TV

Warthogs season two goes to camera

The tween series from Toronto’s Aircraft Pictures and Dolphin Entertainment is entering its second season.

eOne snags Jon Ferro for digital strategy

The ex-Lionsgate digital guru will help the Canadian film and TV producer sell its product on digital platforms to maximize licensing revenue potential.

CCI lifestyle series see global sales

Fusion Television’s design-oriented Candice Tells All and Divine Design land in Latin America, among other channels.

Big Brother returns to #1: BBM Canada, Aug 15 to 21

The reality show snatches the top three spots for the week.

In the writers room with Futurama’s David X. Cohen

Futurama executive producer and head writer David X. Cohen shares his screenwriting experience with Playback Daily.

Meg Tilly toplines Bomb Girls for Global

The homegrown drama about Second World War women at work in a bomb factory goes before the camera in Toronto starting Sept. 12.

Film reels (Photo: Lisa Eglinton, Flickr Creative Commons)

CMF pours $3.4 million into docs

Sixteen convergent projects have landed support through the Canada Media Fund’s English POV Program.

Brides of Beverly Hills and Picture Box get hitched

The Canadian distributor picks up worldwide rights to the Slice reality series, outside of English-speaking Canada.

Minority copros ‘costing Canadian jobs’: WGC’s Parker

The Writer’s Guild exec director’s comments come upon the release of a new WGC/ACTRA study on the impact of minority and majority Canadian copros.

Rookie Blue puts viewers in The Interrogation Room

Global TV has launched a new online feature for the high-rated drama, allowing viewers to choose how a suspect interview unfolds.

Hollywood Suite movie channels to battle Netflix Canada threat

Four new channels, including Warner Films and The MGM Channel, are to debut this fall as a single specialty channel destination for Canadian movie viewers.

Shaun Majumder and Tricia Helfer join The Firm

The Battlestar Galactica and Detroit 1-8-7 actors will appear in recurring roles in the NBC/Global Television drama from Entertainment One.