Shaftesbury

IPF selects nine TV projects for production financing

Recipients include a new season of Murdoch Mysteries and Conquering Lion Pictures’ Half-Blood Blues.

Tanya Tagaq

Deals: NFB, WildBrain, Bravo Charlie, OUTtv, CBC

NFB’s Ever Deadly gets picked up by Kino Lorber for U.S. distribution, France’s SND picks up Bravo Charlie’s Solo, plus more.

Global sets Family Law, Departure for summer schedule

They join newly acquired U.S. musical game show Superfan, which features Canadian singer Shania Twain.

Shaftesbury hires Chris Farrer as VP, creative and coproductions

The U.K.-based exec replaces Alexandra Finlay, who joined A+E Networks earlier this year.

CSAs ’23: CBC’s The Porter leads TV nominations

The historical drama tops the pack with 19 nominations, followed by CBC’s Sort Of and CBC Gem’s Detention Adventure with 15 nods apiece.

In Brief: Two Canadian projects to pitch at Series Mania Forum

Plus, ACTRA Toronto and the Toronto Film Critics Association hand out annual honours, and an Inuit VR copro debuts in Berlin.

I Woke Up a Vampire joins WildBrain’s content slate

L.A.-based television producer Thomas Lynch is the creator and showrunner of the series, produced by WildBrain in association with Netflix.

Fifty years of Citytv: A look at its past, present and future

How the Rogers-owned channel is using its original “spunky and local” DNA to succeed.

Reality, drama series top Canadian TV ratings in 2022

Bell Media, CBC and Corus Entertainment share their highest-rated Canadian programs across conventional and specialty channels.

CBC Gem orders Murdoch Mysteries spinoff series

Macy Murdoch, produced by Toronto’s Shaftesbury, is slated for release on CBC Gem in spring 2023.

WildBrain brings back ‘Life With’ franchise

The mediaco leans on nostalgia for new linear content, ordering a live-action film for Family Channel that will serve as the second spinoff based on the Life with Derek series.