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“It’s about jobs, jobs, jobs”: CMPA launches national consultation
Indie producers will be asked how to best modernize the Broadcasting and Telecom Acts and ensure all members of the system contribute.
GAPC Entertainment preschool series lands on TVO
The live-action preschool show debuts today on TVOKids and will launch this fall on Knowledge Kids in B.C.
Corus restructures its marketing department
The company’s SVP Dervla Kelly will lead a more streamlined marketing and social digital agency department.
Much Studios greenlights Judge Tyco web series
The announcement was made during a panel at JFL Comedy Pro where Bell Media execs discussed their evolving multi-platform comedy strategy.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand July 17 to 23, 2018
The Handmaid’s Tale comes in at #1, followed by Queer Eye at #2 and Anne at #8.
Rex Tasker, NFB Atlantic founder, dies at 85
The producer and filmmaker helped reshape the NFB in the 1970s, opening an East Coast regional office to foster local filmmaking and storytelling.
Larysa Kondracki inks first-look deal with Amazon Studios
The Canadian showrunner of Picnic at Hanging Rock will develop and produce original TV series through her Toronto-based Smadginelli banner.
Deals: Deluxe Entertainment, TMN, Raven Banner
Deluxe Entertainment acquires VFX studio Atomic Fiction, The Movie Network picks up Sharon Lewis’ Brown Girl Begins, plus more.
In brief: CMF renews incentives with Germany, South Africa
Just For Laughs Group ups Patrick Rozon, Manitoba Film & Music board adds new faces, plus more.
Comedy Net preps JFL standup series
New series The Stand-Up Show with Katherine Ryan and one-hour special Homegrown Comics will join the specialty’s lineup this fall.
Creating co-view chemistry with Just Like Mom and Dad
Marblemedia’s Mark Bishop and the series’ broadcast partners discuss why the game show is hitting all the right family-viewing notes.
Sesame, Nelvana to bow Esme & Roy in August
The new animated original series will premiere on HBO in the U.S. and Treehouse in Canada.
CBC’s The Filmmakers returns with a new focus
The second season of the talk show is shining a light on films directed by Canadian women.
Dans La Brume wins big at Fantasia
The France/Canada copro, directed by Quebec’s Daniel Roby, won best film at the Montreal genre fest.
Netflix expands int’l production hubs to Europe
The global streamer has set up a studio and programming commitment in Spain, offering an opportunity to compare its strategy for international markets.
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