✖
TV
Bell Media partners to launch content incubator
Toronto-based Dais will serve as a launchpad for web series, as well as radio and music content.
How does Canada’s TV consumption compare to the rest of the world?
With an average just under four hours, we’re ahead of Germany, but behind China, Poland and the U.S. in terms of total TV watched each day.
CRTC establishes pick-and-pay best practices
Licences will be renewed for one-year terms, as opposed to seven years, as TV service providers roll out new packages.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, 2016
Star Trek Beyond takes the top spot, with Bad Moms at #2 and Independence Day: Resurgence at #3.
In brief: Murdoch finds an escape, Egoyan’s Remember wins in Hanoi
Murdoch delves further into interactive experiences, becoming an escape game; Serendipity Point and SK Films win international awards, plus more news.
Don Carmody Television’s Tokyo Trial set for Netflix premiere
The Canada/Japan/Netherlands coproduction is set to bow internationally Dec. 12 on the SVOD.
Frontier debut pulls in 571K viewers
Discovery had already commissioned a second season of the series before the first episode premiered.
Daniel Bissonnette on growing Montreal’s production scene
The associate director of film, festival and events at the City of Montreal talks opportunities in TV, animation and export, and why space isn’t an issue (but language is).
Deals: 9 Story, Productivity, Corus, 108 Media
9 Story sells Numb Chucks (pictured) to Latin America, W Network picks up season five of Nashville, plus more deals of the week.
Cable pioneer Israel ‘Sruki’ Switzer passes away
Regarded as one of Canada’s most knowledgeable cable technology engineers, Switzer died at his home in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 87.
Blais tells media cos to look ahead, not back
In a speech delivered Wednesday, the chair of the CRTC challenged critics and the industry to embrace the disruptive nature of digital.
Cancon exporters form industry association
Blue Ant’s Raja Khanna (pictured) is chair of the new organization, which aims to increase the visibility and export of Canadian TV and digital content.
The definitive CDN broadcast and production resource.Over 5,000 company listings!
