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Blue Ant International inks deals in Latin America

The sales with leading Latin American platforms include a collection of docs about the Royal Family.

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Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for Dec. 27, 2021 to Jan. 2, 2022

The Witcher leads Canadian digital and overall demand to kick off the year, followed by Hawkeye and The Wheel of Time.

In Brief: Mehta’s Funny Boy feted at festival

Plus: Midsomer Murders FAST channel launches in Canada, and Jennifer McGuire named CCO at Pink Triangle Press.

Production sector monitoring Omicron ‘really carefully’ over the holidays

With productions on holiday hiatus, many are taking a wait-and-see approach on how the latest COVID-19 variant might affect their sets.

Deals: Point Grey, QYOU Media, Nelvana

Disney+ picks up Point Grey’s Pam & Tommy, Q India partners with Mzaalo, plus more.

Canadian-made series made waves globally in 2021

Recent data from Parrot Analytics offers insight about what Canadians are watching and what homegrown content is most in demand.

Programmer profile: Corus Studios

The division of Corus Entertainment ends the year with a new sales record, buoyed by an expanded sales team, and enters 2022 looking for ‘left of centre’ pitches.

Tribute: The marble universe

Forged from the comradeship and combined ambition of Matt Hornburg and Mark Bishop, marblemedia commemorates 20 years of growth.

Acts of service: Balancing the two sides of Canada’s booming production sector

We examine different and sometimes clashing perspectives on striking a balance between the costs and benefits of foreign location service production and Canada’s domestic content industry.

BBTV promotes, adds three executives, board member

The Vancouver-based media and tech company – which focuses on large and small content creators – has added to its C-suite as it seeks to expand across new and existing markets.

HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada join RiverTV

The Corus specialty channels are among several Canadian offerings on the millennial-geared live TV and on-demand streaming provider.

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Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for Dec. 6 to 12, 2021

Hawkeye continues to lead the digital originals list, while demand for the Toronto-shot series The Expanse rises.