Cameras roll on Nish Media’s Indigenous-led Pitago Stop

The series, co-directed by Jason Brennan and Sonia Bonspille Boileau, follows the daily lives of employees at a roadside rest stop.

Bell Media combines news teams in Quebec

The move will bring together Noovo Info, Noovo Moi, CTV News Montreal and CJAD.

CRTC denies AMI request for wholesale rate increases

AMI had been seeking a boost in revenues for discretionary services AMI-tv and AMI-télé.

CMPA names participants for 2024-25 mentorship programs

Among the CMPA’s mentorship programs is a new initiative for Newfoundland and Labrador producers with PictureNL.

Lu Asfaha wins 2024 WIDC Feature Film Award

Asfaha won the award for her psychological thriller screenplay They Echo, which is slated for production next summer.

Blue Ice acquires Blue Rodeo, Broken Social Scene docs

Both films will make their Canadian theatrical debuts at Toronto’s Hot Docs Cinema in 2025.

Animated fantasy Fairyheart receives Eurimages support

The Hungary/Canada/Germany copro is slated to begin production in Q1 2025.

Corus Entertainment acquires raft of titles from ITV Studios

More than 80 hours of programming has been picked up for Slice, Home Network and Flavour Network.

Boat Rocker boards New Zealand, U.K. copro The Ridge

The psychological thriller will go to camera next month with Boat Rocker set to distribute the series globally.

Serial Maven Studios hires Fleur Wheatley in U.K. expansion

The former Keshet International executive will represent sales in several European regions.

Tasha Hubbard wraps scripted directorial debut Birth of a Family

The B.C.- and Alberta-shot feature adapts Hubbard’s documentary of the same name.

Netflix Canada appoints Lindsay Doyle as public policy lead

EXCLUSIVE: Doyle most recently served as head of government affairs and public policy for YouTube in Canada.

Flavour Network orders two ‘Bakeshop’ series for fall 2025

The greenlights were announced along with the winter and spring lineups for Corus Entertainment’s Flavour and Home networks.

Oksana Karpovych’s Intercepted wins for national feature at RIDM

Other Canadian winners include Kim O’Bomsawin’s Ninan Auassat: We, the Children, which won in the Magnus Isacsson Competition.

ImagineNATIVE acquires global media database Kin Theory

The Kin Theory database includes Indigenous actors, writers, directors, musicians and more currently working in the industry.