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Michele Maheux to retire
The “engine that has kept TIFF running for decades” will exit the organization next summer.
Quebecor revenues hit $1.04B in Q2
Revenue increases in the company’s telecom business were driven in part by growth in its Club illico OTT service.
Family Channel, CBBC get more Creeped Out
The kids channels have ordered a second season of the spooky series produced by DHX Media and BBC Children’s Productions.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, July 23 to 29, 2018
The Amazing Race Canada takes the top spot, followed by America’s Got Talent at #2 and Private Eyes at #7.
Canada top production destination for highest-grossing films
An annual study from FilmL.A., which analyzes the top 100 hits at the U.S. box office, found Canada hosted more film shoots and VFX than any other jurisdiction in the world.
VIFF unveils M/A/D lineup, sustainable production awards
Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable and The Man Who Stole Banksy will have their Canadian premieres at the fest.
TIFF ’18: Midnight Madness, Docs, Int’l Shorts lineups revealed
Just two Canadian copros were added to the festival’s programs, including Naziha Arebi’s Freedom Fields.
Broadcaster data sharing gets a deadline
BDUs must be ready to lift the lid on their set-top boxes by September 2019.
In Brief: Lionsgate and UMG sign first-look deal
The companies have partnered to develop TV projects, Chateau Laurier wins Webfest prizes, plus more.
APTN reveals fall lineup
New series First Contact and Jennifer Podemski’s Future History will air on the broadcaster, which kicks off its fall season on Sept. 3.
Inside Out receives funding boost through CCIF
The Toronto festival received $84,000 through the Endowment Incentives component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund.
CTV greenlights a sixth season of MasterChef Canada
Season five of the culinary competition show averaged 1.2 million viewers, according to CTV.
TIFF ’18: 10 world premieres added to Platform lineup
Twelve international projects including Tim Sutton’s Donnybrook and Ho Wi Ding’s Cities of Last Things are among the films competing.
WIFTV program for Indigenous creators enters second phase
Screenwriters and filmmakers have been paired up with story editors including Zoe Hopkins and Penny Gummerson to work on their feature scripts.
Deals: Cineplex, CTV, DHX Distribution, Premiere Entertainment
(Updated) Newfoundland-shot drama Crown and Anchor heads to Cineplex in T.O and St. John’s, CTV picks up the Roseanne spin-off, plus more.
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