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MIPCOM 2011: MME Factual gets real with TV Champion
Blair Reekie’s factual producer has picked up Canadian format rights to the Japanese reality show.
MIPCOM 2011: Breakthrough, Rocco are off to Italy
David Rocco’s Amalfi Getaway will air on Food Network Canada and the U.S.-based Cooking Channel.
MIPCOM 2011 briefs: Best Boy Entertainment, Lionsgate, Vuguru
Canadians are busy in Cannes unveiling international TV deals to bolster their business strategies.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs
Two and a Half Men take TV’s premiere week, followed by a double dose of The Big Bang Theory.
eOne adds Summit supply deal to Oz Unit
Hopscotch is to release six to eight movie titles from Summit in Australia and New Zealand each year.
A vision in financing: Hozer, Raymont take on Tom Thomson
The directing duo tell Playback about reaching out to the private sector to fund their latest doc, West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson, and finding surprising success.
Teletoon and FME sign Grojband
The animated series about a pre-teen garage band will be distributed worldwide by FremantleMedia Enterprises.
Shaw signs on for Copper
Shaw Media is the latest broadcaster to climb on board for the Cineflix Studios series, which is set to air in 2012.
Pitch Guide: Vibika Bianchi, Corus Entertainment
From realscreen‘s global pitch guide, a series of profiles of Canadian non-fiction commissioners and what they’re looking for this year.
eOne, Viaset ink distribution financing deal for The Firm
The co-venture sees the European broadcaster pick up free TV rights to the series for 10 of its territories.
MIPCOM 2011: Wizard Hat joins with Optix on Thinkheads
The Canadian and German producers will develop the eco-themed animated series for kids.
MIPCOM 2011: Shaftesbury Films and Smokebomb get Totally Amp’d
The prodco’s digital division has unveiled a mobile app TV series starring Ashley Leggat, which pairs live-action comedy with interactive elements.
Beta Film acquires key territories for Cineflix Studios’ Copper
The German distributor is taking the rights to Cineflix’s first scripted drama for BBC America in Germany, France and Asia, among other markets.
As DVD slump bites, Cinram considers strategic alternatives
The Canadian replicator is the latest Canadian player to feel heat from falling packaged media sales as content increasingly shifts to digital platforms.
Reviewed! Breakaway
Director Rob Lieberman’s Sikh hockey movie gets mixed reviews from the nation’s critics.
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