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Corus Entertainment
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Senior Corus execs Lisa Godfrey, Pam Westman & Jeff Norton exit in leadership restructure
Canadian broadcasting group Corus Entertainment is restructuring its original content leadership ranks, with several senior…
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Canada’s Corus overhauls content with Troy Reeb upped & 20-year veteran Colin Bohm departing
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has rejigged it senior content team, with Troy Reeb taking on an…
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TBI Kids Hot Picks: A Horse Named Steve
Producer: Sixteen South & Nelvana | Distributor: Sixteen South Rights | Broadcaster: RTÉ (Ireland) &…
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Scripted round-up: Netflix saves ‘Star Trek Prodigy’; Iceland’s Siminn moves into ‘The Darkness’; Jeff Norton’s Waterside strikes Marcela Citterio
Netflix saves Star Trek Prodigy Netflix has beamed up Star Trek: Prodigy, four months after…
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Treehouse & Canal+ board Nelvana’s ‘Millie Magnificent’
Canal+ in France and Treehouse in Canada have boarded Nelvana’s upcoming 3D animated pre-school series…
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Nelvana strikes development deal with Polygon Pictures on Japanese animation
Nelvana, the Canadian distributor and producer behind Max & Ruby and Franklin, has struck a…
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Pamela Anderson & Food Network Canada rustle up new cookery show
Pamela Anderson is expanding her TV repertoire with a new cookery show in the works…
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Canada’s Corus strikes overall deal with Dominion of Drama, launches Waterside Studios
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has struck an overall deal with UK-Canadian prodco Dominion of Drama 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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Corus takes majority stake in ‘Holly Hobbie’ prodco Aircraft Pictures
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has acquired a majority stake in Aircraft Pictures, the Toronto-based firm behind…
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Global rides with ‘Robyn Hood’ from Boat Rocker & Director X
Canada-based Corus Entertainment-owned network Global has ordered Robyn Hood, a new near-future action-drama series, from…
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Disney+ takes Hulu & YTV’s ‘The Hardy Boys’ around the world
Disney+ has snagged international rights to The Hardy Boys, the live-action mystery series that debuted…
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Canada’s BGM hires Corus exec, as Marlo Miazga adds Sphere remit
Canadian producer BGM Inc has rejigged its senior ranks by appointing a former Corus Entertainment exec as…
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Rogers strikes $21bn deal to buy Canadian rival Shaw Communications
Canadian telco giant Rogers Communications has agreed a deal valued at C$26bn ($21bn) deal to…
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Amazon takes first run rights on ‘Vikings’ finale away from History
Amazon Prime Video has bagged first window rights for the final 10 episodes of historical…
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Canada’s Corus inks NBCU deal for Sky Studios content
A new multi-year volume deal between Corus Entertainment and NBCUniversal Global Distribution will give Canadian…
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Corus, NBCU’s Peacock strike exclusive deal for originals
Corus Entertainment in Canada has struck a far-reaching deal that will sees it taking rights…
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Kids round-up: ‘Moominvalley’ lands in Nordics; Super RTL orders monster comedy; ‘Rainbow Rangers’ travels; and more…
Moomins return to the Nordics SF Studios in the Nordics, NRK in Norway and RÚV…
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Canada’s Global preps UK co-pro event series with Shaftesbury
Canadian channel Global has commissioned an original six-part event series, Departure, co-produced by Canada’s Shaftesbury…
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Corus snaps up Thomas & Friends for Canada
Corus Entertainment-owned producer-distributor Nelvana has struck an exclusive licensing and broadcast deal with Mattel around…
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Teletoon set to premiere four new original Canadian series
Teletoon is set to premiere four new kids’ titles that will launch up to the…
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Corus sells Historia & Séries+ to Bell Media
Corus Entertainment is set to sell French-language channels Historia and Series+ to Bell Media for…
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Corus forms kids venture with Discovery
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has formed a production joint venture with Discovery Communications. The JV, which…
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DHX brings in Corus sales veteran for distribution
DHX Media has appointed Nelvana Enterprises’ Jerry Diaz as vice president of distribution. In the…
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CITV picks up ToonMarty
Comedy series ToonMarty is heading to CITV in the UK after a deal inked with Barcelona-based…
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Wiggles arrive at Universal Kids & Treehouse
The US’s Universal Kids and Treehouse in Canada have bought rights to the latest series…
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Corus bags Star Wars franchise
Corus Entertainment has secured a multi-year licensing deal for the entire Star Wars franchise. The…
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Corus Kids chief to run Sprout in US
Deidre Brennan is leaving Canada’s Corus Entertainment after less than a year to become general…
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History opens SVOD Vault in Canada
Corus Entertainment has launched a direct-to-consumer subscription service for specialty channel History in Canada. History…
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Corus’ distribution arm makes lifestyle sales
Corus Entertainment has shopped a raft of lifestyle programming to international channels. Home-flipping series Masters…