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Cameras roll on CBC’s Bellevue

The eight-part series, produced by Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Film Productions, is filming in Montreal. (Star Anna Paquin pictured.)

Deals: Raven Banner, Bell Media, Radio-Canada, ATW 2

A TIFF pickup for Raven Banner, international sales for Canada/South Africa copro Against the Wild 2 (pictured), plus deals for Bell Media, CBC and more.

CBC to air The Secret Path special from Gord Downie

The film, produced by eOne and Antica Productions, was written and directed by Downie and tells the story of a First Nations boy who died fleeing from a residential school.

X Company set to end after third season

Co-showrunner Stephanie Morgenstern will make her TV directorial debut in the series’ last season. (Evelyne Brochu pictured.)

In Brief: Maudie to open VIFF, Mongrel’s home-ent hire

Production is underway in Ontario on the six-part miniseries, L.A.’s mayor wants to bolster VFX credits, plus more news.

CBC partners with Warner Bros for format incubator round two

The program solicits and supports unscripted format concepts from Canadian producers.

CBC commissions drama series Bellevue

The eight-parter goes to camera next month in Montreal. (Series lead Anna Paquin pictured.)

CBC unpacks fall premiere schedule

Kim’s Convenience (pictured) and Shoot the Messenger are set up with plum lead-ins by established CBC series.

CBC marks record Olympics viewership

Though slow out of the blocks, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio posted an 11% increase in average viewership over the previous Games in London.

Working out Workin’ Moms

Why creator-director-producer and star Catherine Reitman (pictured) calls CBC the “perfect home” for the series and how it will target a co-viewing audience.

Netflix joins CBC for Anne series

The eight-part series is created by Breaking Bad writer Moira Walley-Beckett and produced by Northwood Entertainment.

Filming begins on Workin’ Moms

Production on the comedy, which was created by Catherine Reitman (pictured), is currently underway in Toronto.