People/Companies

Production begins on Mr. Young

The cameras have started rolling in Vancouver on Mr.Young, a new sitcom from B.C.-based Thunderbird Films and Corus Entertainment.

Howie Mandel to produce more shows in Canada

Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel wants to produce more scripted TV shows in his native Canada.

Editor Rik Morden passes

Editor Rik Morden has passed away after a sudden illness.

CMF appoints Briceno

Stepping into the newly created position of director, industry and market trends for the Canada Media Fund is Catalina Briceno.

Kelly Rowan to star in Breakthrough TV mysteries

Breakthrough Entertainment has teamed up with Salient Point Productions and Colossal Entertainment to co-produce a series of TV mystery movies.

Wingin’ It reupped at CBBC

UK channel CBBC has re-upped the Temple Street Productions tween comedy Wingin’ It for a second season as part of a deal by international distributor BBC Worldwide.

Teletoon and Nerd Corps develop Endangered Species

Vancouver-based Nerd Corps Entertainment’s latest original series is moving into development with animation net Teletoon.

KidsCo partners with CCI Entertainment

International children’s channel KidsCo has acquired exclusive new kid’s content from Canadian distributor CCI Entertainment.

People moves at Interactive Ontario

Provincial industry org Interactive Ontario has brought on two new execs to bolster its team as it also says goodbye to one of its own.

Specialties respond to CRTC programming mandate queries

It’s a truism in Canadian TV that specialty broadcasters will sometimes stray from their original programming mandates by rebranding before the CRTC’s gravity attempts to reel them back in.

North Shore co-founder Stephen J. Cannell dies

Stephen J. Cannell, who partnered during the late 1980s with Paul Bronfman to build North Shore Studios in Vancouver, died Thursday night at his Pasadena home, aged 69 years.

Corus reorganizes Television division teams

Corus Entertainment has made a slew of new appointments in the Television division, within the Programming and Production and International teams, that align the programming and commissioning by content rather than by TV property.