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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

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

Deals: Guru Studio, Portfolio, 9 Story, Pass Through Productions

Canadian kids content flies ahead of MIPCOM, APTN’s first lumi original finds a home in the U.S., and more.

October 12, 2021

Rukiya Bernard steps into the director’s chair for The Blactor

VIFF ’21: The Toronto actor shares her plans to expand into producing, writing and directing, including a feature film based around the concept of harmful screen stereotypes.

October 8, 2021

U.S. financier sues Bron Studios, Creative Wealth Media

Hudson Private LP claims that the companies have failed to repay approximately US$14 million in loans.

October 7, 2021

KinoSmith acquired by levelFILM

The Toronto distributor has also formed a multi-year partnership with Blue Ice Docs to manage its content library and collaborate on acquisitions.

October 7, 2021