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Katie Bailey

Katie Bailey (@katie_bailey) is the editor and content director at Playback, overseeing the Playback brand as well as all content programs for the Banff World Media Festival. She likes dramas, thrillers, offbeat comedies, sci-fi, fantasy, how-to cooking, one renovation show and zero Kardashians.

Posts by Katie Bailey

Banff ’16: The elusive quest to define the future of Cancon

Canada’s top programming execs take a stab at reading TV’s tea leaves and end up debating the definition of Cancon and strategies for future success.

June 14, 2016

Randy Lennox makes his mark at Bell Media

Who’s the man driving original programming at the broadcaster, and what’s his plan? Playback speaks to Lennox following his first upfront to find out.

June 13, 2016

Banff ’16: The intersection of culture, tech, and ownership

The annual media conference kicks off with a few nuggets from Melanie Joly about what lies ahead and a deep dive with broadcast leaders on content monetization.

June 13, 2016

Upfronts ’16: Corus focuses on scale, data, Joel McHale

The newly merged broadcaster officially unveiled its programming and advertising pitch to buyers and execs on Thursday night at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.

June 10, 2016

How Global and eOne are setting ‘Mary’ up to kill it

Mary Kills People, the new drama from eOne and Cameron Pictures for Global, is TV built on a future-forward talent model.

June 9, 2016

The Handmaid’s Tale to shoot in Toronto

The MGM Television series will set up shop at Cinespace Film Studios, with Take 5 and Whizbang handling production in Canada. (Lead Elisabeth Moss pictured.)

June 7, 2016

Upfronts ’16: Corus specialty highlights local formats for fall

The company’s fall/winter schedule sees The Real Housewives of Toronto joining The Bachelorette Canada alongside three new originals for its factual lineup on specialty.

June 7, 2016

Motive takes best drama at B.C.’s Leos

The outgoing CTV series joined The Romeo Section and 19-2 for scripted TV awards, while The Devout took best film and Sports On Fire best doc series.

June 6, 2016

Upfronts ’16: Rogers greenlights three originals

Two new series are set for City while the third is a scripted commission for Viceland. (Updated.)

June 6, 2016

Forte, Headtrip ink deal with WB for Snapshots format

The recently greenlit kids series for Kids’ CBC has a head start on world travel.

June 3, 2016

IndieCan inks unique charitable partnership for The Adventure Club

The distributor has acquired Canadian rights to the family feature from Trilight and is working with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada.

June 3, 2016

Canadian Cinema Editors fete the best of the year

The annual awards gala saw editors on projects including Guantanamo’s Child, River (pictured), Texas Rising and Hannibal recognized for their careful eye.

June 3, 2016