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Victoria Ahearn

Victoria Ahearn is Editor of Playback. A veteran multimedia arts journalist, she was formerly chief film and TV writer at The Canadian Press and reporter-editor in various departments at the national wire service, landing bylines in the Globe & Mail, Toronto Star and many major publications across the country. She's a Humber Radio Hall of Fame inductee, been a copywriter for Corus Entertainment and written for community paper Danforth CentreTown News. At Playback, she oversees content for the publication's daily newsletter.

Posts by Victoria Ahearn

In brief: Corus, BANFF announce apprentice program cohort

Plus: The Prism Prize for music videos announces 10 finalists, and Hello (Again) is honoured at SeriesFest.

May 19, 2022

Netflix’s Toronto office not affected by layoffs

The global streaming giant has let go of around 150 employees but none at its Canadian HQ, Playback has learned.

May 18, 2022

Insight, Dark Slope team up to develop unscripted slate

The Toronto-based companies plan to collaborate on “hyperreality” series using virtual production and extended reality technologies.

May 18, 2022

Telefilm Canada releases code of conduct for business partners

The new guidelines apply to all types of interactions with Telefilm and are complementary to the internal policies the funder already has in place.

May 17, 2022

Banijay acquires global format distribution rights to Wild Cooks

The culinary adventure reality series hails from Montreal-based Toast in collaboration with Quebecor Content.

May 17, 2022

ACTRA members ratify new contract with Association of Canadian Advertisers

The one-year National Commercial Agreement will provide a 2% increase to all fees and rates.

May 16, 2022

Wattpad Webtoon Studios, Fremantle to develop original fiction series

The companies plan to develop the stories in Europe, with a focus on Spanish, Italian and English-language content with global appeal.

May 16, 2022

Wattpad Webtoon Studios, Leone Film Group to develop film slate

The companies also plan to produce the slate, based on original Wattpad stories, including the The Bad Boy’s Girl by Blair Holden.

May 13, 2022

Deals: Super Channel, Corus Studios, Gusto TV, Blue Ant

Super Channel programs more Mystic for Heart & Home and pairs with Flair Airlines, Corus Studios inks development deal with Alexandra Gater, plus more.

May 13, 2022

In brief: The Rhapsody to world premiere at TJFF

Plus: Justin Ducharme brings Positions to Sundance Institute Native Lab, Oscar-nominated Théodore Ushev is among latest SODEC funding recipients, and more.

May 12, 2022

Tubi takes a ride on Incendo’s Terror Train remake

The companies’ production partnership will see the horror film debut as a Tubi original exclusively in the U.S. this October.

May 12, 2022

CBC greenlights season two of Race Against the Tide

Hip-hop star Maestro Fresh Wes hosts the second season of the sand sculpting competition series, which has been optioned for adaptations internationally.

May 11, 2022