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Network’s I Am Paul Walker goes to U.S. digital on poignant anniversary
CEO Derik Murray discusses the company’s “I Am” franchise and why it works.
Changes needed to sustain, support Ontario filmmakers: report
“Focus On Features: The Future of Filmmaking in Ontario” dissects challenges like audience behaviour, static funding structures and the need for more career opportunities.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for Nov. 20 to 26, 2018
Narcos comes in at #1, followed by Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina at #2 and The Last Kingdom at #3.
Get your indie film a passport, but do your homework first
Whistler Film Festival: Execs from Rhombus, XYZ and Sepia dish on the pitfalls, politics and opportunities of coproducing in China, Europe and South Africa.
Northern Banner acquires This Is North Preston
Writer/director Jaren Hayman’s documentary about North Preston, N.S. is set to make its world premiere at the Whistler Film Festival.
Innovate By Day heads West
The digital content studio has tapped long-time Thunderbird comms head Nicola Pender to run the new office. (Founder Deborah Day pictured).
Canadian doc, three coproductions among Sundance 2019 lineup
Anthropocene will screen in Sundance’s Spotlight sidebar and the other two copros are set to screen in the World Cinema Documentary competition.
Sphere Media options Thea Lim’s Ocean of Minutes
The adaptation is being developed out of Sphere’s Toronto office, with WME currently packaging the TV project for the U.S. and international markets.
Orangutan Jungle School swings into season two
Prior to its Canadian and U.S. premiere, the NHNZ-produced docu-soap has been commissioned for another season.
Michel Bissonnette named interim EVP of CBC
The EVP of French Services will serve in a dual role until Heather Conway’s successor is named.
As streaming and mobile use rise, so do complaints: report
Complaints about Canadian TV and telcom providers were up by 57% in the last year, according to the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services.
Discovery Canada signs up for more ‘Hell’
Great Pacific’s Highway Thru Hell has been ordered to an eighth season by the Bell Media channel.
More multi-lingual channel applicants state their cases to CRTC
Day two saw Bell Media highlighting the scale of its existing news operations while other applicants questioned the ability of big media cos to prioritize multi-lingual programming.
In Brief: Carole Vivier named to Manitoba Business Hall of Fame
Plus: marblemedia hires Kelsey Aikman as director of marketing and communications, four local P.E.I. films share Film 4Ward funding, and more.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, Nov. 12 to 18, 2018
The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon and The Good Doctor take the top three, while Murdoch Mysteries cracks the list at #28.
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