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Shaftesbury
Katie Boland’s Long Story, Short web series to bow on KoldCast TV
The web series, written and co-created by the Canadian actor, will premiere Aug. 19 on the international indie television network.
Shaftesbury acquires Boland web series, rolls cam on choir doc
The prodco and distributor is shopping actor Katie Boland’s Long Story, Short (pictured) and one-hour TVO doc Unsung in Cannes this week.
Shaftesbury to shop TV rights to Goalpost Films at MIPTV 2013
The U.K. film sales company has turned to the Canadian indie distributor to secure TV right deals for its movie library (Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip pictured).
Shaftesbury sells Good God to Australia’s The Comedy Channel
The 10-part sitcom about a neurotic, left-leaning TV producer will debut down under on Mar. 27 after launching on The Movie Network and Movie Central in Canada in April 2012.
Continuum, Primeval: New World top Constellation Awards noms
The nominations picked annually by the TCON Promotional Society include the prodco Shaftesbury (multiple nominee Continuum pictured).
CBC shows off social TV apps for winter 2013 schedule
The pubcaster co-produced online and social media apps for a host of series, including Cracked, Mr. D (pictured) and Murdoch Mysteries.
ABC shelves Shaftesbury drama Weird Desk
The move comes a week after the paranormal drama was given a 13-episode order for a summer 2013 launch.
Suzanne French leaving Shaftesbury
The exec, who joined the company in 2002 to launch the company’s kids entertainment division, says she is taking a break to “recharge and regroup.”
ABC orders Weird Desk from Shaftesbury
The straight-to-series 13-episode order is slated for summer 2013.
Secret Location, NFB take two wins each at Digi Awards
Also taking top honours during the ceremony Tuesday night were Smokebomb Entertainment, Blue Ant Media, ZED.TO, CBC and iThentic/3 o’clock.tv and others.
Feature film Dirty Singles begins production
The feature debut from writer-director Alex Pugsley will shoot for three weeks in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood.
Smokebomb’s Backpackers travels to CW Digital
CTV in October ordered the standalone digital series, which will launch with an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure app, from the Shaftesbury’s digital arm.
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