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Breakthrough enters home entertainment arena
The Canadian indie producer becomes an online direct-to-consumer distributor by introducing BreakthroughHomeEntertainment.com, launching with three of the company’s titles, including Less Than Kind (pictured).
Weekly Roundup: News of awards, sales and company rebrandings
Canuck Creative Emmys winners include Deluxe editor Don Cassidy and sound re-recording mixers Chris Cooke and Brad Zoern (pictured) for History Channel mini-series Hatfields & McCoys.
Halifax hosts shoots for The Khouris and Seed comedy pilots
Rizwan Manji (pictured) is taking the lead as Dr. Bob Khouri in the CBC pilot from Los Angeles-based Tim McAuliffe.
Matt West joins inMotion as chief creative officer
He will work with VP and senior producer Sarah Fodey to spearhead the company’s growing film and TV division.
marblemedia partners with Surprise Bag on new projects
The Toronto-based cross-platform producer will develop new animated comedy projects in the kids and scripted genres with former eOne exec Frank Saperstein’s (pictured) new venture.
Stornoway Communications bolsters exec team
Veteran TV exec Don Gaudet joins the Toronto-based broadcaster and production company as VP programming, while Cindy Boyd is upped to VP operations.
Shaw gets mobile with new service
Called Shaw Go, the media co is launching a series of TV content apps, first for Western Canada’s Movie Central, with the second coming within a month.
Discovery World HD orders more Chef’s Domain
The channel has greenlit a second season of Lively Media’s food series, which follows top Canadian chefs in their search for local ingredients.
Actor Winston Rekert dies of cancer
Rekert recently received the Union of B.C. Performers’ Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award.
Solange Attwood promoted at Si Entertainment
Previously helming the company’s distribution division as director of sales, she will take on the role of VP international sales and development.
DHX’s Pirates heads to Super RTL in Germany
Germany’s Super RTL has snapped up CGI-animated series Pirates, Adventures in Art from Canada’s DHX Media.
Logo picks up Shaftesbury’s Why Men Cheat
The Toronto-based production and distribution company has sold the one-hour doc Why Men Cheat, commissioned by the CBC, to Logo in the U.S.
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