TV

eOne, Dave Matthews team on travel series

Entertainment One, Stolen Sky Productions and LBI Entertainment will produce the hour-long series.

Gen X loves wearables, tablets and traditional TV: study

Canadians between the ages of 35 and 49 share the best of both worlds, watching their TV on traditional sets, but buying more wearables than other generations.

Spin Master sees more momentum in Q3

The introduction of the toyco’s wildly popular Hatchimals toys contributed to continued growth.

Exec-level moves at Boat Rocker

Samantha Traub assumes the newly created role of COO at the Toronto-based company.

CMPA ups Warren Ross to VP, national industrial relations

Reporting to president and CEO Reynolds Mastin, Ross (pictured) will lead industrial labour negotiations on behalf of independent producers.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, Oct. 24 to 30, 2016

Murdoch Mysteries is at #21, with Big Bang Theory at #1 and Bull at #2.

Zone3 restructures team

Following the departure of president Michel Bissonnette (pictured), the Montreal prodco has reorganized under three divisions.

Opinion: Digging deeper than the CIPF points controversy

CMPA president and CEO Reynolds Mastin on the CRTC’s “visionary” broadcast trigger change.

Breakthrough acquires two Canadian doc series

The Toronto producer/distributor picks up a pair of series, including The Shocking Truth (pictured), as it looks to bolster its slate of factual content.

Big Bad Boo sends 1001 Nights to China

The Vancouver studio has signed a multi-year deal to air its animated comedy on CCTV’s linear and VOD services.

Murdoch Mysteries, Salvation Army partner

The holiday special marks the series’ second brand integration.

Despite skinny basic, cord cutting on the rise

Cable providers will lose nearly 200,000 subscribers in 2016, according to projected numbers from Ottawa-based Boon Dog.