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Hot Sheet: Digital Demand June 26 to July 2, 2018
The Handmaid’s Tale tops the list, followed by Queer Eye at #2 and Marvel’s Luke Cage at #3.
Telefilm distributes $3M across four Indigenous features
Michelle Latimer’s Forgotten and Loretta Todd’s Monkey Beach are among the selected projects.
Behind the NFB’s big jump in audience engagement
The producer’s various properties garnered 67.6 million views overall in 2017/18, up 13.6 million from the prior year.
Strategic Partners rebrands, adds new program manager
The renamed copro market in Halifax, FIN Partners, is led by program manager Morgan Salter.
Op/Ed: We need to talk about Canadian drama
As the government-appointed panel begins its review of the Broadcasting and Telecom Acts, media researcher Irene Berkowitz makes the case for re-thinking how subsidies are deployed.
OIAF selects nine Canadian projects
Felix Dufour-Laperriere’s Ville Neuve (pictured) has been selected to compete in the Ottawa animation festival’s feature competition category.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, June 18 to 24, 2018
MasterChef Canada breaks the top three, followed by Private Eyes at #5 and Ransom at #23.
Cinemaginaire preps Mytho
Produced by Denise Robert (pictured), the feature comedy will go to camera next month.
Corey Caplan to head up int’l sales at Gusto Worldwide Media
The former sales director at Portfolio Entertainment joins Gusto as it looks to expand its linear TV channel into international markets.
Photo gallery: 2018 Talent to Watch reception
Bell Media and the Talent Fund celebrated Telefilm Canada’s incoming Talent to Watch participants at a reception last week.
Private Eyes sees ratings uptick as season two resumes
Through the first three episodes this year, audience numbers for the detective series are up 21% compared to the first three episodes last year.
CBC/Radio-Canada dives in with Big Blue
The pubcaster has greenlit an animated comedy-adventure series from Guru Studio.
In Brief: Barb Williams, John Morayniss join Whites board
Plus: Lift-Off Film Fest lands in Toronto and Verizon to shutter its video app Go90.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films June 22 to 28, 2018
La Chute De Sparte takes the top spot, followed by Quand L’amour Se Creuse Un Trou at #2 and Indian Horse at #3.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films June 22 to 28, 2018
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom tops the chart, followed by The Incredibles 2 and Ocean’s 8 at #3.
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