The multi-year output deal was negotiated by Bold Films’ sales agent Sierra/Affinity.
CBC will also be bringing back Mr. D for a sixth season.
The Vancouver producer and its Atomic Cartoons division have joined the Beatles-themed series, made possible by a worldwide rights deal for the music.
The content company will focus on growing and managing The Domestic Geek brand both online and offline. (Sara Lynn Cauchon pictured.)
Producers Connie Contardi and Jocelyn Mercer on their brand building strategy that helped attract 1 million subscribers to their YouTube channel in less than a year.
Boat Rocker Media will be the parent brand for Temple Street Productions and a raft of new and existing businesses, including an animation studio.
The producers association opposed OWN Canada’s ability to remove Terms of Trade from its condition of licence.
The CBC comedy received 14 TV nominations while Room received the most film nods with 11. (Schitt’s Creek pictured.)
CMPA president and CEO Reynolds Mastin argues that independent producers face an unfair negotiating environment in the wake of the Corus-Shaw deal.
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah (pictured), Room and Brooklyn all picked up Oscar nods, with Brooklyn and Room nominated for best film.
While the deal creates a stronger future for both companies, Canadian producers face an even more consolidated domestic content marketplace.
The documentary is the follow up to the pair’s award-winning feature Watermark.