TV

It’s official: FremantleMedia acquires Recipe to Riches format rights

Rob Clark, director of global entertainment development at FremantleMedia: “We are very much looking forward to bringing local versions of the show to audiences around the world.”

Prime Time 2012: Why TV doesn’t make any sense, and Google and Facebook do

Interactive guru Robert Tercek told the Canadian indie producer conference that broadcasters need to get their heads out of the sand and embrace social media and other emerging digital platforms.

Production begins on Horses of McBride

The two-hour CTV Original Movie, produced by Whizbang Films, will shoot through March 16 in Calgary.

NBC and CTV to air Saving Hope in summer 2012

Entertainment One has inked a stateside deal for the fast-paced medical drama ahead of production getting underway in Toronto on March 12.

Kidobi acquires rights for Amita of the Jungle

The Canadian online video platform has secured digital and VOD rights to the first season of the Italian-Chinese animated series.

Bejuba! secures new TV sales for Stella and Sam

The Canadian producer/distributor has sold the series, produced by Toronto-based Radical Sheep Productions, into France, Scandanavia and Estonia.

TVA Group posts reduced Q4 earnings on Sun News launch costs

The Quebec broadcaster, a division of Quebecor Media, absorbed losses after last year starting up TVA Sports and Mlle.

Recipe to Riches goes international

Temple Street Productions and Capital C have sold format rights to the show to FremantleMedia.

Slice unveils its Vancouver Housewives

The Real Housewives of Vancouver will launch with a two-hour premiere on April 4.

Ron E. Scott on the challenges of promoting Blackstone to viewers

With internet access limited in many northern communities, Blackstone producers target Aboriginal newspapers and radio stations to connect with fans of the First Nations drama.

Playback Indie Survey profile: Tricon Films and Television

The prodco’s president, Andrea Gorfolova, tells Playback about expanding business into the U.S. and surpassing distribution goals in 2011.

Canadian producers lobby for web series coin ahead of Prime Time

The internet is filled with DIY web series like The Guild and Between the Ferns and Canadian producers want in on the action.