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Media leaders discuss Cancon definition at Content Canada
Lionsgate Canada’s Jocelyn Hamilton warned of paralysis in the market due to slow regulatory changes.
CTV renews The Amazing Race Canada for season 11
The long-running reality competition series will return in 2025.
Postmedia sets up studios division with Contend
The studio is currently developing film, TV and short-form projects from Canadian creators and producers.
Bonjour Tristesse’s seven-year journey to the screen
TIFF ’24: The producers behind the film adaptation discuss the complicated process to option the rights to the 1954 novel.
BANFF, Paramount+ unveil 2025 Spark cohort
The 2025 edition of BANFF Spark supports 25 women-owned production companies.
40 Acres producer responds to outstanding payment allegations
IATSE Local 634 and 411 claimed in a joint statement that the production has not fully paid vendors, actors and crews.
DOC Atlantic sets cohort for third Breakthrough Program
The program began in July with a series of workshops and will see the cohort participate in two documentary festivals.
Hot Sheet: The Umbrella Academy leads digital demand
Prime Video’s superhero satire The Boys fell to No. 3 on the digital originals chart.
Yan England attached to direct One Day Closer
The film is based on the bestselling memoir by Lorinda Stewart, who negotiated her daughter’s release from captors in Somalia.
Khaled Sabbour launches distributor New Mountain Films
The producer and distributor has tapped former eOne exec Frank Mendicino to lead marketing efforts.
Kaniehtiio Horn’s feature debut plants seeds of its own
TIFF ‘24: The team behind Seeds discuss training Kahnawake workers on set and wrapping production ahead of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
New Metric Media, Encore form strategic partnership
The deal will see the companies co-develop and coproduce bilingual content, building on their existing collaboration.
Deals: WildBrain, Slice, Amuz Distribution, Yes TV
WildBrain and Mattel secure global deals for Fireman Sam and Polly Pocket, Slice adds 173 hours of programming, and more.
Animators, VFX workers in Quebec feel the economic squeeze
The Quebec Film and Television Council says more than 4,000 people have lost jobs in the last 20 months following a tax credit change.
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