CRTC to require streamers operating in Canada to report key financial data

Digital platforms with more than $50 million in total annual revenue in Canada will be required to submit to the newly launched Annual Digital Media Survey.

Canadian Academy launches Executive Residency Program

The eight-month program will include job shadowing at an executive level and monthly meetings led by the community partners.

Saloon Media announces key appointments, including Betty Orr to SVP of production

The Toronto prodco has also appointed Pam McNair to production executive and Elizabeth St. Philip to senior producer as it touts “rapid growth.”

Stunt expert Derek Barnes rolls on first feature

Walking Supply is produced by Toronto’s High Star Entertainment and Kemodo Entertainment and stars The Sopranos actor Al Sapienza (pictured).

Quebec doc filmmaker Danic Champoux dies

The director behind Self(less) Portrait and CHSLD, mon amour has died at the age of 45.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs for Feb. 7 to 13, 2022

Transplant makes the top 10, while a Super Bowl boost gives Children Ruin Everything two spots in the top 30.

Last Summers of the Raspberries to compete at Series Mania

The French-language series from Montreal’s Trio Orange and Quebecor Content is up for three prizes at the film festival in northern France.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films for Feb. 11 to 17, 2022

Spider-Man: No Way Home fends off Death on the Nile and Marry Me as it continues to dominate the Canadian box office.

The Sessions podcast explores the Online Streaming Act: ‘It’s time we got unstuck’

In the first episode of a new four-part podcast series on the Online Streaming Act, host Irene Berkowitz chats with Reynolds Mastin and Charles Falzon about Bill C-11.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films for Feb. 11 to 17, 2022

Quebec documentary Perdre Mario debuts at No. 3 while Aline leads the list.

CBC strikes content deal with ITV Studios

The deal includes an extension to CBC’s rights to the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street.

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Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for Feb. 7 to 13, 2022

The Book of Boba Fett continues to lead Canadian demand, with Pam & Tommy rising in the list.

Geographies of Solitude wins three awards at Berlinale

The Canadian feature documentary by Jacquelyn Mills took honours including the Caligari Film Prize.

Deals: eOne, so.da, Dark Slope, Guru, Gusto

Entertainment One secures sales around the globe for Australian drama, Corus brings short-form lifestyle content to Snapchat Discover, plus more.