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Blue Ant, Muse Entertainment launch scripted FAST channel
Love Drama is now available in Canada and the U.K., and will launch in other territories in 2024.
Spin Master broadens international footprint of three series
Vida the Vet, Unicorn Academy and Bakugan are traveling to new platforms in Canada, France, Sweden, and beyond.
Doc discussion closes CRTC’s three-week hearing process
The Path Forward: The Documentary Organization of Canada proposed direct support for doc features via initial base contributions.
Deals: ZDF Studios, Terranoa, Superights
ZDF Studios has picked up global rights to the second season of Nuit Blanche, plus Superights sells Home Sweet Rome! in multiple territories, and more.
Director Anya Adams boards CBC, APTN, Netflix Arctic comedy
Anna Lambe has also been unveiled as the series lead, with filming set to begin in spring 2024.
Hot Sheet: Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge rises in demand
Netflix’s anime series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off entered the digital chart at No. 5.
WGC says broadcasting system is at ‘make-or-break moment’
The Path Forward: Telefilm Canada and TVO also discussed the need for contributions to directly support Canadian feature films at the CRTC hearings.
CBC execs say Canadian players will lose out under current system
The Path Forward: the pubcaster also addressed the “ripple effect” its $40 million programming budget cut will have on the indie sector at the CRTC hearings.
Crave inks content deal with New Metric Media, Jared Keeso
The multi-year deal will see Crave order 49 episodes from New Metric and Keeso, with Letterkenny spinoffs and a new comedy series currently in development.
XYZ Films acquires Backspot for U.S., Australia, New Zealand
D.W. Waterson’s competitive cheerleading drama is slated for a spring 2024 theatrical release in the U.S.
CIPFs, streamers discuss contributions at CRTC hearings
The Path Forward: Apple and the Rogers Group of Funds presented their takes on the need for, and distribution of, contributions, while ACTRA sounded off on discoverability.
Blue Ant, WildBrain, Prime Video chime in on contributions debate
The Path Forward: the end of second week of the CRTC hearings heard multiple perspectives on mandatory initial base contributions to the system.
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