TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has a number of new titles to offer up for the international market, among them the new medical drama Saving Hope. The series, which has been picked up by NBC, stars Erica Durance and Michael Shanks. eOne is also offering Femme Fatales, an anthology series ...

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TORONTO: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! has been sold to new broadcasters, marking just one of a number of titles sold by Portfolio International ahead of MIPTV.   The 60×30-minute kids’ series scored new broadcast slots on, among others, KI.KA in Germany, Disney Junior in ...

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TORONTO/CANNES: Shaftesbury and its digital media division, Smokebomb Entertainment, have a new project to present, State of Syn, a 3D-enabled digital motion novel for online. The sci-fi digital project stars Jewel Staite (Firefly, LA Complex), David Hewlett (Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis) and Rainbow Sun Francks (The Listener, Stargate: Atlantis). The ...

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ST. JOHN’S: Best Boy Entertainment is readying its catalogue of new and returning children’s, documentary and lifestyle content for MIPTV. The Canadian company will highlight season two of the docudrama series Pet ER, in addition to season three of Mickey’s Farm, which features a blend of live action, animation and ...

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TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has closed sales for a range of its documentary, reality and animated content, including a U.S. deal with CNBC for its documentary special Customer (Dis)Service. Customer (Dis)Service is produced by the Canadian documentary filmmaker Generator Films. It chronicles the global battle between consumers and corporations who seek ...

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TORONTO: Tricon Films & Television is gearing up for MIPTV with more than 75 hours of new lifestyle and documentary series, in addition to returning shows. Returning series include the scripted dramedy series Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays and the documentary series Metal Evolution, an in-depth exploration of the enduring phenomenon ...

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MONTREAL: Canada’s largest telecommunications company, BCE Inc., is acquiring all of the issued and outstanding shares of Astral Media and its specialty and pay-TV channels, radio stations, digital media properties and out-of-home advertising platforms. The transaction, valued at C$3 billion in cash and stock, expands Bell’s activities in the French-language market. ...

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TORONTO: Tricon Films & Television has picked up eight new lifestyle, factual and comedy series from Farpoint Films, HSM Management and Architect Films. From Architect Films, Tricon secured Ice Cold Cash, a fast-paced food-trivia show that’s unapologetically uncomplicated, and Deck Wars, a competition series to see who can build the ...

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TORONTO: 9 Story Entertainment has unveiled its slate for MIPTV, which features the new prime-time animated series Fugget About It. Fugget About It, a prime-time animated sitcom that will on air on TELETOON at Night in Canada, is about the misadventures of a former New York mob boss and his ...

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VANCOUVER: Production has begun on SPACE’s original action series Primeval: New World, a North American spin-off of the hit U.K. series from Impossible Pictures that will be distributed internationally by Entertainment One (eOne). Produced in association with Omni Film Productions, the 13-episode, one-hour series is set in Vancouver against the ...

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