The kids factual series, produced by Breakthrough Entertainment, will premiere on the public broadcaster in the fall.
An innovative marketing strategy and partnership for Open Door and Nomad Films’ new docuseries is “a bit of an experiment” in bringing media outlets together.
The pubcaster will also release four VR companion pieces, produced by Toronto’s Nomad Films and The Digital Generals.
The Steve Suderman-directed feature-length Beyond the Autism Spectrum is also set to air on TVO in October.
Set to premiere in 2018, Distribution360 will shop the format rights to the series internationally.
The Montreal prodco is partnering with Discovery Networks Latin America, Cirque du Soleil and TVO to create a scripted series set in a boarding school for circus performers.
TVO sets the premiere for marblemedia’s Opie’s Home (pictured), plus more news.
Several docs will have their world premieres on the pubcaster, including a new documentary from Alan Zweig.
The No Trace Camping and Caramel Films-produced sequel (pictured) will premiere in the spring, Guru Studios and CBC head underwater, plus more news from the week.
Vancouver’s Nitrogen Studios faces unpaid overtime claims, Angry Inuk (pictured) will open the imagineNATIVE festival, plus more news of the week.
Toronto’s marblemedia has partnered with TVO and The Jim Henson company to produce the live-action pre-school series Opie’s Home, which is slated to premiere in 2017.