Amberwood Entertainment

In brief: Telefilm New Voices and WIFT-T winners announced

Plus: Wolf Joe starts production, Canadian producers head to Cannes and Burden of Truth joins The CW’s summer lineup.

Amberwood readies CBC special

Book-based animated holiday special The Great Northern Candy Drop will air on CBC this December.

Amberwood’s Wolf Joe in development with TVO

The concept for the series was devised by Alexander Bar, creator of Mike the Knight (pictured).

Deals: Raven Banner, Media Ranch, PNP

Raven Banner has acquired the international sales rights to Finnish superhero movie Rendel (pictured), plus more deals of the week.

The Magic Hockey Skates gets U.S broadcast deal

eOne has added a U.S. net to the slate of territories in which the Amberwood Entertainment series is aired.

Victory Arts and TVO craft new preschool series

Ottawa-based children’s content creator and producer Victory Arts has joined forces with TVO and Amberwood Entertainment to develop Air Crafters.

Deals: Peace Point, Nerd Corps, Mongrel

In sales and acquisitions this week, Peace Point sells lifestyle titles internationally, while Mongrel picks up Canadian rights to Liza Johnson’s Loveship (pictured).

Big Jump, Amberwood developing Shutterbugs with TVOKids

The companies first announced they were partnering on the animated preschool series in June.

Amberwood, Big Jump make Shutterbugs

The Ottawa-based companies, which previously worked together on The Secret World of Benjamin Bear (pictured), are collaborating on the new animated preschool series.

Rob the Robot heads to France, Korea and Norway

Entertainment One Family has inked three key broadcast deals for the first season of Amberwood Entertainment and One Animations’ 3-D preschool series Rob the Robot.

Rob the Robot heads to Sweden

Canadian producer and distributor Amberwood Entertainment has sold the broadcast rights for its newest preschool series Rob the Robot to SVT in Sweden.

RollBots rolls out through Asia

Ottawa-based Amberwood Entertainment has secured several TV and DVD licenses for RollBots in Asia.