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Alibi Entertainment promotes two development VPs
Aaron Champion and Heidi Schorn will lead the development teams for Alibi’s scripted and unscripted divisions, respectively.
Shaftesbury taps Deborah Nathan as senior director of creative
The former CBC executive in charge of production reports to VP, creative affairs Julie Lacey.
Schitt’s Creek scores fistful of Golden Globe noms
The award-winning comedy secured five nods, including best television series, musical or comedy.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, Jan. 18 to 24, 2021
Murdoch Mysteries makes the list at #23, while Private Eyes comes in at #27.
Big Time Decent developing single-camera comedy
The half-hour series attached to the Vancouver prodco is written, executive produced and created by James A. Woods, Ed Weeks and Nicolas Wright.
Virtual production, streaming models among 2021 trends to watch
The Canadian film industry will need to determine its strategy in the streaming wars and adopt new tech to film safely, according to the Canada Media Fund’s latest trend report.
Third round of job cuts hit Bell Media
Updated: Playback has learned that Tom Hastings, director, original programming, drama, and Robin Johnston, director, original programming, factual and reality, have departed the company.
Blue Ant ups Julie Chang to EVP, international coproductions
The former VP has also joined the company’s corporate management team.
Nelvana gets in on Best & Bester
The series from Finland’s Gigglebug Entertainment will be coproduced by Nelvana and London prodco Eye Present, while Nelvana handles distribution.
How Cameron Pictures navigated a ‘Pretty Hard’ production journey
Co-creators and showrunners Tassie Cameron and Sherry White share how the production delay and Black Lives Matter shaped the crime procedural for the better.
AMC Networks, Shaftesbury strike strategic partnership
Updated: A creatively driven deal, Shaftesbury’s Christina Jennings discusses what the agreement means for the Murdoch Mysteries producer.
Hot Sheet: Top 4 Canadian films for Jan. 22 to 28, 2021
The Willoughbys claim the #1 spot, followed by Disappearance at Clifton Hill at #2 and PG: Psycho Goreman at #3.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films for Jan. 22 to 28, 2021
The list sees The Croods: A New Age, News of the World and Promising Young Woman lead.
Bell Media, Bodacious Wines uncork The Stranger Experiment
Produced by Bell Media Studios, the three-part unscripted series examines what happens when strangers meet for the first time in the middle of a global pandemic.
In brief: Queer Your Stories winner, Canada’s eligible Oscar docs
Plus: New international partners join Media Ranch’s format incubator in its third edition and Mercury Filmworks establishes an award in honour of editor Kevin Kocvar.
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