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Kelly Townsend

Kelly Townsend is the editor at Playback, with previous experience in B2B and entertainment journalism. Before joining the Playback team in 2018, she worked in the editorial, marketing and communication departments at B2B publisher Dovetail Communications. She has a bachelor's degree in English from York University and is a graduate of Humber College’s journalism program. Her byline has appeared in IndieWire and she spent several years covering Canadian TV as associate editor of The TV Junkies.

Posts by Kelly Townsend

Corus sees lift in revenue in fiscal 2021

The broadcaster’s pandemic recovery continues as the company plans to leverage its content production and distribution capabilities with international partners.

October 22, 2021

Production revenues boost Thunderbird’s bottom line

The Vancouver-based company had 18 titles in production during the last quarter of fiscal 2021, with production revenue seeing an annual increase of 63%.

October 21, 2021

Rogers CEO addresses board of directors, Shaw merger concerns

Updated: The company’s Q3 2021 financial reports revealed a committee has been formed to set protocols for interactions between the chair of the board and the management team.

October 21, 2021

Kew Media class action lawsuit to proceed to trial

The litigation, first filed in mid-2020, will proceed against former CEO Steven Silver and CFO Geoffrey Webb.

October 20, 2021

Syfy cancels SurrealEstate after one season

The series first premiered on July 16 on Syfy in the U.S. and CTV Sci-Fi Channel in Canada.

October 19, 2021

Children Ruin Everything acquired as Roku Original

The CTV comedy, produced by New Metric Media, will have its U.S. premiere on The Roku Channel in 2022.

October 19, 2021

IATSE strike averted with tentative agreement

The agreement, which still needs to be ratified by union members, includes a 54-hour weekend rest period and enhanced wages and working conditions for new media.

October 18, 2021

Whistler Film Festival launches award to honour David Miller

The fundraising campaign for the David Miller Legacy Award launches today with the goal of creating equitable opportunities for participants of Whistler’s talent development programs.

October 15, 2021

Canadian features among VIFF audience award winners

The annual festival closed with eight audience winners, while Kaveh Nabatian’s Sin La Habana won Best Canadian Film.

October 14, 2021

Mediawan picks up format, distribution rights to For the Record

Mediawan has acquired format rights in Europe and Latin America, while series prodco Anthology Productions is shopping the format rights in additional territories.

October 14, 2021

IATSE International sets strike date

Production is set to shutdown across the U.S. if an agreement between the IATSE locals and AMPTP is not met by the end of the weekend.

October 13, 2021

Discovery+ to launch in Canada this month

The Oct. 19 launch will see more than 60,000 episodes of content available to subscribers, with a major Canadian broadcaster on board as a marketing partner.

October 12, 2021