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Rogers doc fund invests $1.1M across 17 projects
EyeSteel Film’s Tokyo Girls and White Pine Pictures’ PTSD/Beyond Trauma were among the projects selected to receive coin in this latest round of funding.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs May 18, 2015 to May 24, 2015
MasterChef Canada hits #4 for the week of May 18 to 24, with Rookie Blue, Motive and Big Brother Canada all landing on the top 30 chart.
Anne of Green Gables MOW to bow on YTV
The two-hour original movie from Breakthrough Entertainment will air on the youth-focused channel in early 2016.
Upfronts 2015: Can original drama get OMNI out of the red?
Rogers Media execs talk 2015/2016 strategy, including a new Chinese-language drama for OMNI and hockey’s influence on primetime programming.
Gold-digging, outlaws and foodies topline Shaw specialty
Upfronts 2015: Cancon finds more fertile ground on Shaw specialty, with a number of new and returning series in the channel lineups. (Yukon Gold pictured.)
Rob Heydon options Jackrabbit Parole
Heydon (pictured) is working with writer Mitch Gabourie to adapt the novel from Canadian author Stephen Reid into a limited TV series.
Upfronts 2015: Global adds The Code, Houdini & Doyle
Fall as usual is light on Cancon on Shaw Media’s conventional while acquisition stars are heavy on the “super.” (Supergirl pictured.)
Upfronts 2015: City builds a man cave for fall
The Rogers Media net is continuing to target a male audience with new dramas and comedies, while Sunnyside is renewed for mid-season.
Wild Kratts adds more creature power to licensing program
Wild Kratts has added a raft of new licensees to its growing licensing program and is ramping up retail distribution in the U.S.
Paperny hires Joy Huang for VP post in New York
Huang will head up development for the company’s U.S. and international-facing projects out of Paperny’s New York office.
CTV’s Motive extends to season four
The latest order for the Foundation Features and Lark Productions series includes 13 one-hour episodes.
CMJ sells new Outlaws series into U.S., U.K., Canada
The show from John Kuyk’s CMJ Productions II has secured sales of its 10-episode premiere season. (Kuyk pictured.)
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