Rogers Sports & Media also announced original OMNI series Our Big Punjabi Family and Katiba Banat: Sisters in Arms.
The partnership program between Access Reelworld, Citytv, Shaftesbury, and Pope Productions will give two writers and two directors experience on Hudson & Rex.
Politicians are also among those heralding the Pope Productions president who helped build up the Newfoundland and Labrador film and TV industry, with productions including Hudson & Rex.
Producers behind the Newfoundland and Labrador-shot CBC series and the pubcaster’s Nova Scotia-filmed Diggstown say crew levels are tight amid increased production volume.
The St. John’s, Nfld-set procedural has been renewed for 16 new episodes.
This is the second positive case for the crime procedural, which resumed filming today after a delay when a member of the production team tested positive last week.
Production on the canine-police procedural is scheduled to begin next month.
Germany’s Beta Film GmbH has closed new European deals on the canine-cop procedural starring John Reardon.
The eight-part series, commissioned by Citytv, is based on a European format about a detective and his hardworking dog.