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Bake with Anna Olson returns
The Peace Point Entertainment series will return with a second season on Food Network Canada, Scripps Network Asia and Scripps Network U.K. & EMEA.
Banff, Shaw Media announce mentorship winners
Selected showrunners are meeting and greeting in Banff while writers have earned a two-week stint in a Canadian writing room. (Program mentor Brenda Greenberg pictured.)
Banff ’15: Rockie winners announced
Canadian winners at the annual gala include Guidestones: Sunflower Noir, the NFB and Sinking Ship.
Book of Negroes, Amazing Race pick up CCE prizes
The winners of the fifth annual awards, presented by the non-profit Canadian Cinema Editors organization, were announced at a gala held in Toronto on June 4. (Book of Negroes pictured.)
Bell Media names exec producer apprenticeship winners
Erica Landrock and Jennifer Little (pictured) each earn an internship with a Canadian prodco via the Bell Media Executive Producer Accelerator Lab.
Corus orders Reboot: The Guardian Code
Corus Entertainment has greenlit a reimagined version of the animated kids’ series Reboot, to be produced by Mainframe Entertainment, the TV division of Rainmaker Entertainment.
Banff ’15: Blue Ant reveals OTT move, JP gets (Mc)fly
The conference kicks off with a keynote speech from CRTC chair Jean Pierre Blais and the first hint of a new global strategy from Blue Ant. (Blue Ant CEO Michael MacMillan pictured.)
CBC, Banijay Int’l launch Format Incubator
The partnership will support up to three Canadian unscripted pilots through development and production. (Jennifer Dettman, CBC’s executive director of unscripted content, pictured.)
Buck Productions, Patrice Theroux to adapt ReincarNATE
Former eOne exec Theroux has teamed up with Buck Productions to adapt the comic by writer Michael Moreci and illustrator Keith Burns into a one-hour crime drama.
Lydia Storie, Meghan Mathes join Muse’s L.A. office
The latest hires come as the Montreal-based prodco looks to up its presence in the U.S. market. (Muse Entertainment USA’s new VP development Lydia Storie pictured.)
Playback’s 5 to Watch: nominations now open
We’re looking for the hottest talent in the Canadian screen production industry – and we need you to help us find it.
The 2014 specialty run-down: CRTC
Subscription revenues rose in 2014, while national advertising dipped, according to the CRTC’s report on specialty channel performance in Canada.
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