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Law and Order Toronto leads 2025 CSA TV noms

CTV’s Children Ruin Everything and the CBC series Bones of Crows and Run the Burbs have each been recognized with 12 nominations.

BANFF announces 2025 Diversity of Voices participants

75 producers and creators will head to the festival in June, with 25 selected to take part in facilitated pitch meetings.

2025 CSA nominations revealed

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent and Universal Language lead the television and film categories, respectively.

Screenwriting conference panel discusses Cancon consultations

WGC assistant executive director Neal McDougall and screen media consultant Kelly Lynne Ashton touched on showrunner definitions, minimum Canadian requirements and more.

Corus updates and amends its credit ceiling by $10M

The maturity of the credit facility has been updated to March 2027.

Blue Ant to go public via Boat Rocker reverse takeover

Blue Ant’s listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange will follow a separate transaction involving Boat Rocker’s co-founders buying out their company’s studios business.

Underknown finalizes Popular Science FAST channel deals

The channel, which officially launched this month, was created via a partnership with the U.S. magazine.

SODEC, ISO sign three-year agreement to expand relationship

The organizations will seek to increase support for First Nations and Inuit prodcos in Quebec.

Saskatchewan’s film and TV grant sees $2M cut

Despite the setback, industry association executive director Robert Hardy is still bullish on the province’s future productions.

Three programmers depart TIFF, team realigned

Various programmers have taken on new remits along with three departures ahead of the festival’s 50th edition.

Lisa Gilroy to host 2025 Canadian Screen Awards

CEO Tammy Frick says the show’s extended 90-minute showtime, airing solely on CBC Gem for the first time since 2021, will tap into surging Canadian pride.

Alibi signs Natalie Metcalfe, Christian Smith to first-look deal

The pair were most recently behind the Crave series Made for TV with Boman Martinez-Reid.