Julianna Cummins

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Producer tackles youth employment with new series

My Job Rocks, set to bow on independent Caribbean-focused channel WIN HD, targets a young audience with real-life career stories and information.

HGTV Canada preps Carver Kings

The latest project from Paperny Entertainment is a companion series to the successful Timber Kings.

Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Orphan Black, Degrassi clone winning ways

The two series led the field for the number of trophies won on night two of prize-giving at the Canadian Screen Awards – just like they did in 2014 (Degrassi‘s Aislinn Paul pictured).

The long and the short of Bell Local’s ‘Pique’ commission

Bell Local producer Ian Daffern discusses the local programming service’s collaboration with director/curator Imad Elsheikh to transform his video clips into useable VOD content.

Andrew Barnsley named president at Project 10

Ben Murray, formerly of Halfire Entertainment, also joins Project 10 in the newly created position of VP development and production (Barnsley pictured).

VSC takes exclusive Canadian rights to Road Hard

The Toronto-based distributor plans a day-and-date release for comedian Adam Carolla’s upcoming feature (Carolla pictured).

Sinking Ship sends Odd Squad worldwide

In addition to the raft of deals for Odd Squad, the prodco also received a season two order for Annedroids from Amazon.

Mommy wins best foreign film prize at Cesar Awards

Xavier Dolan’s film beat out Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel.

marblemedia, Essential 11 team up for hidden camera series

Made Up will bow later this year on Disney XD in the U.S. and YTV in Canada (host Andrew Chapman pictured).

Capital Motion picks up Unleashed!, Anjar

The two documentaries are the latest titles added to the recently launched distributor’s slate (Unleashed! pictured).

Deals: Picture Box, DHX, Nelvana

Picture Box Distribution sells TVOKids series Lady Vocab (pictured) to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and more deals of the week.

How Murdoch Mysteries solved a classic (car) conundrum

Canadian International Auto Show exec Beth Rhind on how she turned her fandom for Murdoch into a solution for an exhibit at the show.