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Julianna Cummins
CBC and the new kid viewers
Kim Wilson, creative head at Kids’ CBC, discusses how budget cuts are less of an issue for her team than keeping up with the changes in how children consume media.
Deals: Picture Box, Lionsgate, DHX Media
Picture Box sells several series, including The Liquidator (pictured), into a slew of international markets while Lionsgate extends its output deal with Roadshow Films.
Music the moneymaker for NSI filmmaking team
Kyle Rideout and Josh Epstein have won the NSI’s Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary for their marketing plan for Public-Schooled.
TIFF brings STUDIO back, names 8 new producers
Mike MacMillan and Paramita Nath were among those selected for the program, which focuses on on skill development and networking for emerging and mid-level producers.
Just call her MacGyver: Marina Cordoni’s new indie film biz
The industry veteran has launched a new sales agency and consultancy aimed at helping indie filmmakers untangle the complex process of production, sales and distribution.
W Network and Temple Street Say Yes to the Dress
The series’ featured shop “will bring a huge amount of heart that I don’t believe exists in the U.S. show,” Temple Street VP Gerry McKean tells Playback.
Michael Moore to topline TIFF doc conference
The festival also announces two 2014 Talent Lab Governors and the keynote to this year’s Asian Film Summit, Peter Loehr. (Moore pictured.)
Can Wondrous Strange be the next Bitten?
Shaftesbury has acquired the TV rights to the award-winning young adult trilogy, with the goal of developing it as an one-hour drama series.
CMF invests $12.6M across 25 digital projects
Who got the most digital dough? Regionally, Quebec tops the experimental-stream list, with three $1-million envelopes going to QC gamecos.
New format from Proper greenlit for Discovery
The Toronto-based prodco has the go-ahead for 9 x 60 minutes of a new reno-focused competition reality series.
Deals: Lionsgate, Peace Point, D360, Syndicado
Syndicado marks its first theatrical deal in Canada while Distribution360 sells over 130 hours of programming. (Peace Point’s Food Truck Face Off pictured.)
Norm Bolen elected chair of NSI board
The former CMPA topper and longtime industry exec wants to foster more collaboration between the NSI and industry partners, he tells Playback Daily.
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