TV

Best of the Year: Rhombus Media

Building new partnerships and focusing on first-time filmmakers helped to make 2015 a banner year for the 36-year-old prodco.

Rainmaker revenues up for Q3

The Vancouver-based animation studio reported a 45% increase in revenue compared to the same quarter of 2014.

Rogers Doc and Cable fund invests $2.1M in latest round

A total of 13 TV projects received funding in this latest round, including marblemedia and Proper Television’s Drive Me Crazy.

Smiley Guy’s hockey-ballet holiday mashup set for CBC

The Toronto animation studio has produced a uniquely Canadian tale with universal themes for CBC’s holiday lineup.

Best of the Year: W Network

Playback‘s Channel of the Year is honing its audience strategy by focusing on its talent brands and original programming. (W’s Masters of Flip pictured.)

New APTN doc series goes into production

The Kwassen Productions series will be shot in and around Lillooet, B.C. (pictured).

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Nov. 9, 2015 to Nov. 15, 2015

Murdoch Mysteries lands at #29 for the week of Nov. 9 to Nov. 15.

Bell Fund distributes $4.3M across 37 projects

The digital companions for Discovery Canada’s Frontier and CHCH’s Wynonna Earp (pictured) were selected to receive funding in the latest round.

Metis filmmaker Gil Cardinal passes away

A previous winner of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Film and Television, Cardinal’s directing credits include CBC’s North of 60 and Big Bear.

MsLabelled’s broadcast debut comes with a twist

The Smokebomb series moves from web to Slice channel in a unique sponsored integration with a feature film.

Space explores Shazam to promote The Expanse

Shazam is co-promoting a pre-broadcast online debut of the Toronto-shot Syfy series for Space channel.

Blue Ant Int’l inks output deal with Cream Productions

The Toronto-based prodco is behind factual series such Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (pictured) and The Weapon Hunter.