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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

Nelvana gives classic titles second life with FAST channel strategy

What’s old is new again as Nelvana utilizes its 50-year content library to help emerging and expanding ad-supported platforms meet their programming needs.

October 17, 2022

Screen industry mourns the loss of filmmaker Jeff Barnaby

The late Mi’kmaw director behind Rhymes for Young Ghouls and Blood Quantum died at the age of 46, a year after being diagnosed with cancer.

October 14, 2022

Boat Rocker Media names Judy Adam as CFO

Adam will join the company on Nov. 21, with outgoing CFO Michelle Abbott to depart at the end of November.

October 14, 2022

Corus Studios unveils greenlights, renewals with pre-MIPCOM sales

New to the slate is Repossessed, produced by Sphere Media, a paranormal series for Corus Entertainment’s History channel.

October 14, 2022

City of Toronto taps Jessica Menagh for film sector development role

The former Canadian Film Centre supervising producer is tasked with accelerating Toronto’s film and TV industry.

October 13, 2022

Deals: D360, Abacus Media Rights, Cineflix Rights, Memento International

Canadian scripted and unscripted titles sell wide internationally in the lead-up to MIPCOM, while Charlotte Le Bon’s feature Falcon Lake finds U.S. distribution.

October 13, 2022

Dave Conlon, Michael McGuigan launch Shadow Pine Studios

The Toronto-based studio will provide production, distribution and post-production services, and has acquired the Breakthrough Entertainment content library.

October 13, 2022

Sasha Leigh Henry, Kelly Fyffe-Marshall to direct Bria Mack Gets a Life

The Crave original comedy, produced by New Metric Media, is now in production in Toronto.

October 12, 2022

Toronto’s Secret Location closes its doors

Co-founder and president Ryan Andal announced the closure, citing parentco Hasbro’s continued divestment of eOne subsidiaries within the last two years.

October 12, 2022

Riceboy Sleeps wins Best Canadian Film at VIFF

The Anthony Shim-directed drama won the top Canadian prize at the Vancouver festival, while Charlotte Le Bon won Emerging Canadian Director for her debut Falcon Lake.

October 11, 2022

Race Against the Tide renewed for season three

The new season, now in production for CBC’s 2023 lineup, will have an updated format with 12 sand-sculpting teams competing in two groups.

October 11, 2022

Diggstown to end with season four

CBC has announced the legal drama will not be renewed for a fifth season, with the series finale set to air on Nov. 16.

October 7, 2022