Hot Sheet: Digital Demand for Jan. 14 to 20, 2020
The Mandalorian and The Witcher continue to lead, while Letterkenny cracks the Top 10 Digital Original list.
marblemedia looks to true crime, warfare with in-development titles
The prodco is looking to branch into a number of new sub-genres as it expands its factual slate.
Follow the money: How Canadian creators are rocking it on YouTube
Column: Irene Berkowitz examines how Canadian creative entrepreneurs are monetizing their content both on and off the platform.
Cineflix Rights, Curious Films ink first-look deal
Cineflix Media’s U.K. distribution arm will hold the exclusive rights to the prodco’s film slate and drive its global sales.
Blue Ant’s Beach House bulks up exec team with four hires
With the new recruits, managing director Jocelyn Little says the Singapore-based prodco is poised to “aggressively grow” its business in the U.S. and China.
Corey Russell joins Cream Productions, launches doc division
The former Fadoo Productions exec will oversee the launch of Cream’s film division as executive VP and help develop and produce music, sports and doc specials.
Dan Levy joins the cast of rom-com Happiest Season
Entertainment One is handling Canadian and U.K. distribution for the film, which is the first project Levy has been attached to since production wrapped on Schitt’s Creek.
Unpacking the media habits of Quebec’s biggest city
Montreal tends to be more ethnically and linguistically diverse than the rest of the province – how does that affect media consumption?
Netflix sees growth slowing in Canada, but gains abroad
The streamer, which now has in the region of 6.6 million domestic members, acknowledged that the slowdown in North America was affected by the entrance of other streamers.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, Jan. 6 to 12, 2020
Global’s Nurses series premiere pulled in more than 1.2M in ratings to hit #17, followed by The Curse of Oak Island at #20 and Murdoch Mysteries at #25.
CMJ Productions rebrands under Attraction
The move comes as Attraction grows its English-language production, with CMJ execs Nicole Hamilton and Joey Case taking on expanded roles under the Attraction banner.
Crave taps the French market by going bilingual
The Bell Media streaming service is adding 6,000 hours of French-language content, including its original series Pour toujours, plus un jour.
Hot Docs to Focus On the work of Raymonde Provencher
The award-winning filmmaker’s work will be featured during the 2020 doc fest, with the full programming lineup set to be announced in March.
Quebecor Content, TVA Group unveil structure changes
Kathleen Vachon has joined Quebecor Content’s team, while Claude Foisy is now responsible for TVA’s brands, specialty channels and brand deployment strategies.
Tracey Friesen named managing VP of CMPA’s B.C. branch
Reporting to COO Liz Shorten, Friesen will oversee provincial operations as well as provide strategic counsel on a number of key files.
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