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Adweek: Jamie Byrne on YouTube’s digital content evolution
The company’s director of content strategy discusses how its digital content ecosystem is changing for creators, advertisers and viewers.
CTV announces Super Bowl broadcast plans
The network will broadcast live and in HD seven hours of pre-game programming, and live-stream the game in Canada on CTV.ca.
Rogers Media and Buffalo Bills extend deal for five years
The renewed partnership runs until 2017, and will see one regular season game per year being played at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, with a bonus pre-season game in 2015.
Cineflix Rights boosts third party content offering with Laffey hire
The indie distributor hired U.K.-based acquisitions exec Kate Laffey (pictured) from ITV Studios Global Entertainment as it looks to distribute more scripted and non-scripted content from beyond North America.
CTV, CBC developing separate dramas from Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern
Both networks confirm to Playback they have possible dramas in the works with the Flashpoint creators (pictured).
Trilight turning Swift Current Broncos tragedy into movie
The Saskatchewan producer has optioned a book based on the tragic 1986 junior hockey bus crash, but will likely shoot a feature adaptation outside the province due to disruptive provincial film tax credit changes.
eOne Family appoints head of global sales
Sales and marketing exec Monica Candiani will head up international sales for London-based eOne Family, where, among other things, she will work closely with eOne’s licensing division to support the global expansion of the Peppa Pig brand
Reunion, Shaw begin production on Continuum second season
The Vancouver-filmed time-travel drama was greenlit for a second season in August, slated to premiere on Showcase in April.
New BlackBerry store touted with TV and film offerings
BlackBerry World, which was unveiled Monday, replaces BlackBerry App World, features the mobile-format availability of programs from a slew of Canadian and international distributors, according to RIM.
Jason Buxton’s Blackbird to receive Claude Jutra Award
The first-time feature trophy, to be received at the Canadian Screen Awards, follows the Nova Scotia film earning trophies at festivals in Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax.
Bob Babinski named exec producer for City Montreal
As exec producer and local content manager, the veteran broadcaster and Montreal native will oversee the local version of Breakfast Television and new weekly sports show Connected Montreal.
South Asian Zee TV to launch in Canada
Zee TV Canada will be the flagship of a five-channel entertainment offering by the South Asian-focused broadcaster whose international viewership reportedly stands at 650 million people.
eOne takes U.S. rights to We Are What We Are thriller
The company also holds rights to the film for the U.K., Canada, France, Scandanavia and South Africa, and is planning for a U.S. theatrical release in late 2013.
Elias Koteas joins the third season revival of The Killing
AMC un-cancelled the murder mystery thriller for another 13 episodes to shoot in Vancouver this spring.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Jan. 18 to Jan. 24, 2013
Mama, which was partly filmed at Toronto’s Pinewood Studios, tops the list for the week of Jan. 18 to Jan. 24, 2013.
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