TV

Former Starz exec joins 108 Media

Nancy Silverstone joins the Toronto-based distributor as head of acquisitions and content strategy.

Niche OTT service focuses on aero-archives

SVOD service AeroCinema will launch in March with more than 200 aviation-related titles on its platform.

William F. White to launch camera division

Whites Camera is slated to be up and running by mid-2016.

Corus enters event business

The media co is launching the new division with CMT Music Fest this July.

marblemedia developing new Chuck Hughes series

The celebrity chef and the Toronto-based prodco have pacted to work on an unscripted project. (Hughes pictured.)

DHX Studios launches with new facility, leadership team

DHX Media has consolidated its animation and live-action production activities under the newly rebranded DHX Studios, in addition to opening a new animation studio in Vancouver.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Jan. 11, 2016 to Jan. 17, 2016

The Martian tops the DVD chart for the week of Jan. 11 to Jan. 17, with Hotel Transylvania 2 at #2 and Sicario at #3.

How Hard Can It Be? Discovery wants to find out

Bell Media has ordered 10 episodes of the Proper Television series.

X Company’s return brings in 521K viewers

The second season of the Canada-Hungary copro bowed on CBC on Jan. 27 at 9 p.m.

Deals: Hiltz Squared, Quebecor, Distribution360

Toronto’s Hiltz Squared Media has acquired the Oscar-nominated short documentary 50 Feet From Syria (pictured), plus more deals of the week.

General Purpose names new VP development

Anna Wasylenki will be responsible for overseeing the development of the company’s slate of lifestyle and factual programming.

Gallery: Inaugural Tealpower fundraiser

Toronto’s TV industry gathered this week to celebrate the life of publicist Alison Salinas and raise funds for the charity she and her partner Tyler Puley founded.