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Shaftesbury
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.
Shaftesbury to distribute web series The Avenue
The Toronto-filmed web series, produced by Foreground in partnership with Youth Culture, follows the adventures of aspiring media personality Gregory Gorgeous (pictured).
MIPCOM12: Canuck industry news roundup
Playback’s editors in Cannes report on Sanctuary (pictured) getting syndication, Shaftesbury’s Do-Over pact, new Peace Point Rights partnerships, DHX sales to Germany and Breakthrough’s Rocket Monkeys rollout.
CTV orders Backpackers digital series from Smokebomb Entertainment
The stand-alone live action series will be rolled out across a variety of Bell Media platforms aimed a young demo.
Weekly roundup: Awards, acquisitions and events
Niobe Thompson and and Trevor Anderson split the inaugural Edmonton Film Prize at EIFF; OIFF awards; FremantleCorp brings westerns to TV; Minister Chan meets Murdoch (pictured).
Logo picks up Shaftesbury’s Why Men Cheat
The Toronto-based production and distribution company has sold the one-hour doc Why Men Cheat, commissioned by the CBC, to Logo in the U.S.
Shaftesbury to launch Mighty Mighty Monsters at MIPJunior
The Toronto-based company and its L.A.-based subsidiary Shaftesbury U.S. will debut the first two animated Mighty Mighty Monsters specials from B.C.-based indie animation studio Bron Animation.
Canadian TV scribe Peter Mohan inks overall deal with Shaftesbury
The deal is the latest by Canadian producers and broadcasters prizing homegrown screenwriters with Hollywood experience as they make and air TV series that sell into the U.S. and world market.
Ryan St. Peters promoted at Shaftesbury
The former sales manager is now director of sales in a newly expanded role.
Murdoch Mysteries shooting in Queen’s Park with David Onley
The one-hour mystery series is the first to film at Ontario legislature in a decade.
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