The U.S. cable network has set September air dates for Great Pacific Media’s Game of Homes and Tricon’s The Incredible Food Race (pictured).
The former Discovery Canada exec becomes president at the West Coast factual producer.
Corus Entertainment will also be shopping the two new series, from Our House Media and Great Pacific Media, at next week’s MIPTV. (My Baby’s Having a Baby pictured.)
Four Canadian shows have received greenlights for new seasons, including Highway Thru Hell (pictured).
Production on the second season is scheduled to begin this fall.
The W Network is marking the start of its biggest-ever competition series with a national multi-platform push, including large-format outdoor.
Five webisodes of Cameron’s House Rules will roll out on various W Network digital properties the same day Game of Homes bows on the channel.
With pilot/CEO Mark Miller at the helm, Discovery’s Edwina Follows said Great Pacific’s aeronautics-themed series pitch had all the right ingredients for the channel’s male-skewing audience.
The Highway Thru Hell (pictured) producer becomes a new division of Thunderbird Films as it moves more into the factual TV space after a focus on scripted TV series.
New titles Beyond Distribution will bring to Cannes include series from Canadian prodcos Great Pacific Media, Re:Source Media, and Castlewood Productions. (Airshow pictured)
Insight Productions, Antica Productions, Zone 3 and Great Pacific Media are among those receiving funding.
The U.S. cable network has picked up Vancouver-based Great Pacific Media’s unscripted series about a Canadian highway rescue team (pictured) from Beyond Distribution.