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Beachwood Canyon-penned comedy set to premiere on Italian network
Written by Frank van Keeken’s prodco, the first season of the Italian-language, Rome-shot series New School will bow in December.
Kew stays on track with Q3 financials
The media conglomerate credits Baroness von Sketch and Hockey Wives, among other series, with helping it reach quarterly revenues of $43.3 million.
Deals: Thunderbird, Mongrel, Starfield, Super Channel
Thunderbird inks a U.S. theatrical deal with Dark Star Pictures for the Thomas Middleditch-starring comedy feature Entanglement, plus more deals.
The Fashion Hero format heads abroad
Montreal’s Beauty World Search has licensed the format to 10 international territories.
Urban Rez rolls on 13 Indigenous Artists
The APTN series, produced by Jeff Bear and Marianne Jones, is set to begin filming in Montreal.
Joly announces cultural initiatives with Mexico
CMF has also introduced a codeveloment incentive to support projects from Canadian and Mexican producers.
Quebec to ‘act alone’ in pursuing streamer tax
Provincial finance minister Carlos Leitao says Quebec is prepared to impose a sales tax on SVODs in 2018, though he hopes for a coordinated effort with the feds.
CBC Kids greenlights more Gumboot Kids fare
Imagine Create Media’s Scout & The Gumboot Kids is getting a third season, plus a crafting-themed digital spinoff and a music-based interstitial series.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, 2017
Stranger Things tops the chart, followed by Star Trek: Discovery at #2 and Mindhunter at #3.
In brief: Where has Mohawk Girls been spending its money?
Plus: Netflix taps Drake to executive produce new episodes of drama series Top Boy and WIFT-T names the 2017 CBC Business of Broadcasting Mentorship recipient.
Red Arrow takes majority stake in Gravitas Ventures
The German media co and L.A. based indie distributor will work together to invest in global film and TV projects.
WIDC reveals eight Story & Leadership participants
Sonia Bonspille Boileau and Leah Cameron are among the directors heading to the Whistler Film Fest to develop their projects.
CMF unveils its Cancon YouTube channel
Encore+ is home to more than 300 classic Canadian films and TV Shows, including Degrassi High and Due South.
Quebecor Content, TVA elevate execs following Tremblay’s exit
New company topper France Lauziere has finalized her teams, including a promotion for Martin Picard, who moves to VP of the TVA Group.
Jodi Mackie moves to D360
The former Breakthrough Entertainment exec comes to the distributor as director of sales and acquisitions.
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