Julianna Cummins

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Picture Box inks distribution deal with OverDrive

Ohio-based OverDrive will handle the distribution of Picture Box content to libraries and schools worldwide.

Temple Street continues digi diversification with Next Step app

The app is the second product to come out of Temple Streets’ digi-focused Media Ventures division as it looks to leverage existing IP across multiple platforms.

CineCoup Media preps sophomore feature film round

The new round will have a tighter focus on genre and “high-concept stories with franchise potential.” (CineCoup Media founder and CEO J. Joly pictured)

Harold van Lier leaves Entertainment One

The president of Entertainment One Films International departs the company as it consolidates its international sales and film production businesses. (van Lier pictured.)

40 Below and Falling to shoot in Edmonton

The film, directed by Dylan Pearce, will be shot in both 2D and 3D on location in Edmonton and throughout Alberta. (Star Shawn Roberts pictured.)

Focus 2015: Alex Raffe on navigating the new TV market

In part two of our series, Raffe, Thunderbird’s VP of production, weighs in on reconciling evolving consumer demands with the Canadian market, and how deals are changing.

Building a filmmaker brand and digi distribution: TIFF Industry Day

As part of TIFF’s Top Ten Film Festival, filmmakers and industry execs gathered at the Lightbox in Toronto to discuss issues and trends affecting indie filmmakers today.

Space marks record month in December

The Bell Media specialty channel pulled in an average audience of 101,000 total viewers over the month. (The Librarians pictured.)

Coming Soon: I Put a Hit on You

The distribution and marketing strategy for the micro-budget rom-com/thriller from writers/directors Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart.

Connor Gaston’s The Devout shoot underway in B.C.

The debut dramatic feature from emerging West Coast writer-director Gaston (pictured) was majority financed through Telefilm’s Micro-Budget Production Program.

IndieCan acquires medical doc for event release

The distributor has secured five screens so far for a World Cancer Day release of documentary No Evidence of Disease.

Focus 2015: Hussain Amarshi on SVOD, new opps for indies

Playback kicks off 2015 with a series of industry leader Q&As. Today, Mongrel Media’s Amarshi weighs in on the challenges and opportunities for the industry and his business in 2015.