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Bell Media announces development project with all-Black executive production team
The planned bilingual anthology series Festivale, by and about Black Canadians, will also serve as an incubator supported by the Black Screen Office.
Op-Ed – C-11: Can we change the conversation?
Policy analyst and media researcher Irene S. Berkowitz issues a “call to action” to find common ground between legacy and new media creators, noting their divide is a false fight.
France Télévisions calls on the Odd Squad
The live-action series about a group of whiz kids who solve mysteries using math and science launched March 26 on streaming platforms and France 4.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for March 14 to 20, 2022
Netflix’s The Last Kingdom jumps to No. 3 on the digital originals list, while The Mandalorian overtakes Star Trek: Picard to lead.
Network execs dive into global programming trends
BANFF Connect ’22: Programming heads at Discovery, Starz and CBC discussed what they’re looking for and how to pitch.
Roku orders scripted comedy from Boat Rocker, TeaTime Pictures
Slip, created by star and director Zoe Lister-Jones, will begin production in Toronto in April.
Deals: First Generation Films, Sovimage, Underknown
Apple TV+ picks up Pinecone & Pony, Olympusat acquires Faits divers, and Underknown expands portfolio with Aperture.
Hulu original Washington Black to start production in Nova Scotia this month
The province says the limited series based on Canadian author Esi Edugyan’s novel will help boost the economy and create jobs.
In brief: Cameras roll on feature doc Nitassinan
Plus: Gay Mean Girls starts production on second two, the Vancouver Film School renews its Women in Game Design Scholarship scholarship, and more.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for March 7 to 13, 2022
Star Trek: Picard leads the digital originals list while The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel lands at No. 3.
Hulu and Prime Video sink teeth into GPM’s Reginald the Vampire
The streamers have picked up the Great Pacific Media series, for which Cineflix Studios has signed on as the exclusive global representative.
The Sessions Episode 4: Diversity, representation and the Online Streaming Act
In this fourth episode of a new podcast series, Joan Jenkinson of the Black Screen Office and Jesse Wente of the Indigenous Screen Office discuss Bill C-11’s efforts to remove systemic barriers.
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