The acquisition brings popular FremantleMedia kids properties including Danger Mouse and Bitz & Bob into the Boat Rocker fold.
The Canada/Ireland/Luxembourg copro is produced by Toronto’s Aircraft Pictures, headed up by Anthony Leo and Andrew Rosen.
Vice Canada takes over full control of its TV operations and studio, and has pledged to find a new partner for its linear channel.
The premiere episode of Bell Media’s competition series captured audiences across linear TV, social media and music-streaming platforms.
The CBC/Netflix drama topped the list with 13 nominations, while there were also strong showings from fellow newcomers Mary Kills People and Alias Grace.
Four of the seven best-picture nominations hail from female directors, including Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner and Aisling Walsh’s Maudie.
In releasing Ivan Silvestrini’s latest feature, indie-film entrepreneur Avi Federgreen also hits a milestone achievement for his company.
Ashley McKenzie was one of several women celebrated at the TFCA’s annual gala, while Kathleen Hepburn took home a trio of awards at the VFCC event.
Plus CTV announces (some of) its midseason premiere dates, and CTV Two adds a trio of new comedies.
Showrunner Sarah Dodd discusses the numerous challenges in meeting the bar set by the worldwide success of season one.
Reality formats and long-running dramas garnered the most eyeballs, but freshman scripted series also made an impact.