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Cameron Pictures options Heather O’Neill’s The Lonely Hearts Hotel
Tassie Cameron is penning the adaptation, with the Pretty Hard Cases prodco aiming to start pitching it to buyers in the spring.
Seismic shakeup: industry mulls ramifications of Bell Media reorganization
As the dust begins to settle on Tuesday’s announcement, producers and industry execs weigh in on how they’re interpreting the shock move that saw the removal of the majority of Bell Media’s content leadership team.
RiverTV targets millennial audiences at the intersection of streaming and live TV
“It’s a ridiculous suggestion that cord-cutters don’t like live TV,” says George Burger, COO of the virtual BDU.
Wattpad subject of US$500M takeover talks: reports
The story-sharing platform is in talks with multiple bidders, according to reports.
Executive purge at Bell Media
Updated: A raft of the country’s most senior content executives have exited the company, including Mike Cosentino, Tracey Pearce, Corrie Coe and Nanci MacLean.
Top-rated Canadian TV of 2020
Breakout dramas, final-season runs, long-running favourites and more: which series topped the TV charts in 2020?
Inconvenient Indian pulled from Sundance lineup
The NFB said it has withdrawn Michelle Latimer’s doc from ‘active distribution’ after engaging with its Indigenous Advisory Group, industry partners, 90th Parallel Productions and producer Jesse Wente.
Randy Lennox: the exit interview
After five and a half years, the Lennox era at Bell Media is coming to a close. In this exclusive interview, Playback chats with the outgoing president about his move from music to broadcasting, setting Bell Media up for future success, his departure and future.
Hiltz Squared Media working on new Luka Magnotta documentary
The Montreal-based company is in pre-production on a followup to its 2014 project Sex, Fame & Murder: The Luka Magnotta Story after optioning the rights to a 2018 book co-authored by Magnotta’s mother.
Kim Albright’s With Love and a Major Organ wins WIDC awards
Albright says “production is now truly within reach” after winning the CBC Films WIDC Talent Development Award and the WIDC Feature Film Award.
Michelle Latimer resigns from Trickster after questions raised of Indigenous identity
“I have listened to my community and feel that stepping away from the production is the appropriate course of action,” said Latimer in a social media post, which comes four days after reports surfaced calling into question her claim of Indigenous identity.
Dealmaker of the Year 2020: Bruno Dube
With a pair of savvy and opportunistic acquisitions in 2020, the Sphere Media principal is quietly building an indie-production empire to be reckoned with in the global marketplace.
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