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Hot Sheet: The Umbrella Academy breaks into digital top three

The fourth and final season of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy saw the series land at No. 3 on the digital originals chart.

Rogers to launch six channels from WBD, NBCUniversal deals

The company will release the newly acquired raft of content via linear channels and its streamer Citytv+.

Underknown acquires Animalogic from Blue Ant Media

The multi-platform digital brand features factual nature content and was created in 2014.

Web series The Runner heads to Hamilton, Toronto for season two

Filming for the N5 Pictures-produced series begins on Sept. 6 and wraps on Sept. 18.

OUTtv commissions male stripper competition series

The 7 x 30-minute series will go into production in October.

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Hot Sheet: Olympic Games debut with high demand in Canada

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games made waves on the overall TV demand chart.

Bell Fund allocates $2.2 million to 11 short-form series

The selected series include seven scripted projects and four documentaries.

Deals: Rogue Panda Pictures, WildBrain, Crave

Rogue Panda Pictures inks a publishing deal for the Escaping Denver podcast, WildBrain catches a Pokémon FAST channel deal, and more.

TVOKids is getting Bumpy! from Turtlebox

The stop-motion toon will stream on the Ontario pubcaster’s YouTube channel and smart TV app next year.

Roku adds accessible streaming service AMI+

AMI’s accessibility-focused streaming service is now available on Roku with French-language support rolling out in the coming months.

Slice takes exclusive broadcast rights to The Daily Show

The series will be available to stream on both StackTV and Paramount+ in Canada as of Sept. 9.

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Hot Sheet: America’s Got Talent leaps in demand in Canada

Cobra Kai retained strong demand in July, staying at No. 4 in the digital originals chart following its premiere the week before.