Sara Alessi

MONTREAL: Industry veteran Brett Burlock, formerly of Sea to Sky (Ascension), has been named senior VP of scripted at Cineflix Media.

MONTREAL: Incendo has kicked off principal photography on its latest film, FANatic, directed by Jean-François Rivard (Série Noire, Les Invicibles).

TORONTO: Principal photography has begun for Epic Studios, a 13-episode web series for Maker Studios starring YouTube celebrity EpicLLOYD (a.k.a. Lloyd Ahlquist).

MONTREAL: Principal photography has begun on the Incendo film Serialized, starring Vanessa Ray (Blue Bloods, Pretty Little Liars).

TORONTO: The first two seasons of the comedy series Playing House, from Universal Cable Productions, are premiering this month on shomi in Canada.

MONTREAL: NBCUniversal Television & New Media Distribution Canada and Quebecor Content have closed a deal that sees recent movie releases from NBCUniversal become available on French-language Canadian VOD service Club illico.

TORONTO/WELLINGTON: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and NZ On Air have revealed that three digital media co-production projects will receive C$1 million ($769,000) as part of a financing incentive under the Canada-New Zealand Digital Media Fund.

TORONTO: Peace Point Rights is gearing up for MIPTV 2016 with 4K culinary series, including Inspired with Anna Olson, as well as documentaries, lifestyle and scripted programming.

VANCOUVER: Big Coat Productions’s property series Love It or List It Vancouver is returning to Canada's W Network, with the second half of the third season slated to kick off on February 8.