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Canadian Social TV top 3 – week of April 7
This week we see how Big Brother Canada kept its lead while CBC properties Heartland and Republic of Doyle also performed strongly, according to Seevibes.
DHX Media signs deal with ABC TV Australia
The Australian national public broadcaster has picked up the exclusive free-to-air rights to Ha Ha Hairies (pictured), Rastamouse and Grandpa in my Pocket.
Italian Contemporary Film Festival books into Bell Lightbox
This story has been clarified. Pinocchio director Enzo D’Alo will be on hand for a festival tribute in Toronto.
City to debut Package Deal on June 24
The broadcaster had an initial May 6 start date for the multi-camera comedy.
KidsCo sends Syfy Kids to Asia
The channel will launch in Asia with around 120 hours of programing, including Matt Hatter Chronicles (pictured), dubbed in local languages like Mandarin, Cantonese, Malaysian and Indonesian.
Showcase promotes with partners and aliens
The Shaw Media channel has launched a multi-platform campaign, which includes a partnership with EB Games around Defiance and Continuum.
Yorkton Film Festival unveils best director noms
The nominations for the Saskatchewan festival include Foxed! (pictured) directed by James Stewart and Nev Bezaire.
Slew of Canadian shorts screening in Cannes
A total of 44 homegrown shorts will screen at the Cannes Market and the festival’s Short Film Corner (Jeremy Lutter’s Floodplain pictured).
Thatcher doc sells into Canada, Spain
Radio-Canada in Quebec and Telemadrid inked deals with Sky Vision for Brook Lapping’s documentary Thatcher: A Memoir.
All My Children, One Life To Live to FX Canada
The specialty channel becomes the only North American broadcaster of the iconic soap revivals.
Ex-CTV exec Brad Schwartz to head up TV Guide Network
The appointment was made by CBS and Lionsgate, which run the U.S. channel.
NSI partners with Gimli Film Festival for shorts programming
The Manitoba festival will include a program featuring recently-completed shorts from local Manitoba producers.
eOne names VP, theatrical sales and distrib for U.S.
Ryan Markowitz (pictured) will oversee all aspects of film distribution booking and collection for the company’s U.S. domestic theatrical division in his newly-created role.
Lionsgate partners with IE on Hunger Games site
The site was built specifically for the Internet Explorer 10 platform, the companies said.
CMF doles out performance envelope coin
English broadcasters received $173.3 million in performance envelope funds, while French broadcasters received $85.7 million.
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