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Bell Media to cut 380 jobs in Montreal, Toronto
The latest cuts will be across departments and will come at the start of next year in Montreal and Toronto.
Nova Scotia puts $475K into local film industry
The provincial government funds are to support location services and marketing initiatives over two years.
Amazon Studios greenlights Sinking Ship series
Sinking Ship’s Dino Dana will bow on Amazon’s Prime Video platform in 2016, along with two other new original series.
Deals: Mongrel, eOne, Lionsgate, Nelvana
Mongrel Media takes the Canadian rights to Michael Moore’s Where to Invade Next (pictured), plus more deals of the week.
NFB inks deal to boost QC English-language arts
The deal with the English Language Arts Network and Quebec English-language Production Council is the first of its kind for a federal cultural agency in Quebec, the NFB says.
Vice’s Suroosh Alvi: ‘We kind of have a lock’ on millennials
Rogers Media president Rick Brace and Vice co-founder Suroosh Alvi shared insight into the new Vice product at Thursday’s launch.
Trucktown and Mike the Knight reach new audiences
Nelvana sells preschool series Trucktown to Discovery Latin America, while hit series Mike the Knight is growing its distribution in French Canada and LatAm.
Viceland channel brand comes to Canada
The TV channel will take over Rogers Media’s bio channel licence on the dial.
Media, overall revenues up at Quebecor
Revenues for Quebecor’s media segment were up 21.3% to $226.5 million, with overall Quebecor revenues also increasing 9.5% to $971.7 million.
Bell Media reports Q3 revenue growth
Despite increased operating costs, Bell Media posted a revenue increase attributed to higher advertising and subscriber revenues.
Melanie Joly named minister of Canadian heritage
Joly, the MP for Montreal’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville riding, ran for mayor of Montreal in 2013 and has also worked in both law and communications.
Portfolio hires director of factual, lifestyle development
Jennifer Bragg (pictured) will oversee content development in the factual, reality and lifestyle genres, reporting to Portfolio CEO Joy Rosen.
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