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Academy to recognize TV with Golden Screen Awards

In addition to two awards for most-watched TV, the Golden Reel award for film has been rebranded and a winner announced.

Whites Digital Sales & Service acquired in management buyout

A consortium led by Larry Lavoie (pictured) will rename and operate the sales arm at William F. White International.

Annedroids rockets to Latin America

Picture Box Distribution has sold Amazon original series Annedroids to Discovery Kids Latin America and secured new deals with broadcasters in Europe for a number of its other children’s series.

Jason Priestley to receive ACTRA Award of Excellence

The actor-turned-director will receive the tribute in Los Angeles on Jan. 31.

AOL files application for HuffPo TV channel

AOL Canada wants to see its news and lifestyle streamer HuffPost Live converted to traditional TV as a non-Canadian programming service.

Best of the year: Playback’s Winter 2014 issue is out

Playback‘s latest print issue features the hottest people, companies and content of the year, as well as our latest Hall of Fame inductees.

eOne picks up U.S. rights to Outcast copro

The Nicolas Cage-starrer is a Canada-France-China coproduction.

Production starts on How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town

Kristian Bruun, Rosemary Dunsmore and The Strain‘s Natalie Brown (pictured) have also boarded Jeremy Lalonde’s follow-up to Sex After Kids, now shooting in Toronto.

What can my MCN do for me?

Ali Adab, Vancouver-based BroadbandTV’s head of content, on his company’s MCN services and what digital content creators should focus on in different stages of their careers.

Victory Arts and TVO craft new preschool series

Ottawa-based children’s content creator and producer Victory Arts has joined forces with TVO and Amberwood Entertainment to develop Air Crafters.

OWN orders Paperny docuseries

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered food truck docuseries 2 Fat 2 Fly from the Vancouver producer.

Capote producer Kyle Mann launches Drive Productions

The veteran film producer and partner Michael Risley have a $2 million war chest for genre film development.