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Jack Tomik leaves the CBC’s Revenue Group for Rogers Media
The change sees Tomik (pictured) become Rogers’ chief sales officer as Alan Dark takes over his position at the pubcaster.
Nelvana sews up content deal in China
The Corus-owned company’s content acquisition and merchandising rep deal for China with the country’s Ciwen Media Group includes animated series such as Babar.
Minds Eye Entertainment pacts on NBC, ABC series
Kevin Dewalt’s production shingle will work with Georgeville Television on Crossbones, a period pirate drama for NBC, and an untitled pandemic thriller for ABC.
Vik Sahay joins Satisfaction ensemble comedy pilot
The Canadian actor is to play an eccentric dental hygienist in the single camera sitcom from executive producer Tim McAuliffe (pictured) and indie producer DHX Media.
CBC must explain Hockey Night in Canada contingency plan: lobby group
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting estimates the pubcaster stands to lose $200 million and more than 400 hours of programming if it loses rights to NHL broadcasts.
MIPCOM12: Canuck factual prodcos target L.A., U.K. partnerships
Peace Point Entertainment president and exec producer Les Tomlin says the strategy helps to bridge production budget gaps.
Shaw picks up Defiance from NBCUniversal
The sci-fi series is currently in production in Toronto and also features a massive multiplayer online tie-in game (pictured).
Toon Boom wins Emmy, partners with Bento Box
In addition to the Engineering Emmy win, the Montreal-based company has teamed up with Burbank, Calif-based Bento Box to create a paperless digital animation pipeline for projects such as Bob’s Burgers.
Sardine Productions, Radio-Canada team with partners on Mia series
The children’s educational pre-school series is anchored to a mouse character brand of Montreal’s Kutoka Interactive.
MIPCOM12: Extreme Sports Channel takes Mantracker
The Netherlands-based international action sports channel also acquired U.S. series Monster Jam (pictured).
Primevista TV unveils crop of distribution deals
Programs hosted by Sarah Richardson have been sold to France, Australia and elsewhere, while French-Canadian Canal Vie has ordered new episodes of Sarah’s House (pictured).
TV still king of multi-screen Canada, but reign is under threat: study
According to the Media Technology Monitor, each week four-screen Canadians watch more than five hours of online videos and about two and a half hours of both online TV and Netflix.
Story House Media opens Toronto office
Robyn Hutt (pictured left), former SVP of original programming for truTV, and Rachel Low (pictured right), ex-Red Apple Entertainment president, will lead the international prodco’s Canadian headquarters.
BBC Worldwide sells Wingin’ It to Starz Kids and Family
Created by Frank Van Keeken (pictured) the Temple Street teen comedy is set to air on the U.S. channel beginning in March 2013.
MIPCOM12: Canuck industry news roundup
Playback’s editors in Cannes report on Sanctuary (pictured) getting syndication, Shaftesbury’s Do-Over pact, new Peace Point Rights partnerships, DHX sales to Germany and Breakthrough’s Rocket Monkeys rollout.
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