A roundup of some of the key takeaways from Playback‘s inaugural marketing summit, held Thursday at The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon in Toronto.
It has also optioned Edeet Ravel’s Held, with both announcements coming ahead of MIPCOM next week.
The L.A.-based, music-focused online pop culture company and marblemedia are developing a TV series that aims to find the next teen pop sensation.
Shaftesbury and Radical Sheep are among the recipients of production funding in the latest Bell Fund round.
The new unscripted series for Corus Entertainment is produced by marblemedia in association with Proper Television.
The development deal is the first to emerge from a creative collaboration agreement inked last year between CBC and The Gurin Company. (marblemedia’s Mark Bishop and Matt Hornburg pictured.)
Former CanWest Global exec Adam Ivers on the two new deals with Canadian production companies and the strategy behind them.
Canadian kids programming and digital content were recognized last night at the annual Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence Gala in Toronto. (Annedroids pictured.)