The company has partnered with Sideways Dogs Productions, co-founded by Jake Horowtiz, on the Bell Fibe TV1 series Estate of Mind.
The 116-title slate includes new projects out of previously announced partnerships with Elliot Page’s Pageboy Productions and Tom Green.
The deal is intended to expand development and production of formats from the broadcaster’s recently unveiled unscripted production unit, Gyokuro Studio, in the North American market.
The streamer is developing multiple comedies with O’Sullivan, who executive-produced Letterkenny and Bad Blood.
The Access Reelworld Wage Subsidy Program will provide funding for the salaries of four mid-career, equity-deserving professionals at four Canadian production companies.
John Candy: I Like Me, produced by Ryan Reynolds, tributes the Canadian actor and comedian who died in 1994 at 43-years-old.
The pubcaster’s slate includes the interview series The Assembly from Small Army Entertainment, an adaptation of a French format.
The company leaned into formats and projects from Scott Brothers Entertainment for its specialty channel lifestyle slate.
Hawco Productions’ police procedural will film in both Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and St. John’s.
The film will follow Indigenous Olympian Sharon Firth on a cross-country skiing journey meant to honour her late sister.
EXCLUSIVE: the feature, directed by Nicholas de Pencier and Jennifer Baichwal, builds on John Vaillant’s non-fiction book, which details 2016’s Fort McMurray, Alta. wildfire.
The awards ceremony will be available for a one-month window on the Bell Media-owned streamer.
Darren Battersby was first appointed to the position in October 2014.
Co-CEO Troy Reeb discusses the network’s upcoming slate presented at this year’s upfronts.