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Bell Media
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Canada’s Bell Media rolls out English & French-language FAST channels
Canada’s Bell Media has launched 10 FAST channels, a mix of English and French language,…
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Canada’s Bell Media snags Shark Teeth’s ‘Building Bad’, Cineflix to sell globally
Canada’s Bell Media has struck a pre-sale deal for the first season of factual engineering…
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Canada’s Bell Media cuts jobs & TV output blaming ‘unsupportive’ government
Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) is slashing almost 10% of its workforce, with TV output and…
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Canada’s Crave orders first adult animation with Thunderbird’s Atomic Cartoons
Bell Media’s Canadian streamer Crave is moving into adult animation with a new 10-parter from…
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The CW expands Canadian scripted push, adding cancelled Hallmark drama ‘Ride’
The CW has picked up Hallmark’s cancelled western drama Ride as the US network continues…
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Bell Media & New Metric strike creative pact with ‘Letterkenny’s Jared Keeso
Bell Media-owned Canadian streamer Crave and local producer New Metric Media have struck a multi-year…
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Show of the Week: Late Bloomer
YouTube star Jasmeet Raina (aka Jus Reign) brings “the excitement and absurdity of being a…
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Quebec’s TVA Group slams “unfair competition” as it cuts 547 jobs & ceases in-house production
Canada’s TVA Group has announced a major restructure, including the eliminate of 547 jobs and…
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Bell Media & Fox strike distribution pact to bring ‘global scale’ to Canadian originals
Canada’s Bell Media and Fox Entertainment Global have forged a new licensing and distribution pact…
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Canada’s Bell Media hires A+E alum Sean Cohan as president, Wade Oosterman to retire
Canada’s Bell Media has hired former A+E Networks and Wheelhouse exec Sean Cohan as its…
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Peacock, Bell Media & Arte board ‘Vigil’ S2 as ITVS strikes global pre-sales for BBC thriller
NBCUniversal’s Peacock in the US, Bell Media and TVA in Canada and Arte in France…
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Bell Media to shutter French-language channel Vrak, blaming “significant challenges”
Bell Media’s French-language channel Vrak is being closed down, as the Canadian broadcaster blamed “significant…
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Paramount+ takes ‘Star Trek’ streaming rights in Canada
The Star Trek franchise has found a new streaming home in Canada, moving from Bell…
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US boom has led to ‘dying’ Canadian industry says WGC, with earnings down 22% over five years
The US industry’s production push into Canada over the past decade has left the Canuck…
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Bell Media facing staff cuts as telco parent unveils plan to slash 1,300 jobs
Bell Media in Canada is bracing for job cuts after its telco parent becomes the…
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News round-up: Sky snags YouTube hit ‘Super Sema’; Bell details 2023/24 slate & Crave’s AVOD shift; A&E extends ‘Secret Of’
Sky snags YouTube hit Super Sema Sky in the UK has picked up rights to…
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Canada’s Bell Media makes double English & French orders for ‘The Traitors’
Canada’s Bell Media has commissioned two separate versions of All3Media reality format The Traitors –…
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Show of the Week: Good Morning Chuck (Or The Art Of Harm Reduction)
Fact meets fiction in this French-language comedy-drama from Quebec that tackles the perils of substance…
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Canada’s Bell Media acquires stake in ‘Transplant’ indie Sphere Media
Canadian broadcasting giant Bell Media has acquired a minority stake in Montreal-based indie Sphere Media,…
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News round-up: Nine, ProSieben & Viaplay snag Fred’s ‘First On Scene’; Espresso takes in Canadian doc ‘Cynara’; Bomanbridge unveils MIPTV deals
Nine, ProSieben & Viaplay snag Fred’s First On Scene Viaplay, ProSieben and Nine Network in…
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News round-up: ‘Unspoken’ wins Series Mania co-pro prize; Bell Media orders Pixcom’s ‘The Ultimate Fan’; FilmRise strikes National Black TV Media deal
‘Unspoken’ wins Series Mania co-pro prize Ukrainian & Polish war thriller series Unspoken has been…
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Bloomberg orders eco-docuseries with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Bloomberg Media has ordered a new original eco-docuseries, An Optimist’s Guide To The Planet, hosted…
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Nat Geo Channels US picks up ‘Border Patrol’ as BossaNova strikes factual deals
Nat Geo Channels US and Bell Media in Canada are among broadcasters to acquire a…
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News round-up: Abacus to shop ‘Faithless’; Canela Kids strikes Mondo TV deal; ZDF Studios launches ‘Naked – Generation Gender’
Abacus to shop ‘Faithless’ Abacus Media Rights has acquired comedy drama Faithless for international distribution….
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News round-up: BossaNova preps development days, sells to Bell; Quintus launches True Crime channel; Global snags Sky deal
BossaNova preps development days, sells to Bell Canada’s Bell Media has acquired feature documentary, Siegfried…
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News round-up: Hulu developing hazing death doc; Crave orders Carolyn Taylor comedy; ITVS takes ‘Queens For The Night’ rights
Hulu developing hazing death doc Hulu is in development on Death At Penn State, a…
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Blink49 Studios & Bell Media strike first-look Lilly Singh pact
Canadian indie Blink49 Studios and broadcaster Bell Media have inked a first-look global scripted and…
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Corus, Bell & CBC urge reform to stop US streamers ‘sucking dollars to Hollywood’
Canadian broadcasters including Bell Media, Corus Entertainment and CBC have urged upcoming regulatory reforms to…
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MIPTV scripted round-up – updated throughout the day
‘Crime’ pays for Cineflix with global deals Broadcasters and platforms including Canadian pubcaster CBC and…
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Sales round-up: European & Oz pre-sales for ‘Superbrands’; Bell Media & Discovery snag ‘Patrol shows; Noah Media takes ‘Stewart’ rights
European & Oz pre-sales for ‘Superbrands’ Nine Network in Australia, TV2 in Denmark and RTL…