TV

D360, Partners in Motion ink development deal

Toronto’s D360 has also taken on the global distribution of the Vancouver prodco’s entire catalogue, including documentary series Crime Stories (pictured).

Screen Awards dive into immersive media

The ACCT has announced five new digital and immersive award categories to be presented during Canadian Screen Week.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, July 11 to July 17, 2016

Amazing Race Canada is at #2 for the week of July 11 to 17, with Private Eyes at #22 and Motive at #23.

NSI names 2016 Totally Television teams

Geordie Sabbagh (pictured) and Ashleigh Rains are among the four writer/producer teams selected to participate in the program.

Discovery sets premiere date for Frontier

The Bell Media channel has announced its 2016 fall schedule, with five new series set to bow including Tougher Than It Looks?, Mighty Trains and Frontier (pictured).

Crew numbers surging in B.C.

With production continuing to boom, the province’s IATSE local has been looking for out-of-the-box solutions to the crew crunch.

DHX Media licenses more content to Amazon

DHX Media has signed an exclusive deal with Amazon for its original series Looped (pictured) and licensed more content including The Busy World of Richard Scarry.

Syfy confirms return of Earp at Comic-Con

Emily Andras’ Wynonna Earp ties up its U.S. broadcaster for a second season.

Omnifilm embarks on Wild Bear Rescue

Production on the docuseries for Animal Planet has started in B.C.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs July 4 to July 10, 2016

Kung Fu Panda 3 tops the DVD chart for the week of July 3 to 10, with Zootopia at #2 and Deadpool at #3.

Deals: Breakthrough, LevelFILM, Northern Banner

Breakthrough’s Anne MOW (pictured) secures a broadcast deal in Germany, plus more deals of the week.

CBC unveils The Goods

The pubcaster has named the final hosts of its new daytime show, which will hit airwaves in October. (Newly added hosts Andrea Bain and Shahir Massoud pictured.)