Kristin Brzoznowski

Pier 21 Films has appointed former CBC executive Karen Tsang to VP of development and promoted Bill Lundy to senior VP of development.

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) is making available C$10 million ($7.6 million) to Canada’s interactive digital media (IDM) companies.

Corus Entertainment has inked a deal with NBCUniversal to air Peacock original programming, including new shows like Girls5Eva from Tina Fey, in Canada.

The fall schedule of Canada's CTV features 18 returning series, alongside the new Chuck Lorre comedy B Positive.

Global in Canada has unveiled its 2020-21 programming slate, which includes the event series Departure as well as the licensed dramas The Equalizer and neXt.

VMedia is launching RiverTV as Canada’s first live TV and on-demand streaming channel platform.

Robin Cass (Kim’s Convenience, The Republic of Love, The Hanging Garden) has launched Cass & Co, a new Vancouver-based production company.

At CBC’s 2020 virtual upfront presentation, the Canadian public broadcaster revealed its 2020-21 slate of original programming, with a fall schedule that features 1,300 new hours.

Pixcom, which produces such shows as Licence to Drill for Discovery Channel Canada and You Can’t Ask That for CBC, has named Ginette Viens as VP of international productions and executive producer.

Martin Carrier has been appointed senior VP of business development at MELS, part of TVA Group, and will take over from Michel Trudel as president on January 1, 2021.