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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs for April 25 to May 1, 2022
Big Brother Canada grabs two spots in the top 30, while Canada’s Got Talent makes the cut.
Jeanne Lam to lead Wattpad, CEO Allen Lau transitions to advisor
After 15 years at the helm, Lau will be executive advisor for Wattpad and digital comic platform Webtoon, while Lam oversees day-to-day operations.
Great Pacific Media forges strategic partnership with Original Content Lab
The partnership with Sean Connolly’s new development hub will see GPM produce its unscripted primetime and kids series for the global market.
Guru Studio hires VP of technology to expand production capabilities
Mark Pinder will oversee the Toronto-based animation studio’s production pipeline to grow its productivity and infrastructure.
CMPA launches campaign to push for swift movement on Bill C-11
With the tagline “end the free ride for foreign web giants,” the campaign says Canada’s outdated broadcasting laws are hurting producers, broadcasters and stories.
Reasons for optimism when it comes to francophone TV sales
A look at the factors helping French-Canadian content increase its impact, including a growing international taste for non-English-language content.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films for April 29 to May 5, 2022
Geneviève Albert’s Noémie dit oui and Jason Brennan’s L’Inhumain make the list in their debuts, while Norbourg leads in its second week.
In Brief: Cinespace rounds out Toronto-based team
Plus: The Fantasia and Blue Mountain film festivals share their Canadian premieres, and the National Screen Institute names Indigenous participants for two programs.
Trade mission to Europe kicks off in Germany
A week-long trade mission to Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands began with the reopening of a digital media incentive between Canada and the German region of Berlin-Brandenburg.
Eternal Spring takes top prizes at Hot Docs
The feature animated doc about a hack of Chinese state TV won the Hot Docs Audience Award in addition to the first-place $25,000 Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary.
Commissioner of Competition plans to oppose Rogers-Shaw merger
The companies have extended their deadline in order to work towards the deal’s approval.
CMPA hires veteran regulatory counsel Alain Strati
Strati becomes the CMPA’s senior VP of industry, policy and general counsel at “a pivotal time in our industry,” says the CMPA.
Reelworld Emerging 20 Program restructures to focus on screenwriting
The program, kicking off its 21st edition this week, now has two streams — series and features — unfolding over three months.
Inside Out festival announces lineup after change in leadership
Amaze-produced Prime Video comedy The Lake will close the fest that’s being run by interim co-heads Andrew Murphy and Elie Chivi after the departure of Lauren Howes.
Production wraps on Shelley Niro’s Café Daughter
The adaptation of the Kenneth T. Williams play of the same name is produced by Niro, Freddie Films and Circle Blue Entertainment.
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