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Blink49 Studios to acquire Vancouver’s Front Street Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: The deal will see Blink49 expand its Western Canada operations with a majority stake in Front Street.
Vapor Music launches division for long-form content
Long Division is led by Brendan Quinn and Erin Scott, and focuses on audio production services for live-action and animated content.
WildBrain CPLG adds former eOne, Hasbro kids exec
Clare Vosper Mortimer joins the licensing arm’s U.K. office as VP, finance and operations.
YMA selects 2024 Andra Sheffer Scholarship winner
Sheridan Riggillo will receive access to the Kidscreen Summit and the Banff World Media Festival in 2024.
Newly certified Black Screen Fund to launch in 2024
The fund is meant to provide career support to Black creators, and will run independently of the Black Screen Office.
Hot Docs names Hussain Currimbhoy as artistic director
Currimbhoy succeeds former artistic director Shane Smith, who departed the role in June.
WildBrain realigns exec ranks to streamline business
Stephanie Betts, Kate Smith and Maarten Weck have received new titles and expanded roles, while former eOne exec Nick Gawne joins as CFO.
OYA unveils 2023 Scale Up Immersive Media Lab cohort
Eleven Black-owned content creation companies have been selected for this year’s lab, which has been co-developed with the Canadian Film Centre.
TVO reaches agreement with workers to end strike
The agreement marks the end of an 11-week strike for the 74 employees represented by the Canadian Media Guild.
In Brief: Café Daughter wins imagineNATIVE audience award
Plus: the Black Screen Office adds two directors to the board, and Madison Thomas’ Finality of Dusk makes its world premiere.
Cineflix Media opens Vancouver office, hires Mark Miller to lead
As president of Cineflix Studios Vancouver, Miller will handle the production and coproduction of scripted and unscripted work in the region.
TVA to cut 31% of workforce, wind down in-house production
The job cuts include 300 in-house production roles as part of a reorganization plan to focus on TVA’s “core businesses.”
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