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Shaftesbury
CMF awards $9.5M across 12 digi media projects
VR projects from Secret Location and Cream Digital are among those selected to receive support through the funder’s Experimental Stream – Innovation Program.
Bell Fund distributes $4.1M across 23 digital projects
Gearshift Films’ Gay Mean Girls, N5 Pictures’ The Runner and Attraction Images’ Fourchette were among the recipients in the inaugural round of the Short-Form Digital Series (Fiction) Program.
Eight Canadian producers head to Trans Atlantic Partners
Shaftesbury’s Stephanie Ouaknine and Compass Productions’ Joe Balass are among the Canadian independent producers set to take part in the copro program.
Upfronts ’18: CBC debuts 17 new series
New shows from Temple Street Productions, Circle Blue Entertainment and Don Carmody TV join the primetime lineup, alongside the return of Street Legal.
Shaftesbury looks to the future with CLAIREvoyant
Co-created and starred in by Carmilla lead Natasha Negovanlis, the digital series aims to migrate fans of the vampire property onto her latest project.
Frankie Drake Mysteries heads to season two
CBC has commissioned 10 new episodes of the detective drama, produced by Shaftesbury.
Shaftesbury acquires remake rights to Japanese TV format
The prodco has optioned TV Asahi’s The Weather Girl Knows in partnership with Toronto’s WexWorks Media.
Murdoch Mysteries renewed for season 12
The long-running CBC series from Shaftesbury will reward its loyal viewership with another season.
Fractured landscape: Canada’s kids-content biz
Canadian producers are scrambling to adjust their business models in the face of a stalled domestic system and increasingly globalized production environment.
CMF invests $3.5M across 16 web series
LoCo Motion Pictures’ How to Buy a Baby and LaRue Entertainment’s True Dating Stories were among the digital projects to receive funding in the latest round.
Photo Gallery: Shaftesbury’s Holiday Open House
Shaftesbury kicked off the festive season with a star-studded party at its Toronto office.
Kin Canada leans into content with new hire
Jenny Tryansky joins as manager of partner strategy as the MCN looks to develop more programming.
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