Julianna Cummins

Posts by Julianna Cummins

Kyle Mann’s Backcountry underway in Sudbury

The Canadian suspense thriller stars Robocop star Joel Kinnaman (pictured) and is produced by Drive Productions and JoBro Productions.

Gusto TV opens int’l distribution arm

The food and lifestyle channel founded by Chris Knight will bring two series to April’s MIPTV. (The hosts of One World Kitchen pictured.)

Shaftesbury, U.K.’s Big Talk partner on Houdini & Doyle

The Canada-U.K. coproduction will shoot in Toronto and London.

Tricon picks up travel, sports series from SRP Productions

The Toronto-based distributor has picked up six new series ahead of April’s MIPTV (Sports Gone Wild pictured).

Four more carriers pick up CraveTV

Bell Media’s authenticated VOD service expands its partner roster.

How YouTube 360 video changes the game for Bubl

Bubl CEO Sean Ramsay talks about what’s next for his 360 camera and proprietary software now that YouTube is supporting the format.

Former Playback editor Pamela Cuthbert passes away

The noted food writer’s career included time as an editor at Playback as well as the National Film Board.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs March 2, 2015 to March 8, 2015

MasterChef Canada hits #15 on the TV chart for the week of March 2 to March 8, with Motive coming in at #23.

CMPA, AQPM and WGC reach new collective agreement

The new agreement reached by the parties includes automatic jurisdiction over TV bibles written by WGC members.

Juno Awards pull in 1.6M viewers

The awards show drew an audience of 1.34 million for the primetime broadcast.

Ontario’s total production spend hit $1.29B in 2014: report

The greatest area of growth in 2014 was in foreign MOWs and miniseries, which grew 57% from $28.7 million to $45.1 million.

Why IndieCan is going grassroots for its first U.S. release

Avi Federgreen on his strategy in both Canada and the U.S. for That Guy Dick Miller (pictured), the first film the indie distributor is releasing stateside.