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Our Big Punjabi Family set for world premiere at SeriesFest
Revenge of the Black Best Friend and The Stu Sessions by Toronto prodcos iThentic and AstroLab Studios are also in the festival’s Digital Short Series competition.
Deals: Cineflix Rights, Espresso Media, WildBrain CPLG
Cineflix Rights acquires The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld, Espresso Media picks up Hot Docs world premiere Cynara, plus more.
CBC’s Sort Of cast among ACTRA Award recipients
Other winners included Raven Dauda for Five Days at Memorial and Eric Peterson for Junior’s Giant.
Hot Sheet: Star Trek: Picard rises in overall TV demand
Netflix’s Love Is Blind, meanwhile, made its debut on the digital originals chart.
Bell Fund commits $2.3M through slate development program
The latest round of funding will support 90 original IP projects from 36 English and French companies.
The passage of C-11 is in sight — let’s define our future together
In this op-ed, Canada Media Fund president and CEO Valerie Creighton writes about working collectively amid imminent changes to the legislative and regulatory system.
Cream Productions docuseries unpacks game show history
The Game Show Show examines how the genre became a U.S. TV staple.
Deals: Superights, Disney+, Gusto TV, WildBrain
Crave, Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec pick up kids content from Superights, a classic Canadian sitcom moves to Disney+, plus more.
Crave’s Jasmeet Raina-led comedy heads to Toronto, Hamilton
Late Bloomer is created by star and EP Raina (a.k.a. Jus Reign), with comedian Russell Peters among the consulting producers.
Corus Studios, MEM ink production, exclusivity deal
The Scott McGillivray-founded prodco has signed a four-year production commitment with Corus Studios.
IPF, CMF development program supports 30 projects
The combined investment of $900,000 will go toward 20 English and 10 French short-form digital series.
Hot Sheet: Succession vaults to second in overall TV demand
Disney+’s The Mandalorian was the most in-demand series across both charts while HBO Max’s Titans entered the digital originals charts at No. 8.
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