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SIM Digital acquires PS Production Services
The acquisition of the national production services company follows the purchases of Bling Digital in 2009 and Master Key Finishing last year.
Rogers Media changes sales structure
Chief sales officer Jack Tomik (pictured) on the changes the company is making to work with agencies rather than platforms.
Weekly roundup: Series returns, sales and foreign service
The briefs this week include news of numerous award wins, Rookie Blue‘s season return date and that Montreal’s Chloe Wilde (pictured) has been named a new Much VJ.
Film accelerator CineCoup unveils top 15
The top projects, revealed Wednesday night, come from Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Toronto and Halifax.
Canuck feature heads to San Fran distribution lab
I Put a Hit on You, directed by Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart (pictured), will participate in the first chapter of the A2E: Artist to Entrepreneur series of labs from the San Francisco Film Society.
D Films lands distribution pact with Universal Studios
The agreement sees Univeral Studios Home Entertainment Canada distributing all D Film’s current and future film and TV programs to the home marketplace.
Canadian Social TV top 3 – week of Apr. 21
This week we see Big Brother Canada bested by pre-season-return Rookie Blue social media activity, while the Juno Awards also caused a spike of chatter.
Ron Close named Pelmorex president and CEO
Close replaces current chairman and CEO Pierre Morrissette, who will remain executive chairman at The Weather Network parent company (Morrissette and Close pictured).
Wayne Brady to host Banff Rockie Awards
Entertainment Tonight co-anchor Rob Marciano will host the industry awards luncheon at the upcoming Canadian media confab (Brady pictured).
Showcase launches Continuum Interactive
The convergent experience, developed with Toronto-based Secret Location, incorporates Vine videos and social media sharing and voting to influence the outcome of the second season finale.
Kirstine Stewart on plans for Twitter Canada
The former CBC EVP English services talks to Playback about plans for a local Twitter arm as she takes the reins as managing director of Twitter Canada.
Netflix bringing Sundance Channel’s Rectify to Canada
The video streaming co acquired exclusive broadcast premiere window rights for Canadian subscribers to the six-part drama series.
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