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New CBC talk show puts Canadian film under the spotlight
Set to debut this weekend, The Filmmakers looks at the making of 11 homegrown features, including Deepa Mehta’s Water and Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell.
Amazon acquires three seasons of Gayl Pile
Match made in heaven? The e-commerce giant picked up the series about a home shopping channel host for its U.K., German and Japanese Prime Video service.
New showrunner named for CBC’s Burden of Truth
Adam Pettle steps in to helm the Kristen Kreuk-starring legal drama, following the departure of Adriana Maggs and Noelle Carbone.
Rick Campanelli out at ET Canada
Things are changing at the Corus show as three founding on-air personalities are leaving ahead of its 13th season.
Super Channel ups McDonald to president, CEO
The long-time exec will lead all strategy and operations for the Edmonton-based channel.
Consumer spending on online video to increase: report
The demand for original content from major streaming services will cause consumer content spending to increase 12.6% annually between 2015 and 2020.
Canadians nab Emmy noms
Quebec director Jean-Marc Vallee received a nod for his work on Big Little Lies, while Vikings and Alberta-shot Fargo are also up for trophies.
Deals: Portfolio, PNP, Radio-Canada
Portfolio inks a raft of international sales, Pacific Northwest Pictures nabs theatrical rights to a buzzy U.K. drama, plus more.
Spooky series Shadowlands starts production
The eight-part anthology series from Border2Border Entertainment will air on OUTtv in 2018.
Wind Sun Sky to adapt My Singing Monsters game
The Vancouver-based entertainment co led by Catherine Winder is developing the mobile game as an animated TV series.
In Brief: TIFFxInstagram short film festival returns
Plus: CMF adds two to its board of directors and Rogers turns off specialty channel G4.
Bell Media nabs detective procedural Carter for Bravo
Cameras are rolling in North Bay, ON on the hour-long TV drama, produced by Amaze Film + Television.
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