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Half of Canadians have seen a domestic film in the past year
A new Telefilm study found love of local cinema is trending upwards, but domestic film festivals are struggling for consumer awareness.
Blue Ant adds to kids, global networks division
Beatrice Lee will lead the Toronto-based company’s Asia-Pacific charge, tasked with expanding its Love Nature, ZooMoo and Blue Ant Extreme channels in the region.
Beachwood Canyon-penned comedy set to premiere on Italian network
Written by Frank van Keeken’s prodco, the first season of the Italian-language, Rome-shot series New School will bow in December.
Kew stays on track with Q3 financials
The media conglomerate credits Baroness von Sketch and Hockey Wives, among other series, with helping it reach quarterly revenues of $43.3 million.
Deals: Thunderbird, Mongrel, Starfield, Super Channel
Thunderbird inks a U.S. theatrical deal with Dark Star Pictures for the Thomas Middleditch-starring comedy feature Entanglement, plus more deals.
The Fashion Hero format heads abroad
Montreal’s Beauty World Search has licensed the format to 10 international territories.
Urban Rez rolls on 13 Indigenous Artists
The APTN series, produced by Jeff Bear and Marianne Jones, is set to begin filming in Montreal.
Joly announces cultural initiatives with Mexico
CMF has also introduced a codeveloment incentive to support projects from Canadian and Mexican producers.
CPE, PNI up in 2016: CRTC report
Plus, for the first time, the Communications Monitoring Report digs into revenues for internet-based video services in Canada (yes, that includes Netflix).
Traditional TV consumption continues decline: report
Canadians are watching less television per week on average, with Bell Media capturing more than a third of that audience share.
Quebec to ‘act alone’ in pursuing streamer tax
Provincial finance minister Carlos Leitao says Quebec is prepared to impose a sales tax on SVODs in 2018, though he hopes for a coordinated effort with the feds.
CBC Kids greenlights more Gumboot Kids fare
Imagine Create Media’s Scout & The Gumboot Kids is getting a third season, plus a crafting-themed digital spinoff and a music-based interstitial series.
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