digital categories. (Xavier Dolan and Anne Dorval pictured on the set of Mommy.)
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