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Canada’s CBC bets big on entertainment as it woos advertisers
Canadian public broadcaster CBC is betting on scripted production and fact ent juggernaut Battle Of…
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CBC brings back ‘Battle of the Blades’
Canada’s CBC will reboot hit competition series Battle of the Blades for its fifth season…
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Show of the week: Coroner
The crown jewel in Cineflix Rights’ growing scripted slate, Coroner has struck a chord in…
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CBC appoints exec director for scripted
CBC has appointed former Temple Street exec Trish Williams as executive director of scripted content. …
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CBC’s Coroner becomes highest-rated series launch in four years
Muse, Back Alley and Cineflix co-pro drama Coroner has become the highest-rated drama series launch…
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What Friends tells us about rights ownership in 2019
Media giants building SVODs to rival Netflix are talking the talk, but who will walk…
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Canada’s CBC takes Fremantle mini-series Butterfly
Canadian national broadcaster CBC has acquired Butterfly, a mini-series the follows the story of an…
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US arts network Ovation buys Frankie Drake Mysteries
Kew Media Distribution has sold CBC drama Frankie Drake Mysteries into US arts network Ovation….
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NBCU acquires Cineflix procedural Coroner
NBCUniversal International Networks has acquired female-driven procedural Coroner from Canada’s CBC. Inspired by M.R. Hall novels,…
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Temple Street comedy Cavendish greenlit by CBC
Cavendish is a new half-hour primetime original comedy series set to premiere on Canada’s public…
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Netflix orders Canadian drama Northern Rescue
Netflix has ordered CBC original drama Northern Rescue, and will have all rights outside of…
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CBC picks up TVF’s Hardline Buddhists
TVF International has licensed Channel NewsAsia’s Myanmar’s Hardline Buddhists to Canadian pubcaster CBC at MIPCOM (pictured)….
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TBI Weekly: Uncertainty ahead for DHX
After weak quarterly financials, Canada’s DHX Media is eyeing a sale or merger of the…
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Sundance SVOD service heads to Rillington Place, Riviera
AMC Networks has acquired Europe-produced scripted trio Back, Rillington Place and Riviera for its Sundance-branded…
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Diana, Our Mother gains raft of int’l sales
Drive, the distributor for Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, has announced a range…
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TVF secures swathe of deals in Australia and New Zealand
London-based factual distributor TVF International has sold a slate of shows to broadcasters in Australia…
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Global pubcasters prep online distribution platform
A group of public broadcasters from Europe, Asia and North America are joining forces to…
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Bristow hires Newroad Media founder
Julie Bristow’s Toronto-based production company has hired Marlo Miagza (pictured) to become its VP, content….
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Breakthrough brings in kids veteran for sales
Breakthrough has recruited Caroline Tyre and the seasoned Canadia kids TV exec for a new…
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Netflix, CBC adapting Anne of Green Gables
Streaming service Netflix and Canadian pubcaster CBC are hooking up on their second scripted coproduction,…
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CBC names interim kids chief after Markle exit
Canadian pubcaster CBC has named Marie McCann interim senior director of Kids CBC following the…
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BBC First, CBC hear The A Word
BBC First is Australia and CBC in Canada are the latest buyers of Keshet International-sold…
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Kirstine Stewart leaves Twitter
High-profile Canadian media exec Kirstine Stewart is leaving her role as vice president, media, at…
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Ex-Discovery content chief finds Electric role
Former Discovery Networks International content chief Phil Craig has joined Australian producer Electric Pictures as…
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Canada to tell Story of Us
Canadian pubcaster CBC has commissioned the latest version of epic docu-drama format The Story of…
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CBC, Netflix co-order Atwood miniseries
Canadian pubcaster the CBC and global streamer Netflix have co-commissioned a six-part miniseries based on…
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CBC opening local Grand Hotel in Egypt
Egyptian channel CBC is today launching a remake of Spanish period drama Grand Hotel following…
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Margaret Atwood’s Wenda heading to TV
Canadian pubcaster the CBC has ordered Wandering Wenda, an animated adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s kids…
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David Attenborough series goes global
David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef has landed in 180 territories following natural history broadcaster Attenborough’s…
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Hulu takes US streaming rights to Book of Negroes
Hulu has taken exclusive US rights to Canadian miniseries The Book of Negroes. The deal…