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DHX Media buys Teletubbies for $27.7 million
In acquiring Teletubbies owner Ragdoll Worldwide, the Canadian producer adds a total of 12 series to its library, including 365 episodes of the popular children’s series.
Oasis HD to coproduce Bahama Blues with Parallax Film Productions
The underwater series will start production in early 2014, with veteran cinematographers Peter Zuccarini and Sean F. White on board to capture Caribbean wildlife on camera.
Inside Playback’s Canadian Film & TV Hall of Fame
The film, television and digital industries’ best and brightest gathered at Toronto’s C Lounge on Thursday to celebrate our six newest Hall of Fame inductees. (Pictured: inductee Slawko Klymkiw)
Shaw execs Paul Robertson and Barbara Williams on Global Go
The new gated streaming service will provide up to 60 days access to full seasons of select primetime shows such as Rookie Blue and new-for-fall comedy The Millers.
Mom’s a Medium for CMT Canada starts production
The Lark Productions reality series follows psychic Carmel Baird and her family.
Big Coat adds ex-Corus exec Renee Skea as VP biz dev
The factual and unscripted indie producer branches out, also hiring Kirsten Scollie as head of production and supervising producer (Skea pictured).
Rogers names Guy Laurence president and CEO
The former Vodafone UK exec is selected to replace current CEO Nadir Mohamed, who announced his retirement earlier this year.
Funders launch framework for int’l digital coproductions
Five Canadian funding bodies have pacted on a framework to address challenges producers have in structuring digital media copros.
Bell Fund launches OnLine to OnTV digital fund
Through the program, successful digital media projects will receive a maximum grant of $10,000 to develop pitch materials and strategies to adapt the projects for traditional TV.
Cineflix Rights sells raft of series to Scandinavia
TV2 Norway buys the first four seasons of Property Brothers (pictured), while TV4 Sweden takes House Hazards and Cash Cowboys.
Shaw Media expands Go
The company is bringing the live streaming platform to Global subscribers across Canada starting tomorrow.
CMJ launches factual coproduction unit
Montreal-based CMJ Productions II has launched CMJ Concepts, a division focused on factual production partnerships with networks across the globe, to be headed up by former CABLEready exec Lou Occhicone (pictured).
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