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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

In brief: Netflix ups int’l film focus, O’Hara joins Atomic’s Last Kids

Plus: Grace Glowicki’s Tito wins at SXSW, while Zacharias Kunuk will receive this year’s Order of Nunavut.

March 14, 2019

Ghost BFF greenlit for season two

The CSA-nominated webseries from Babe Nation will head into production in June and later stream on the WhoHaha YouTube channel.

March 14, 2019

Three Canadian webseries to compete at Canneseries

Warigami from Toronto’s First Love Films is among the projects taking part in the festival’s short-form series competition.

March 13, 2019

LevelFILM picks up Canadian rights to Wendy Morgan drama

The untitled feature, produced by Clique Pictures and Violator Films, went into production this week and stars Colm Feore and Kelly McCormack (pictured).

March 13, 2019

New Orphan Black series in development with AMC: reports

Multiple sources are reporting that Temple Street is working on a new Orphan Black series for AMC, set in the same world with new characters.

March 12, 2019

International: Canal+ enters SVOD race, France taxes digis

Plus: the U.K. and China set a new legal framework for IP confidentiality in copros and Sweden introduces new production tax rebate.

March 12, 2019

Aliy Brown joins Breakthrough Entertainment

The former director of distribution and marketing at 108 Media will manage sales in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa.

March 12, 2019

9 Story to develop, coproduce The World’s Worst Children

The series is based on the bestselling children’s novels by U.K. comedian David Walliams, with his prodco King Bert Productions attached to coproduce.

March 11, 2019

BANFF names participants of 2019 Diversity of Voices initiative

The 100 producers and creators will attend the Banff World Media Festival to connect with industry leaders, with 25 chosen for individual mentorship.

March 8, 2019

Deals: Bell Media, Kew, Thunderbird

Bell Media inks a deal to stream two midweek CSA galas via CTV.ca, plus more.

March 8, 2019

Behind BBCAN’s “weird and wacky” brand-integration strategy

Big Brother Canada exec producer Erin Brock on how embracing outlandish integrations has sustained interest from brands and audiences alike through seven seasons.

March 8, 2019

#FightForWynonna lights up Times Square

Wynonna Earp fans have moved beyond Twitter to launch a billboard campaign in New York City to end the production delay on season four.

March 7, 2019