Julianna Cummins

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Room earns acting nod at Golden Globes

The Ireland/Canada copro was up for three Golden Globe awards and took home one for Brie Larson’s lead performance.

First Generation Films boards Kitty

Kitty, from American actress Chloe Sevigny, is part of the prodco’s strategy to develop filmmaking talent via shorts. (FGF’s Christina Piovesan pictured.)

Room, Brooklyn earn BAFTA noms

The two Canadian copros picked up nominations across a number of categories, with Room‘s Brie Larson and Brooklyn‘s Saoirse Ronan (pictured) both earning best actress nods.

Media Ranch, Ananke Media ink production pact

The two Montreal-based companies will focus on TV/digital series about unexplained paranormal and scientific phenomena.

CRTC finalizes Television Service Provider Code

The new code will come into effect on Sept. 1, 2017.

Corus inks int’l deals for Buying the View, Masters of Flip

These latest sales are part Corus Entertainment’s ongoing strategy to grow its distribution presence globally. (Buying the View pictured.)

Being Canadian lands WGA Award nod

The Canada/U.S. copro from Robert Cohen had its world bow at the 2015 edition of Hot Docs.

Shaw brings Comcast X1 tech to Canada with FreeRange TV

Announced at CES today, the company’s new mobile viewing platform ups the stakes in the cable subscription game.

CRTC changes could cost industry 7K jobs: report

A report co-authored by Nordicity and Peter H. Miller forecasts the Let’s Talk TV decisions could also result in a $400 million drop in spending on Canadian programming by 2020.

The top-rated Canadian TV of 2015

The top three Canadian series from CBC, Bell Media, Shaw Media, Rogers Media and Corus in 2015. (Important correction for Between ratings.)

Kenyatta Cheese on leveraging online audiences

Ahead of his keynote talk at Prime Time ’16, Cheese (pictured) chats with Playback about engaging viewers online.

ACTRA membership ratifies new Independent Production Agreement

ACTRA, the CMPA and the AQPM reached an agreement in December regarding the terms of the deal.