Spring 2018

Playback’s Indie List: the year in review

This year's Indie List offers a snapshot of some of Canada's biggest production companies firing on all cylinders before the domestic screen...

Quebecor is reportedly set to pull its TVA Sports channel from Bell TV at 7 p.m. today, coinciding with the first game of the NHL playoffs.

Produced by Blue Ant's Saloon Media, the four-part docuseries examines the 17th-century witch trials.

Via the strategic partnership, the L.A.-based prodco will produce and direct between six-to-eight TV MOWs in Canada and the U.S.

The U.K. showrunner behind Bodyguard and Line of Duty will take part in the festival's 'In Conversation With' series.

9-1-1 comes in at #1, followed by The Rookie at #2, while Big Brother Canada ties with Magnum P.I. lower...

WGC's Maureen Parker talks to Playback about how the Early Stage Development program could benefit domestic showrunners and writers...

The deal for the pay TV and VOD rights was inked with Banijay Rights.

Groupe Media TFO wants to reinvent the royalty model by using blockchain to provide more reliable real-time content consumption stats.

The Fire-y filmmaker's subject matter is never easy. Neither was her rise to fame.

Elaine Frontain Bryant, EVP and head of programming at A&E Networks, and Eli Lehrer, EVP of programming at History, talk the channels' diver...

Canadian producers are scrambling to adjust their business models in the face of a stalled domestic system and increasingly globalized produ...

From Playback magazine: A look back at the career, challenges and achievements of Telefilm's exiting executive director.

Awards season is traditionally dominated by men, but this year's Canadian Screen Awards shines a spotlight on more diverse talent.

Playback's first print issue of the year hits mailboxes this week, packed with features on the issues shaping the industry right no...