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TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin to end after season 19
Filling its timeslot at the Ontario pubcaster in the fall is a new public affairs program The Rundown.
BANFF adds two board members
GroupM Canada CEO and president of WPP Canada Kevin Johnson and music supervisor Nora Felder are the latest additions to the board.
Northwinds Productions’ Drink docuseries records Webby win
Other winners include the CBC podcast Personal Best and the indie game Balatro.
Remembering BANFF’s inaugural leader, Carrie Hunter
The founding executive director of the festival will be honoured at this year’s BANFF with an award in her name.
Hot Sheet: The Handmaid’s Tale leaps in demand with final season
HBO’s The Last of Us landed at No. 3 on the overall TV originals chart following its season two release.
Four projects selected for Docs-in-Progress in Cannes
The animated feature Julián, produced in part by Aircraft Pictures, will participate in the Annecy Animation Showcase.
70% rely on word-of-mouth to find content for their kids: MTM
This new edition of the report covers topics including gaming, VR, co-viewing, discoverability and social media.
Deals: Sinking Ship, CBC Gem, Blue Ant Media
Sinking Ship sells its latest dino spinoff abroad, CBC Gem to premiere Telus original Not Your Butter Chicken, and more
Heather Shaw, Corus founding executive chair, to retire
Shaw has served in the post since the company’s inception and will continue in a non-executive role.
Maxime Giroux’s In Cold Light to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
The film will make its world premiere in the New York festival’s Spotlight Narrative section.
Entertainment Partners taps Anne Loi for Canadian president role
The former WildBrain exec will lead Entertainment Partners’ strategy and operations in Canada.
Eagle Vision returns to Taken with season five
The docuseries focused on solving the mysteries behind Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous people premiered its fourth season in 2019.
Bell Media adds Celeste Parr’s Prejudice to development slate
A series order for the project would mark the first show produced under Bell Media’s content licensing and distribution agreement with Fox Entertainment Global.
In Brief: North of North hits Netflix’s global top 10
Plus: Bell Fibe TV1 greenlights season two of Normal Scotia, Racewalkers set to kick off the Blue Mountain Film + Media Festival, and more.
IPF selects 21 short-form series for development program
The funder received a record 225 applications to support genre-diverse scripted projects.
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