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Knowledge Network head Rudy Buttignol set to leave his position
The president and CEO will step down effective June 30 after a petition calling for new leadership at the British Columbia pubcaster.
Boat Rocker snags rights to ‘ornery pussycat’ story Bad Kitty
The Toronto-based media company plans to develop an animated television series based on the children’s book series by Nick Bruel.
Night Blooms, Moonshine are tops at Screen Nova Scotia awards
Other winners at the eighth annual awards gala included documentary Freedom Swell from Marie and Meaghan Wright.
TVO greenlights fourth instalment of Tripping doc series
Produced by Toronto-based prodco Good Earth Productions, Tripping Train 185 will begin filming in July.
Bell Fund commits over $4.4 million to 26 TV, digital series
The amount is allocated across the TV Selective Program and Short-Form Digital Series Program, which includes the first scripted TikTok project to receive Bell Fund support.
Deals: ComediHa!, Films We Like, Bell Media, Rogers Communications
ComediHa! and Zone3 sell the adapted format of In Lieu of Flowers to Italian prodco Stand By Me, Films We Like acquires the Canadian rights to documentary feature Geographies of Solitude, and more.
RBC launches BIPOC Emerging Producers program
The initiative aims to help Indigenous and racialized producers access interim financing for eligible projects with budgets between $500,000 and $2 million.
CFC announces 2022 Norman Jewison Film Program cohort
Five directors, five producers, five writers and four editors were chosen from a record number of submissions.
Item 7 to produce a new documentary on the life of Jean-Marc Vallée
The documentary titled, Cut Print Thank You Bye, will be directed by Montreal filmmaker Marie-Julie Dallaire and produced by Item 7’s founder Pierre Even.
Hot Sheet: Stranger Things continues to dominate overall TV demand in Canada
Amazon Studios’ The Boys rises on both the digital originals and overall TV charts for the week of June 6 to 12.
In Brief: WIFTV announces participants for Tricksters and Writers program
Plus: Big Time Decent’s Backroad Truckers is in production for season two, 3 Arts Entertainment launches a Toronto office, and more.
BANFF ’22 dispatches: Bell Media, CBC Kids, BIPOC TV & Film
Bell Media discusses scripted partnerships, CBC Kids talks social responsibility, and BIPOC TV & Film outlines equity, inclusion and representation progress.
Netflix Canada team provides in-depth look at strategy
BANFF ’22: Tara Woodbury and Danielle Woodrow of the streamer’s Toronto-based team discussed what they’re looking for and how they take pitches and make deals.
Craig McGillivray and Greg Rubidge launch 10Star Media
The sales, financing and production company will be headed by McGillivray in Toronto.
Wage increases, retroactive pay included in tentative DGC BC deal
Guild members will begin a five-day voting process on June 19 on the tentative deal reached with the CMPA and AMPTP.
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