Exec/Industry Moves

TPC acquires Vancouver film finance firm MCG

EXCLUSIVE: The acquisition has created TPC Canada, run by MCG co-founders Ross Mrazek and Benjamin Rappaport.

BSO CEO talks international outreach, momentum in 2025

Black Screen Office CEO Joan Jenkinson discusses efforts surrounding the long-term sustainability and momentum of the organization.

GEMS reveals selections for 2025 Genre Film Lab

This year’s edition of the Gender Equity in Media Society program includes three projects from B.C. and one each from Ontario and Manitoba.

Industrial Light & Magic relocates to new Vancouver office

The Vancouver studio represents Industrial Light & Magic’s largest in terms of headcount.

Carney vows to enshrine, increase CBC/Radio-Canada funding

The pledge follows former Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge’s CBC/Radio-Canada modernization proposal in February.

Four Canadian world premieres set for DOXA

Films from Lyana Patrick and Kim O’Bomsawin are among those making their world premieres.

Network Media Group reports net loss of $1.9M for fiscal 2024

The company also saw its Q4 revenues increase from the same period in 2023.

MPA, DGA react to Canadian trade practices in U.S. gov’t submissions

Weeks before U.S. president Donald Trump’s new tariffs, the U.S. screen industry orgs shared feedback on what they view as “predatory” and “protectionist” policies in Canada and elsewhere.

In Brief: M’infiltrer dans ta vie to world premiere at Canneseries

Plus: Rogers reaches a new national rights deal with the NHL and SMPIA rebrands to ScreenSask.

Bell Media veteran Stewart Johnston departing to lead CFL

The longtime Bell Media executive will begin as the football league’s commissioner later this April.

Just for Laughs FAST channel launches on Pluto TV

The launch of the channel on Pluto TV marks Just for Entertainment Distribution’s first dedicated FAST channel in the Canadian market.

Boat Rocker’s Q4 and full-year results reveal revenue decline

Declines in television revenues and scripted production, attributed to “macroeconomic headwinds,” were noted as a factor in the recent reverse takeover by Blue Ant Media.