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Sales exec Dan Selig joins Boat Rocker’s rights team
The former HBO and Fifth Season exec joins Boat Rocker as SVP, content sales.
TVOKids, Knowledge Network, TFO order Mia & Codie
The Canadian pubcasters have buddied up to greenlight Epic Story Media’s STEM-focused preschool series about a girl who creates a robot to be the sibling she always wanted.
Project 10 expands with COO hire
Long-time strategic advisor Brandon Davis will work with CEO Andrew Barnsley to support the company’s operations and growth strategy.
Nelvana gives classic titles second life with FAST channel strategy
What’s old is new again as Nelvana utilizes its 50-year content library to help emerging and expanding ad-supported platforms meet their programming needs.
Hot Sheet: The Lord of the Rings prequel returns to top 10 digital chart
Netflix’s Stranger Things and HBO’s Game of Thrones continued to top the digital and overall TV demand charts for the week of Oct. 3 to 9.
Telefilm announces over $16M in production funding
The funding from Telefilm Canada’s Big Budget stream of its Production Program will go toward nine English-language feature-length films.
Screen industry mourns the loss of filmmaker Jeff Barnaby
The late Mi’kmaw director behind Rhymes for Young Ghouls and Blood Quantum died at the age of 46, a year after being diagnosed with cancer.
Canadian companies anticipate ‘very busy’ MIPCOM market
Blue Ant International, Nelvana and ComediHa! Distribution talk about their hopes for the 2022 market, which will have a record number of Canadian participants.
Boat Rocker Media names Judy Adam as CFO
Adam will join the company on Nov. 21, with outgoing CFO Michelle Abbott to depart at the end of November.
Netflix reveals details of ad-supported subscriptions
Canadian advertisers will be able to target ads based on content on Nov. 1, though more options are in the works.
Corus Studios unveils greenlights, renewals with pre-MIPCOM sales
New to the slate is Repossessed, produced by Sphere Media, a paranormal series for Corus Entertainment’s History channel.
City of Toronto taps Jessica Menagh for film sector development role
The former Canadian Film Centre supervising producer is tasked with accelerating Toronto’s film and TV industry.
Deals: D360, Abacus Media Rights, Cineflix Rights, Memento International
Canadian scripted and unscripted titles sell wide internationally in the lead-up to MIPCOM, while Charlotte Le Bon’s feature Falcon Lake finds U.S. distribution.
Dave Conlon, Michael McGuigan launch Shadow Pine Studios
The Toronto-based studio will provide production, distribution and post-production services, and has acquired the Breakthrough Entertainment content library.
CBC Gem orders Murdoch Mysteries spinoff series
Macy Murdoch, produced by Toronto’s Shaftesbury, is slated for release on CBC Gem in spring 2023.
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