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Hot Sheet: The Handmaid’s Tale leaps in demand with final season
HBO’s The Last of Us landed at No. 3 on the overall TV originals chart following its season two release.
70% rely on word-of-mouth to find content for their kids: MTM
This new edition of the report covers topics including gaming, VR, co-viewing, discoverability and social media.
Deals: Sinking Ship, CBC Gem, Blue Ant Media
Sinking Ship sells its latest dino spinoff abroad, CBC Gem to premiere Telus original Not Your Butter Chicken, and more
Heather Shaw, Corus founding executive chair, to retire
Shaw has served in the post since the company’s inception and will continue in a non-executive role.
Maxime Giroux’s In Cold Light to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
The film will make its world premiere in the New York festival’s Spotlight Narrative section.
Entertainment Partners taps Anne Loi for Canadian president role
The former WildBrain exec will lead Entertainment Partners’ strategy and operations in Canada.
Bell Media adds Celeste Parr’s Prejudice to development slate
A series order for the project would mark the first show produced under Bell Media’s content licensing and distribution agreement with Fox Entertainment Global.
In Brief: North of North hits Netflix’s global top 10
Plus: Bell Fibe TV1 greenlights season two of Normal Scotia, Racewalkers set to kick off the Blue Mountain Film + Media Festival, and more.
IPF selects 21 short-form series for development program
The funder received a record 225 applications to support genre-diverse scripted projects.
Arts leaders call for commitment to Canada Council funding
The communiqué asking for commitment to Canada’s arts and culture sector followed the 2025 three-day Canadian Arts Summit in Ottawa.
Crave orders Project Runway Canada return
The fashion competition series enters production at Toronto Metropolitan University this summer.
Hot Docs unveils award nominees for 2025 festival
The winners will be revealed on May 2 during the Hot Docs Awards Presentation & Reception.
Montreal’s Laughing Dragon Studios is closing its doors
The 23-year-old 2D animation studio did service work for clients including Disney and Apple TV+.
Seven Knowledge Network docs set for 2025 debuts
According to a release from the pubcaster, 21% of B.C.’s Canada Media Fund funding for documentaries in 2023/24 were triggered by first-window license fees from Knowledge Network.
WildBrain enters renegotiations for IoM channel deal
According to a release, the renegotiations were initialized after WildBrain was unable to negotiate a new carriage agreement with Bell Canada.
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