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Corus Entertainment
In Brief: WIFTV announces participants for Tricksters and Writers program
Plus: Big Time Decent’s Backroad Truckers is in production for season two, 3 Arts Entertainment launches a Toronto office, and more.
Top broadcast execs flag ‘grey’ areas of Bill C-11
BANFF ’22: Heads of CBC, Rogers Sports & Media, APTN, Bell Media, Corus Entertainment, and Blue Ant Media discussed the opportunities in the bill and the amendments they want to see in it.
Corus Entertainment’s ‘narrow and deep’ content strategy
BANFF ’22: EVP Colin Bohm spoke to the company’s long-term programming goals after the broadcaster laid out its programming priorities during a Sunday spotlight session, including more diversity in unscripted.
Corus, Paramount Global to launch Pluto TV in Canada
The free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service will offer a full spectrum of more than 20,000 hours of content, including Corus originals.
Corus sets primetime, specialty lineup for 2022-23 season
Global adds scripted dramas Monarch and So Help Me Todd to round out its slate of fan-favourite franchises FBI, NCIS and Survivor.
Nelvana revs up for Monster Jam animated series
The Corus Entertainment-owned studio has signed a wide-ranging partnership with Florida’s Feld Entertainment to expand the family-friendly motorsport brand.
Deals: Super Channel, Corus Studios, Gusto TV, Blue Ant
Super Channel programs more Mystic for Heart & Home and pairs with Flair Airlines, Corus Studios inks development deal with Alexandra Gater, plus more.
Deals: HGTV Canada, so.da, The Other End, HighballTV
HGTV Canada, so.da and Behr Paint Company partner on Paint School, The Other End signs exclusive partnership with PhaseSpace, and HighballTV acquires the doc The Cost of Freedom.
Corus Studios inks multi-year content agreement with Hulu
The deal will see more than 400 hours of content sold to the U.S. streaming platform, which will support the back half of Corus Entertainment’s fiscal 2022, EVP and CFO John Gossling told investors in a Q2 financial call.
In brief: CBC co-commissions adaptation of Stuff the British Stole podcast
Plus: Corus adds two new board members, NFB boasts latest gender parity statistics, plus more.
Corus to launch Magnolia Network Canada
First launched in the U.S. as a joint venture between Chip and Joanna Gaines and Discovery, Magnolia will serve as a rebrand for Corus’ existing lifestyle channel DIY Network Canada.
Corus inks deal with Rogers to bring StackTV to Ignite customers
Lifetime has also been added to the roster of available channels on the Corus-owned streaming service.
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