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CTV orders user-gen special for Canada 150
The two-hour special is based on a crowd-sourced content format developed in 2010 by Scott Free Films.
B.C.’s Interactive Fund distributes $641K
The funding for interactive media projects was shared between 14 B.C.-based companies, including Vancouver’s RocketChicken Interactive.
Screen Nova Scotia Awards celebrate an industry in transition
CBC miniseries Studio Black! (team members pictured) won best TV series at the second annual awards.
Cynthia Lynch named FilmOntario managing director
Lynch (pictured) will assume the post in July, replacing interim managing director Mimi Wolch.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs April 18 to 24, 2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens tops the DVD chart for the week of April 18 to 24, with The Revenant at #2 and Norm of the North at #3.
How HGTV set its ‘Home’ on a winning course
Corus executive John MacDonald on the engagement strategy that helped build a fan base for the series well ahead of its launch.
Nomadic wins big at 2016 Rosie Awards
The Calgary-based company earned nods for its work on Hell on Wheels and Fargo (pictured) at Alberta’s Rosies.
Glamazon Pictures options the True Born trilogy
Melanie Windle and Courtney Graham’s Toronto-based prodco is looking to turn L.E. Sterling’s young adult novels into a TV series.
Lorraine Richard, Michel Bissonnette partner on Ad Lib +
The new Montreal-based prodco will focus on English-language dramatic TV projects. (Ad Lib + president Lorraine Richard pictured.)
Deals: Seville International, CTV, Serendipity Point
Xavier Dolan’s Juste la fin du monde secures pre-sales into an additional 21 territories ahead of its Cannes world premiere, plus more deals of the week. (Dolan pictured.)
In Brief: Saskatchewan honours Creighton, NSI gets down to business
CMF president and CEO Valerie Creighton (pictured) receives 2016 Saskatchewan Order of Merit, NSI launches a new business-focused program, and more news from the week.
Game of Thrones sets another record for HBO Canada
The show’s season six Canadian premiere, directed by Jeremy Podeswa, broke the viewership record it set last year.
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