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Schitt’s Creek renewed for sixth and final season
Showrunner Dan Levy said the Schitt’s team were grateful for the creative freedom to bring the series to a close in a way “we had envisioned from the very beginning.”
Three Canadian webseries to compete at Canneseries
Warigami from Toronto’s First Love Films is among the projects taking part in the festival’s short-form series competition.
Anne adds Indigenous storylines, characters for new season
Filmmakers Michelle Latimer and Kim Nguyen have also signed on to direct new episodes of the CBC and Netflix series. (Actor Kiawenti:io Tarbell pictured).
Canadian broadcasters prep for an SVOD invasion
Broadcast execs discuss how they’re honing their streaming offerings as another wave of deep-pocketed OTT players head toward Canada.
OTT services rise in viewer popularity, awareness: study
While CTV remains the top-of-mind TV brand for Canadians, streaming services made a significant push into the top 20 in a new report from Solutions Research Group.
OTT revenues continue to gain significant ground on TV: CRTC
TV revenues fell by 5% to $6.9 billion while revenues for internet video platforms grew by 21.3% to $2.4 billion, according to the Communications Monitoring Report for 2017.
How big data is changing the commissioning game
Data around audience viewing habits is playing an increasingly vital role in today’s commissioning landscape for broadcasters and platforms.
How DCTV pulled off a Northern Rescue
Showrunner David Cormican and star William Baldwin discuss how they sold CBC and Netflix on the hour-long family drama.
CBC builds out kids content strategy, starting with a ‘Detention’
LoCo Motion Pictures and Broken Compass Films’ Detention Adventure will be the first kids scripted series to debut exclusively on Gem.
Trish Williams joins CBC as exec director of scripted
The former Bell Media and Temple Street exec will oversee CBC’s drama, comedy and film teams across linear and long-form streaming content.
Barb Williams to join CBC as EVP
Williams, who announced her retirement from Corus Entertainment in October, will assume the new role in May.
Media leaders, Netflix spar on Prime Time stage
CBC’s Catherine Tait accused the streamer of “cultural imperialism” while Stephane Cardin argued that Netflix’s business is good business for producers.
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