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Blue Ant renews two Our House Media series
Paranormal Survivor will live to see a second season on T+E, while Backroad Bounty (pictured) will return to Cottage Life in the fall.
Specialties @ 20: Slice
From Playback magazine: in our multi-part tribute to Canada’s key specialty channels, today we look back on 20 years of Slice. (Big Brother Canada pictured.)
eOne TV hires Pancho Mansfield to lead scripted
Former Fox programming exec Mansfield has been named president of global scripted programming for eOne Television, working under CEO John Morayniss.
HuffPost Live channel cleared by CRTC
The proposed channel would expand the HuffPo brand into the linear TV space.
Spin Master inks licensing deals with DreamWorks Animation
The Toronto-based toyco has acquired the master toy licence for Noddy (pictured) and renewed its licensing deal for DWA’s How to Train Your Dragon franchise.
Specialties @ 20: Showcase
From Playback magazine: In the first of a multi-part tribute to Canada’s key specialty channels, we look back on 20 years of Showcase.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs May 25, 2015 to May 31, 2015
American Sniper tops the chart for a second week, while Seventh Son comes in at #2 and Fifty Shades of Grey drops to #3.
Technicolor, Departement Camera ink strategic partnership
The two companies will coordinate to offer end-to-end services for broadcast and theatrical projects.
DGC honours Cronenberg, Reid and Leitch
David Cronenberg, Mark Reid and Peter Leitch will be presented with awards of achievement at the DGC’s fall gala.
Playback Canadian Film & TV Hall of Fame: Linda Schuyler
From Playback magazine: How Schuyler wooed generations of youth by understanding their angst and awkwardness – turning her shows into an international phenomena in the process.
Deals: DHX, Mosaic, Nickelodeon, Multiple Media
Mosaic Entertainment’s Tiny Plastic Men (pictured) heads to Hulu, and more deals of the week.
Banff ’15: In the news
In case you missed it: an overview of announcements that came out during this week’s Banff World Media Festival.
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