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APTN goes in for a second helping of Moosemeat and Marmalade
The intercontinental, First Nations-meets-European-cuisine docu-series is set to air in fall 2016.
CTV acquires Fox’s The X-Files for mid-season
CTV head programmer Mike Cosentino says the net waited until the pilot was available at MIPCOM before picking it up.
Family targets teens with F2N programming block
The hour-long timeslot will be anchored each day by an episode of Degrassi: Next Class.
Best of the Year: Much Digital Studios
The 30-year-old music channel pulled off Playback‘s Digital Play of the Year in 2015, launching an MCN to incubate talent and find new fans.
Nelvana inks raft of SVOD deals
Corus Entertainment-owned Nelvana has sold more than 800 episodes of content from its kids animated and live-action library to multiple SVOD services around the world.
Production spotlight: Mexico
Indie production is ramping up in Mexico, its Los Cabos International Film Festival is growing and Canadians are eyeing south of the (U.S.) border opportunities.
Best of the Year: Murdoch Mysteries
Almost retired at 65 (episodes), but now in the prime of life, Shaftesbury’s globe-trotting Canadian success story is Playback‘s TV Show of the Year.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Nov. 9, 2015 to Nov. 15, 2015
Inside Out remains atop the DVD chart for the week of Nov. 9 to Nov. 15, followed by Terminator Genisys at #2 and Train Wreck at #3.
What Bell Media’s new HBO partnership means for indies
Bell Media’s SVP of indie production Corrie Coe shares details on the new original programming program that sees a door open between Canadian producers and HBO in the U.S.
Houdini & Doyle shoot travels to Toronto
Head of Shaftesbury U.S. and executive producer Maggie Murphy on moving the drama’s production from the U.K. to Canada. (Location Casa Loma pictured.)
Deals: Gusto, Picture Box, Stingray, Blue Ant
Gusto TV’s One World Kitchen (pictured) has been picked up by Dubai-based Fatafeat TV, plus more deals of the week.
Programmer of the Year: Sally Catto
Amidst two years of CBC corporate drama, Catto and her team developed a raft of new edgy series for 2015, proving the pubcaster could deliver on its premium-programming promise.
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