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Scott Brothers ink multi-year deal with HGTV
The Canadian producers and hosts currently have four series on the Scripps Networks Interactive-owned channel.
Bell Media’s Super Bowl audience stable, but still smaller
Overnights show only a slight AMA drop across CTV, CTV2 and TSN2 from last year, but viewership numbers are still much lower than the simsub heyday.
Letterkenny short-form spin-off headed to SnackableTV
Bell Media’s mobile app will also be the Canadian home for Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud comedy service.
Awards Roundup: The Breadwinner wins at Annies
Plus: Jean-Marc Vallee picks up an award from the Directors Guild of America, and NSI names its online short film fest winners.
CTV, Comedy reveal premiere dates for mid-season originals
Corner Gas Animated, The Detail and the popular MasterChef Canada have found their place on Bell Media’s schedules.
Cameras roll on final episodes of Killjoys
Series creator Michelle Lovretta hands showrunner duties to Adam Barken for the last two seasons.
How Rabbit Square’s Crawford is getting a jump on audiences
The unconventional family comedy is using a hybrid digital-linear releasing strategy to avoid clashing with the Winter Olympics.
Production spending surged in 2016/17: CMPA report
While the industry saw a 24% increase in overall production, the study says a decline in the domestic kids business and a drop in private-broadcaster TV financing require attention.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand Jan. 23 to 29, 2018
Star Trek: Discovery tops the charts, with CTV’s Cardinal taking the #10 spot.
Cal Shumiatcher to exit eOne
The factual producer has headed up eOne’s unscripted operations in Canada since January 2017.
DHX serves up more Meatballs
YTV has commissioned a second season of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which has also been licensed to Turner in EMEA, APAC and LatAm.
Prime Time ’18: Mastin opens with a call for collaboration
As the Canadian TV industry looks ahead to this year’s Broadcasting Act review, the head of the CMPA asks the industry to consider both sides of the story.
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