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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs from June 14 to 20, 2021
Unscripted competition series America’s Got Talent and MasterChef make the top 10 as Canada is engrossed in the NHL Playoffs.
EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content acquires int’l sales rights to CBC comedy Run the Burbs
The Pier 21 Films-produced comedy stars Andrew Phung, who co-created the series alongside Scott Townend.
BSO, Rogers launch $750K script development fund
The Rogers/Black Screen Office Script Development Fund will give Black and people of colour creators access to financial support to bring their projects to the market.
Canadian prodcos earn Daytime Emmy nods in children’s and animation
Sinking Ship Entertainment earned the most nominations overall, with projects from 9 Story Media Group, Mercury Filmworks, Atomic Cartoons and Nelvana also in contention.
Two renovation series get the greenlight at HGTV Canada
Corus Studios has commissioned Pamela Anderson’s Home Reno Project and Hoarder House Flippers, and added to its international sales team.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films for June 18 at 24, 2021
A Quiet Place Part II remains at the top of the Canadian box office, while Souterrain holds the No. 9 spot.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films for June 18 to 24, 2021
Sketch comedy film Livrés chez vous sans contact debuts at the No. 2 spot, while Souterrain maintains its spot at the top.
Corus revenue up 15% in Q3; dips 1% for year-to-date
The media company’s consolidated revenue was $403 million for the quarter, as TV ad revenue climbed 22% compared to last year’s pandemic-hit third quarter.
CBC orders marblemedia’s Best in Miniature
The Aba Amuquandoh-hosted factual series, which sees contestants building their dream homes in miniature form, was also pre-bought by Discovery+ for the U.K. and Ireland.
Cinemas, festivals offered $35M lifeline through new federal recovery funds
The federal government has committed $500 million over the course of two years to the country’s arts, cultural, heritage and sports sectors with the creation of two new funds.
Randy Lennox lines up next gig; launches new production shingle
The former Bell Media president has been named executive chair of not-for-profit organization Elevate, and unveiled a raft of projects through his new production banner, Lennox Endeavours.
‘Content is still king’: Predicting streaming trends for the future
BANFF ’21: Streaming experts predict what content trends will shape programming strategies as production spend around the globe hits a new peak.
Palestinan-Canadian doc-maker Sura Mallouh selected for Sundance, NBC initiatives
Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) has boarded Mallouh’s in-production debut feature doc as a producer.
Deals: FilmRise, Go Button Media, eOne
Heartland makes the leap to AVOD in the U.S., Autentic’s new copro with Toronto’s Go Button Media and PJ Masks soars to new markets.
Can the exhibition business survive in a day-and-date world?
BANFF ’21: Film experts debated how exhibitors should evolve the theatrical experience to retain cinema-going audiences in a collapsed-window world.
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