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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, May 29 to June 4, 2017

MasterChef Canada is at #4, with Private Eyes at #17.

Bell Fund dishes out $4.2 million to 18 projects

Blue Ant’s cross-platform, Snapchat-inspired series Snap-Wrap and the first season of Shaftesbury’s Frankie Drake are among the recipients.

Banff ’17: AMPIA, China’s Guangdong province partner

The provincial association aims to increase copro opportunities and open up a potential market of 120 million viewers for Alberta producers.

Banff ’17: Int’l buyers talk commissioning strategies

Execs from NBC, Lifetime and Discovery weigh in on what shows they’re looking for and how they’re trying to distinguish their brands in a crowded market.

Lone Eagle to bring The Toy Box to Canada

The Toronto prodco inked a format option deal with Electus International for the branded toy reality series.

Banff ’17: NFB, Spin Master win Rockie Awards

Canadian productions took home seven awards, including trophies for best lifestyle program and best preschool program.

D360 sells six series abroad

Three of Partners In Motion’s shows are headed overseas, while the distribution co also nabbed sales for RTR Media, Zoomer and White Iron Pictures.

2017 Indie List: The year in review

Through the ebbs and flows of another (typically) unpredictable year in the world of Canadian content production, Playback gives you an inside look at who’s spending what and where.

Banff ’17: Broadcasters in the hot seat

A panel of Canadian broadcasters (and one producer) tackled Cancon funding and the ever-growing OTT threat on day one of the festival.

Bron partners with Michael Ellenberg to launch new prodco

The B.C. company is partnering with the man behind Westworld, True Detective and Big Little Lies for its first foray into the television market.

Letterkenny brews up a unique marketing strategy

New Metric Media has partnered with a Sudbury brewery to make a fictional bevvie a reality.

Corus picks up broadcast rights to Star Wars franchise

The media co revealed the six-year, 11-picture deal at its Thursday night upfront.