LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold a number of series to broadcasters across Canada, including the Andrew Davies drama Mr Selfridge heading to Vision TV. Vision TV went for the first season and the recently commissioned second season of Mr Selfridge, which stars Jeremy Piven. The series Kentucky Bidders, produced by ...

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TORONTO: Julie Bristow, the executive director of studio and unscripted programming at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), has announced her departure. Bristow’s departure follows on the exit of Kirstine Stewart, the CBC’s head of English services, who left the company last month to head up Twitter Canada. Bristow is leaving ...

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TORONTO: Among the highlights of CBC’s 2013-14 lineup is the return of Battle of the Blades alongside the new crime drama Crossing Lines. CBC/Radio Canada is going to be serving as the Canadian home to the Olympic Games action from Sochi in 2014. Canadian athletes will be put center stage ...

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TORONTO: Peacock Alley has established a distribution arm, hiring Craig McGillivray to run the unit as VP of distribution. McGillivray was formerly a territory manager at DHX Media, and also worked at Breakthrough Entertainment in a regional sales role. He will now be leading Peacock Alley’s foray into becoming a ...

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LOS ANGELES: Attending the L.A. Screenings for the first time, Peace Point Rights is putting forth The DNA of GSP, a documentary zeroing in on the life of UFC fighter Georges St-Pierre, a welterweight world champion. The production is available as a 90-minute theatrical movie and as a mini-series with ...

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TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment is set to globally distribute the features Cubicle Warriors (excluding Canada) and Looking is the Original Sin, both of which it plans to present at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Led by Alan Thicke, Cubicle Warriors is a comedy centered on two finance graduates who attempt to ...

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OTTAWA: Kirstine Stewart has left CBC, where she was serving as the executive VP of English-language services, to join Twitter Canada. Stewart has been with CBC as the executive VP of English-language services, leading all TV, radio and online services, since January 2011. She has left to oversee the new ...

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TORONTO: Bell Media is making a yearly commitment of C$1 million to an accelerator lab that will serve as a way to bolster the advancement and skills of qualified TV producers in Canada. The Bell Media Producer Accelerator Lab provides emerging TV producers across Canada with the chance to gain hands-on experience ...

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TORONTO: CHCH is to serve as the exclusive Canadian home for Spin Off, a prime-time game show developed by Mark Burnett‘s One Three Media. Morgan Elliott of Canada’s Suddenly SeeMore…Productions produced the series, which will kick off this fall for a 13-week run. The half-hour show features contestants getting the ...

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TORONTO: Nina Tassler, the president of CBS Entertainment, is lined up for the opening keynote at this year’s Banff World Media Festival (BANFF), where David Stapf, the president of CBS Television Studios, and Armando Nuñez, the president and CEO of the CBS Global Distribution Group, will deliver a CBS Global ...

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