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Crave’s Empathie to world premiere at Series Mania

The Trio Orange-produced series will take part in the festival’s International Competition program.

The Roku Channel picks up comedy Bria Mack Gets a Life

The comedy series about a Black woman and her invisible hype girl drops on the AVOD platform on Feb. 14 in multiple territories.

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Hot Sheet: HBO’s The White Lotus surges in demand

Saturday Night Live led overall TV originals in the last week of January.

Sidelined sequel headed for the end zone at Tubi

The sequel has been greenlit by Tubi and is heading to the European Film Market this month.

Crave orders Toronto Raptors doc from Uninterrupted Canada

We The North: From Prehistoric to Historic will be paired with mid-length doc Inbound in a theatrical run from Feb. 21 to 24.

Curiosity Stream acquires Bitcoin doc ‘Searching for Satoshi’

The deal was announced as part of a raft of U.S. and Canadian streaming sales through distributor All3Media International.

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Hot Sheet: Severance demand rises as second season continues

The second season of the Apple TV+ series premiered on Jan. 17.

Blue Ant Media greenlights five originals, renews four

The greenlights include three new titles for T+E and HauntTV, plus two for Cottage Life, Love Pets and Declassified.

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Hot Sheet: Demand for Severance leaps after season two debut

Squid Game remained the top series despite another large drop in demand.

Deals: Nelvana, Netflix Canada, Paramount+

Nelvana sells Millie Magnificent to new territories while some Canadian projects get picked up by Netflix and Paramount+.

Departure takes flight globally via Netflix launch

The first two seasons landed on the Netflix global top ten for two weeks in early January.

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Hot Sheet: Squid Game demand remains dominant despite drop

The Korean-language thriller fell from its near record high the week before to a demand average of 126.7.