TPC acquires Vancouver film finance firm MCG

EXCLUSIVE: The acquisition has created TPC Canada, run by MCG co-founders Ross Mrazek and Benjamin Rappaport.

BSO CEO talks international outreach, momentum in 2025

Black Screen Office CEO Joan Jenkinson discusses efforts surrounding the long-term sustainability and momentum of the organization.

GEMS reveals selections for 2025 Genre Film Lab

This year’s edition of the Gender Equity in Media Society program includes three projects from B.C. and one each from Ontario and Manitoba.

Paramount+ to travel to Canada Shore with Insight

The latest spinoff of Jersey Shore will have Insight’s co-chief content officer Erin Brock onboard as showrunner.

Industrial Light & Magic relocates to new Vancouver office

The Vancouver studio represents Industrial Light & Magic’s largest in terms of headcount.

CRTC provides new date for audio content public hearing

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has also extended the deadlines for interventions and replies and added a report to the public record.

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Hot Sheet: Reacher gains demand following season three finale

NBC’s Saturday Night Live led overall TV originals in Canadian demand during the week of March 24 to 30, according to Parrot Analytics.

CMF delays 2025-26 program budget, guidelines

The delay is due to the caretaker convention and upcoming federal election.

Carney vows to enshrine, increase CBC/Radio-Canada funding

The pledge follows former Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge’s CBC/Radio-Canada modernization proposal in February.

Four Canadian world premieres set for DOXA

Films from Lyana Patrick and Kim O’Bomsawin are among those making their world premieres.

Network Media Group reports net loss of $1.9M for fiscal 2024

The company also saw its Q4 revenues increase from the same period in 2023.

MPA, DGA react to Canadian trade practices in U.S. gov’t submissions

Weeks before U.S. president Donald Trump’s new tariffs, the U.S. screen industry orgs shared feedback on what they view as “predatory” and “protectionist” policies in Canada and elsewhere.

Prime Video greenlights two new Quebec series

Attraction’s Karaoké Club and Martin Matte’s Vitrerie Joyal are the latest additions to the streamer’s French-language content library.

Sherry Media acquires Canadian rights for The Unrestricted War

The Yan Ma-directed film is set for a nationwide theatrical release on May 16.

In Brief: M’infiltrer dans ta vie to world premiere at Canneseries

Plus: Rogers reaches a new national rights deal with the NHL and SMPIA rebrands to ScreenSask.