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Great Pacific Media
Second Highway Thru Hell spin-off enters production
Mud Mountain, produced for Bell Media’s Discovery channel, will create around 300 jobs, many of them in rural B.C.
Upfronts ’20: Transplant, Jann, Letterkenny earn renewals
Great Pacific Media’s Mud Mountain Haulers and Blue Ice Pictures’ The Surrealtor were among the new series unveiled at Bell Media’s “Homefront” presentation.
Lindsay Macadam to lead scripted development at Great Pacific
The hire is an expansion of a cross-pollination strategy that sees Great Pacific Media producing scripted properties based on factual IP.
Wendy McKernan upped to VP at Great Pacific Media
McKernan, whose production credits include Highway Thru Hell (pictured), will oversee all factual and lifestyle programming at Thunderbird’s unscripted arm.
Discovery Canada signs up for more ‘Hell’
Great Pacific’s Highway Thru Hell has been ordered to an eighth season by the Bell Media channel.
Thunderbird to open Ottawa office
The Vancouver-based company is looking to tap into a new talent pool as it builds out its animation and factual divisions in the nation’s capital.
Upfronts ’18: CBC debuts 17 new series
New shows from Temple Street Productions, Circle Blue Entertainment and Don Carmody TV join the primetime lineup, alongside the return of Street Legal.
Great Pacific Media unveils Queen of the Oil Patch
The eight-episode, half-hour docuseries following a two-spirited Indigenous entrepreneur will premiere on APTN in June.
Corus renews eight unscripted series
The renewals include Frantic Films’ Backyard Builds, Great Pacific Media’s Worst to First and Cineflix’s Property Brothers.
HGTV Canada preps Worst to First
The home reno series from Vancouver’s Great Pacific Media will debut in September.
Highway Thru Hell spin-off hits ratings record for Discovery
Heavy Rescue 401 delivered the most-watched premiere in the network’s history, with more than 3.3 million viewers to date.
Discovery greenlights Highway Thru Hell for season six
Filming is underway on 13 new episodes of the B.C.-set reality series.
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