Sunny Side ’22: CBC is among the pubcasters in an initiative looking for high-quality science doc films.
The deal is an effort to appease regulators who are otherwise looking to block their merger but Competition Bureau filings suggest it may not be enough.
The Toronto-based media company plans to develop an animated television series based on the children’s book series by Nick Bruel.
Other winners at the eighth annual awards gala included documentary Freedom Swell from Marie and Meaghan Wright.
Produced by Toronto-based prodco Good Earth Productions, Tripping Train 185 will begin filming in July.
The documentary titled, Cut Print Thank You Bye, will be directed by Montreal filmmaker Marie-Julie Dallaire and produced by Item 7’s founder Pierre Even.
Amazon Studios’ The Boys rises on both the digital originals and overall TV charts for the week of June 6 to 12.
The sales, financing and production company will be headed by McGillivray in Toronto.
The Canadian animation studio and London’s Aniventure have spun short-form comedy Cracké into 3D-animated Cracké Family Scramble.
The rodeo-themed family drama is coproduced in partnership with Bell Media for CTV Drama Channel in Canada.
Claire Dion will resign effective July 1 to undertake new challenges.