TV

APTN orders treasure-hunting docuseries Red River Gold

Saxon de Cocq is a writer, director and producer for the series, which tells the story of the Red River Resistance through the search for lost British gold.

Kimberley Ball to succeed Jackie Pardy as Super Channel CCO

Pardy will retire from her 35-year career in the Canadian media industry in December, stepping down as chief content officer.

New report warns parity gains in Canadian film, TV are ‘fragile’

Women in View’s latest On Screen Report states that women and gender-diverse creatives saw an overall reduced share of film and TV work in 2020 and 2021.

Natyf TV gets mandatory distribution in Quebec

The channel provides French-language programming for the province’s racialized communities.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Ahsoka dominates demand charts

TVOKids series PAW Patrol jumped to the second spot on the overall TV chart.

CMF allocates $10.7M to 20 projects via pilot program

The Pilot Program for Racialized Communities provides production and development support for drama, documentary and children’s and youth programming.

Dufferin Gate Studios expands with Birchmount Studios

Dufferin Gate Studios will now operate the 1510 Birchmount Road studio space in Scarborough, Ont., which was previously under Stratagem Studios.

Legacy Awards

Legacy Awards unveils honourees for 2023 edition

Tonya Williams, Director X, Jully Black, and Lu Kala have been announced as the first four recipients for this year’s ceremony.

PBS acquires U.S. rights to Canadian drama Little Bird

The Crave and APTN lumi original series, as well as its companion documentary, will debut in the U.S. on Oct. 12.

CRTC renews Hollywood Suite’s broadcast licence

The Commission denied a request from the group of specialty channels to carry over excess Canadian programming spend from the previous term.

Pacific General

Titan1Studios developing medical drama Pacific General

The Vancouver-set ER drama is created by B.C. duo Ken Kabatoff and Christopher Nash.

Barbara Todd Hager wraps feature doc for Knowledge Network

The documentary Forbidden Music explores efforts to preserve Kwakwaka’wakw songs.