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Matt Sylvain
Canadian Social TV top 3 – week of Mar. 24
This week we see how an across-the-board increase in Facebook-based interactions influenced the social TV marketshare of Big Brother Canada, Degrassi and Republic of Doyle.
U.S. cable net Pivot takes Little Mosque
The scripted comedy (pictured) will be available via the new cable network’s linear streaming or mobile on-demand services.
Breakthrough to bring American Food Battle to MIP
The roadtrip series follows Finns Henri Alen and Nicolas Thieulon as they take on American master chefs in their on locales.
CMJ Productions makes Judith Beauchemin a partner
The company’s current executive VP (pictured) in her new position will continue to oversee production management, while having a larger key decision-making role in the company alongside CEO John Kuyk.
Weekly roundup: ideaBOOST and film and TV premieres
This pre-Easter edition of our briefs includes premiere news for homegrown TV series, as well as Canuck-made films at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival (Jews and Money pictured).
CMJ Productions secures three-year output deal with Evasion
As a result of the agreement the Toronto-based company will produce three 13-hour internationally-focused travel series a year.
Tricon to bring IFC scripted comedy Maron to MIPTV
Based on comedian and podcaster Marc Maron’s life and WTF podcast, the series includes Denis Leary as one of its exec producers.
Canadian Social TV top 3 – week of Mar. 17
This week we see how Big Brother Canada kept its position at the top as it continued to grow its social media participation while both Being Human and Degrassi lost some ground.
A World of Wonders notches more foreign sales
Deals have been penned for the Genuine Pictures kids property (pictured) for South Korea and the Czech Republic, adding to its growing list of international deals.
Wilby.tv enters pact to make 3D games
The licensing agreement gives the kids’ social media site (pictured) the ability to use Urbanimmersive Technologies’ software to make 3D environments.
Breakthrough pacts with Carvin Winans for The Mix
The new music documentary series will feature one-on-one interviews and duets with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Quincy Jones and Aretha Franklin.
Indiecan to distribute Skull World
The doc by Justin McConnell is to get a North American theatrical release followed by platform releases in select foreign territories.
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