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Winter 2018
10 to Watch: Last chance to nominate
The deadline to nominate the industry's next up-and-comers is tonight. Clic...
Playback Winter 2018-19: Breaking down 2018 with the year’s biggest newsmakers
Playback's winter issue showcases key players shaping the industry and wishes a bittersweet farewell to two icons who blazed a trai...
Op-Ed: What do we do AfterMeToo?
Vibika Bianchi, veteran producer, programmer and the acting chair of AfterMeToo, reflects on a year that changed the industry.
Programmer profile: OUTtv and Revry
OUTtv CEO Brad Danks and Damian Pelliccione, co-founder and CEO of Revry, discuss their programming strategies.
‘A Mexico-Canada romcom would probably work well in Mexico’
Latam Pictures' CEO Mineko Mori says local comedies are on the rise in Mexico, and it's a potentially fruitful area for a copro.
A ‘suite’ goodbye: Barbara Williams
Playback pays tribute to Williams' 30-year TV career, which started in the newsroom of Citytv and wrapped in the C-suite of Corus E...
Playback’s 2018 Channel of the Year: OUTtv
"This year established a strong proof of concept in respect to our overall strategy," says Brad Danks, citing globalization and direct-to-co...
Playback’s 2018 Film Director of the Year: Stella Meghie
The Share Her Journey ambassador has become one of Canada's top directorial exports, thanks to a TIFF world premiere and an upcoming feature...
Playback’s 2018 TV Director of the Year: Kari Skogland
One of Canada's most respected directors, Skogland's career climbed to new heights in 2018 with The Handmaid's Tale.
Playback’s 2018 Showrunner of the Year: Simon Barry
His sci-fi series Ghost Wars may have ended this spring, but veteran showrunner Barry had plenty more up his sleeve.
Playback’s 2018 Show of the Year: Schitt’s Creek
Executive producers and stars Dan Levy and Eugene Levy reflect on a year that saw the half-hour comedy vault into the international spotligh...
Playback’s 2018 Exec of the Year: Jennifer Twiner McCarron
The CEO of Thunderbird Entertainment had a boffo year, transitioning from CEO of Atomic Cartoons to the leader of its newly public parent co...
How Sinking Ship’s Annedroids broke the mould
The unique female-led STEM series, and Playback's Kids Show of the Year, achieved global reach in 2017.
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