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CBC unveils branded entertainment initiative
Brands and indie producers are urged to pitch ideas for new shows to the program, which was announced at the BCON Expo held in Toronto Thursday.
Breakthrough takes Rustic Adventures
Produced by Riverbank Pictures, the series follows its Opening series chefs Craig Harding and Rob Rossi (pictured, right), on a food tour across Italy.
Weekly roundup: ideaBOOST and film and TV premieres
This pre-Easter edition of our briefs includes premiere news for homegrown TV series, as well as Canuck-made films at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival (Jews and Money pictured).
marblemedia, Big Soul developing Snow Joe with APTN
From Mike the Knight creator Alexander Bar, the animated preschool series follows a young Aboriginal boy who dreams of becoming a hero like the ones in his grandfather’s stories.
CMJ Productions secures three-year output deal with Evasion
As a result of the agreement the Toronto-based company will produce three 13-hour internationally-focused travel series a year.
Tricon to bring IFC scripted comedy Maron to MIPTV
Based on comedian and podcaster Marc Maron’s life and WTF podcast, the series includes Denis Leary as one of its exec producers.
ReelzChannel buys Cracked drama for U.S. market
The sale of the White Pine Pictures police procedural follows a promotional push at MIPCOM for the Canadian import.
DGC-CMPA talks on new standard agreement resume Apr. 2
“There’s rumours floating around and I have to make it clear that there’s no intention by the DGC in Ontario, or within this collective agreement, to take job action,” guild chair Alan Goluboff told Playback.
Under Fire documentary wins Peabody
The project is among 39 honourees for the 72nd annual Peabody Awards, chosen to represent the best in electronic media for 2012.
The True Heroines launching online
The Vancouver web series about three suburban housewives eluding the evil corporation that gave them superpowers will release episodes weekly via YouTube and the series’ website.
Sardine and TVO partner in Mammoth deal
The Montreal-based animation company will develop Neal Layton’s The Mammoth Academy book series into a kids’ TV series.
Sanctuary secures U.S. broadcast syndication deal
PPI Releasing and distributor Tricon Films & Television cleared the Canadian-shot series that ran for four seasons on Syfy in over 78% of the U.S. market.
Canadian Social TV top 3 – week of Mar. 17
This week we see how Big Brother Canada kept its position at the top as it continued to grow its social media participation while both Being Human and Degrassi lost some ground.
Continuum gets second season on Syfy
The U.S. channel has ordered another 13 episodes of the time-travelling drama from Reunion Pictures, which also airs on Showcase.
Netflix takes Canadian indie’s series Justin Time
Canadian indie Guru Studio is marking its first multi-territory deal with SVOD network Netflix with its showcase preschool series Justin Time.
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