A corporate restructuring will see Toronto unscripted toppers Simon Lloyd (pictured) and Joe Houlihan leave at the end of the year to form their own company, as programming development shifts more to Los Angeles and London.
The 60-episode, half-hour pop culture quiz show began production Wednesday at Showline Studios in Toronto.
The companies first announced they were partnering on the animated preschool series in June.
On the heels of Corus Entertainment revealing management changes that put Colin Bohm at the helm of the Corus Kids vertical, Nelvana has named two co-heads who will jointly manage the company’s global distribution and licensing portfolio.
Toronto-based Portfolio Entertainment has sold food travel series You Gotta Eat Here to National Geographic Channel Italy.
The Toronto-based kids and family producer has finalized the deal to acquire underlying rights to the CCI Kids children’s and family library, and ups Natalie Osborne (pictured) to managing director.
The homegrown comedy is shooting in and around Halifax, with Gerry Dee, Jonathan Torrens, Kassidy Mattera and Mark Forward starring.
The six-part half-hour series will follow skating duo Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (pictured) in their quest for Olympic gold at the 2014 Winter Games in Russia.
Networks took over the streets surrounding the big event with spectacular immersive marketing experiences.
The supper-hour coverage featured visits by correspondents to local hospitals to interview mothers who also gave birth Monday (pictured, The Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington).