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MuchMusic returns with a new look and a new home
Dave Caporicci, managing director, brand partnerships, shares how setting up shop on TikTok allows for a more fluid content strategy for the revived brand.
Former Viacom exec tapped to lead development at OUTtv USA
The appointment comes four months after the LGBTQ+ network’s SVOD platform launched stateside.
Deals: Red Arrow Int’l, Cineflix Rights, Gusto
Departure takes a trip around the world with more acquisitions, Cineflix Rights announces new sales to Canadian broadcasters and Gusto TV heads to France
Blue Ant’s Beach House rolls on biomimicry docuseries
Global factual SVOD CuriosityStream commissioned the series from Singapore-based Beach House Pictures, with Patrick Aryee set to host.
Shaftesbury’s Slo Pitch headed to the U.S. with IFC
The AMC-owned network bought 20 episodes of the short-form comedy series and will launch season one later this year on IFC.com.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for June 22 to 28, 2021
Loki reigns supreme atop the Digital Originals list, while Spin Master’s PAW Patrol hits the No. 5 spot in the overall demand list.
Netflix acquires 25 Quebec films from eOne library
The streamer has picked up Canadian rights to films from Denis Villeneuve, Jean-Marc Vallée and Ricardo Trogi as part of the deal, with films set to release starting in July.
‘Content is still king’: Predicting streaming trends for the future
BANFF ’21: Streaming experts predict what content trends will shape programming strategies as production spend around the globe hits a new peak.
Deals: FilmRise, Go Button Media, eOne
Heartland makes the leap to AVOD in the U.S., Autentic’s new copro with Toronto’s Go Button Media and PJ Masks soars to new markets.
Can the exhibition business survive in a day-and-date world?
BANFF ’21: Film experts debated how exhibitors should evolve the theatrical experience to retain cinema-going audiences in a collapsed-window world.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for June 15 to 21, 2021
Disney+ series Loki overtakes The Handmaid’s Tale on the Digital Originals list, while Crave’s Letterkenny climbs to the No. 9 spot.
AMC+ slates Rhombus Media copro The North Water for July
The U.K./Canada treaty coproduction, produced for BBC, counts Niv Fichman among its executive producers and Fraser Ash and Kevin Krikst as co-executive producers.
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