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RTR Media expands with trio of hires
The Toronto prodco behind HGTV series Home Town has bolstered its production and development teams.
Hollywood Suite slates original docuseries
Relentless: The Kevin Porter Story, about one man’s dream of becoming a professional hockey player in his 40s, will premiere next month.
Boat Rocker, Ibram X. Kendi strike multi-genre development deal
Kendi is the New York Times best selling author behind Stamped from the Beginning and How To Be An Antiracist.
Imagine Docs, WildBrain team on Peanuts creator doc for Apple TV+
The documentary special, narrated by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, will celebrate the origins of the Peanuts comic with interviews from friends, family and fans of late creator Charles M. Schulz.
Super Channel picks up true crime docs from Breakthrough Entertainment
Following the successful launch of Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur the network is setting up a regular true crime programming slot on Friday nights.
HGTV greenlights Scott Brothers Entertainment’s Curb Appeal Xtreme
The show is a spin-off of the U.S. network’s outdoor renovation show Curb Appeal.
Netflix Q1: revenue grows, subs slow, streamer sets $17B content spend for ’21
While revenue climbed 24% year-over-year to US$7.16 billion, Netflix missed its subscription forecast of 210 million.
Love Nature ups Alison Barrat to SVP, production and development
The promotion will see Barrat develop and commission new content for the Canadian media company’s wildlife and nature brand.
Roku acquires Quibi titles, global content distribution rights
Roku has acquired exclusive global distribution rights to around 75 shows and docs, and will make the content available for free on an ad-supported basis in 2021.
Founders of former-Kew company TCB launch new venture
With new venture BossaNova, Paul Heaney and Dina Subhani, who have extensive connections in the Canadian marketplace, say they’re on a mission to pioneer new approaches to program creation, funding and distribution.
Cineflix Productions ups Kim Bondi, adds U.S. hire to ramp up development
Bondi (pictured), who has 15 years tenure with Cineflix, is taking charge of the company’s Canadian development slate in her newly expanded role.
TIFF ’20: Thom Powers talks this year’s documentary slate
Playback‘s sister publication Realscreen catches up with the programmer to discuss how the pandemic and hybrid-physical shift impacted TIFF’s documentary selections, and more.
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