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Cineflix Rights sells raft of series to Scandinavia
TV2 Norway buys the first four seasons of Property Brothers (pictured), while TV4 Sweden takes House Hazards and Cash Cowboys.
TIFF13 Asian Film Summit: Local stories, global markets
An international panel of filmmakers discussed the business of cross-border filmmaking at Tuesday’s event, held during the Toronto International Film Festival.
TIFF13 Industry Conference Highlights: Distribution
A summary of the day’s panels, including Vimeo’s Jeremy Boxer on the benefits of direct distribution, a discussion on creating better connections between producers and distributors, and an overview of the global VoD market.
Shaw Media expands Go
The company is bringing the live streaming platform to Global subscribers across Canada starting tomorrow.
CBS Films closes U.S. deal for The F Word
Entertainment One confirmed the U.S. rights deal, which follows the romantic comedy’s debut at the Toronto International Film Festival.
CMJ launches factual coproduction unit
Montreal-based CMJ Productions II has launched CMJ Concepts, a division focused on factual production partnerships with networks across the globe, to be headed up by former CABLEready exec Lou Occhicone (pictured).
Pilote’s Le Demantelement sells into the U.S. market
The TIFF deal by Entertainment One includes the global airline rights for the Gabriel Arcand-starrer about a farmer selling his rural property to save the house of an elder daughter in the big city.
TIFF13 Industry Conference Highlights: Engaging your audience
Five key takeaways from Monday’s panel on rallying superfans for your next film.
TIFF13 Reel Reviews: The F Word
With distribution deals locking in around the world, Michael Dowse’s latest film should do well with Toronto fans and rom-com lovers alike, says Thom Ernst.
Production starts on 19-2, Bravo’s Quebec cop drama adaptation
Benz Antoine (pictured), Maxim Roy, Isabelle Latendresse and Laurence Lebouef have joined the cast for the English language version of the popular French-language series.
Tricon lands Pivot programming
The Toronto-based producer and distributor has landed the international distribution rights to factual and scripted programming being made for Participant Media’s new network Pivot. (Pictured: HitRECord on TV!)
Entertainment One sells City comedy Seed to The CW
The youth-skewing U.S. network looks to the Canadian sitcom to get deeper into comedy.
The Engineers wins Pitch This!
Producer Daniel Bekerman (pictured, middle) says his team is aiming to start shooting the story of an experimental crime novelist in 2014.
Gia Milani wins $10K Grolsch Discovery Award
The All The Wrong Reasons director tells Playback about the challenges that faced the film’s production, including the passing of one of its stars, Cory Monteith.
TIFF13: NonStop takes When Jews Were Funny
Ahead of its world premiere tonight at TIFF, the Swedish distributor has picked up Scandinavian, Icelandic and Baltic rights to Alan Zweig’s documentary (pictured).
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