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Playback’s Showrunners of the Year 2022: Annmarie Morais and Marsha Greene
The Porter presented a lot of firsts for the duo, who say it won’t be a “one-off” in terms of representation.
How HeartHat Entertainment is building its unscripted slate
The prodco says it’s working with Blue Ant International to take its latest series Bollywed to U.S. and international streamers.
Playback’s English-Language Series of the Year 2022: Sort Of
In the span of a year, the Sphere Media-produced series has been lauded at home and abroad by critics and audiences alike.
Reality, drama series top Canadian TV ratings in 2022
Bell Media, CBC and Corus Entertainment share their highest-rated Canadian programs across conventional and specialty channels.
CBC, HBO Max renew Sort Of for a third season
The Sphere Media-produced series, created by star Bilal Baig and director Fab Filippo, won a Peabody and a flood of other awards in the past year.
Broadcasting Accessibility Fund funds three new projects
A CBC closed captioning project is among the initiatives receiving a total of $350,718 in grants to increase the accessibility of broadcasting content in Canada.
CBC plans to widen its audience with content brand focus
EVP Barbara Williams and programming head Sally Catto discuss the new CBC Entertains brand and the possibility of expanding CBC’s FAST channel work.
Advisory committee reformed to recommend CBC board candidates
The federal government has selected a 10-person committee to recommend new CBC/Radio-Canada board members that meet gender parity and diversity goals.
CBC unveils winter programming for video, podcast content
The pubcaster also revealed the newly announced unscripted series Push and the new hosts of long-running docuseries The Nature of Things.
DOC Institute report reveals inequities for BIPOC-led docs
The first-ever Funding Analysis for BIPOC Documentary Content in Canada report also highlights barriers but says it was limited due to a lack of data from funders.
CBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation renew MOU
The continued partnership comes as two projects from their Kindred ABC/CBC Animation Collaboration enter development.
How CBC’s Sort Of implemented its trans mentorship program
Co-creators Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo discuss using the program, created in partnership with the Trans Film Mentorship, to train trans and non-binary creatives while filming season two.
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