Sara Alessi

TORONTO: Ahead of MIPTV, Blue Ant International has expanded its catalog with the addition of a new category, Digital Studios, featuring short-form digital content in the natural history, comedy, animation, paranormal and lifestyle genres, including Paranormal Survivor: Evil Surrounds You.

TORONTO: Blue Ant International has added more than 160 hours of fresh content to its catalog ahead of MIPTV, broadening its offering with new genres, including scripted shows such as The Inspectors.

TORONTO/DUBLIN: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Broadcast Authority of Ireland (BAI) have invested C$170,000 ($126,242) to support the co-development of audiovisual content under the Canada-Ireland Co-development Incentive for Audio-Visual Projects.

MONTRÉAL: Randy Lennox has been appointed as the new president of Bell Media, following the departure of Mary Ann Turcke, who is leaving to pursue a new opportunity with the National Football League.

WARSAW: SPI International/FilmBox Channels Group has entered into a distribution agreement that sees Ethnic Channels Group (ECG) become the exclusive agent for its thematic and international channels in Canada.

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has sold more than 50 hours of programming, including the comedy-drama series Cold Feet, to ZoomerMedia in Canada.

TORONTO: CBC has renewed the comedy series Kim’s Convenience for a 13-episode sophomore season.

TORONTO: Through the Canada 150 Fund, the Canadian government has awarded C$500,000 ($375,000) to White Pine Pictures for We Are Canada, a new bilingual CBC and Radio-Canada documentary series and digital media project.

TORONTO: Tara Woodbury has joined Sphère Média Plus (19-2) in the newly created role of head of development for English-language productions, effective immediately.

TORONTO/DUBLIN: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) have relaunched their funding incentive to encourage the development of audiovisual projects.