Shark Teeth bites into Vegas Cakes

The Toronto prodco’s latest project, a family cake-baking series for Food Network in the U.S., debuts this week.

SHUTTERSTOCK NEEDS CREDIT

Canadian copros net Eurimages coin

Three projects, including Kim Nguyen’s The Hummingbird Project, received approximately $1.35 million in the European funder’s latest round.

Bunz branded-content original set for Halloween launch

Floating Island Entertainment and Crazy Shirt Productions took the bartering platform’s core philosophy to heart in creating the web series, trading services to help cut down production costs.

Atwood, Switzer to be honoured at 2018 CSAs

Denis McGrath will posthumously receive the Margaret Collier Award for his body of written work.

True Gravity, Sideline ink development, production pact

The prodcos, based in Toronto and Dublin respectively, will coproduce scripted and unscripted TV projects under the deal.

Catherine Winder’s tricks for identifying IP within IP

The iVentures keynote and president of Skybound North talks shortening idea-generating timelines and finding hidden spinoff opportunities.

Deals: Super Channel, Raven Banner

Environmental documentary The Messenger gets picked up for U.K. theatrical release, plus more deals.

APTN preps docu-drama 1491

The eight-part one-hour series, produced by Animiki See Digital and Aarrow Productions, will also air in Germany and Australia.

CTV’s The Disappearance has found its audiences

Produced by Productions Casablanca, the mystery is averaging 883,000 total viewers an episode.

UBCP/ACTRA to host town hall on sexual assault

Women’s Committee chair Christine Willes on how the Harvey Weinstein scandal has broken the code of silence and what the industry can do now.

Incendo’s Twisted underway in Montreal

The prodco’s latest MOW co-stars Morgan Kelly and Elisabeth Harnois.

In Brief: CRTC’s Scott addresses Joly, Bains

Plus: Five in Focus partners with WIFT-Atlantic and Vancouver web series Inconceivable nabs a Gotham nom.

Whistler ’17: Feature Project, Doc, Screenwriter Lab finalists named

The festival has also announced the Aboriginal Filmmaker Fellowship and Power Pitch participants.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Digital Demand Oct. 17 to 23, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery is at #1, followed by Mindhunter at #2 and Stranger Things at #3.

IFC says yes to more Baroness

Season three of the all-female sketch comedy series is currently in production.