TV

Deals: Hot Docs, Off The Fence, Blue Ant Media

Hot Docs partners with A24 on the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, Love Pets heads to The Roku Channel in Canada, and more.

ACTRA names Jennifer Podemski 2024 Woman of the Year

The ACTRA National Woman of the Year honour has been awarded to members since 2010.

Little Bird, Sort Of lead 2024 Canadian Screen Awards noms

BlackBerry also earned a record-breaking 17 film nominations for the 12th annual Canadian TV, film and digital media awards.

CSAs ’24: Crave, APTN lumi’s Little Bird leads TV nominations

Little Bird earned 19 nominations overall, followed by CBC comedies Sort Of and Workin’ Moms at 18 and 12, respectively.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Stranger Things breaks into digital top three

Comedy Central’s The Daily Show jumped to No. 2 on the overall TV chart.

Super Channel acquires Australian drama Prosper

The popular Stan original series will debut on Super Channel Fuse later this month.

Crave comedy The Office Movers sets up shop in Etobicoke

EXCLUSIVE: Creators Jae and Trey Richards and EP Anton Leo discuss the origins of the series as principal photography gets underway.

Study explores barriers to expanding Ontario’s film hubs

The study highlighted common challenges and recommended short- and long-term strategies to attract productions.

In Brief: Law & Order Toronto debut attracts 1.1 million viewers

Plus: Wet’suwet’en doc Yintah makes its world bow at the True/False Film Festival, Rodeo Production hires an EP for its Toronto operations, and more.

Leah Rifkin co-developing format with King of Mask Singer team

Rifkin has partnered with Wonwoo Park and his Seoul-based prodco DiTurn to develop the reality music format Mystery House of Songs.

Guru Studio options children’s book series Spot for TV

A preschool TV series based on the books is currently in the works, with former Amazon Kids+ exec Sarah Maizes on board in a consulting role.

Deals: Fremantle, Quebecor Content, Amuz

Fremantle has sold CTV’s Sullivan’s Crossing in multiple Asian territories, Quebecor pre-buys season four of My Life is Murder, plus more.