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Mediapro Canada has added to its production capacity through the acquisition of Canadian media services company Tri-Lite TV.

CBC Sports and Mediapro Canada have partnered to provide live coverage of 20 games throughout the 2019 season of the Canadian Premier League (CPL), Canada’s new tier-one men’s professional soccer league, on CBC Sports platforms.

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Quebecor Fund have launched a new partnership program to support the budget increase of French drama series in Quebec intended for the international market.

Incendo’s feature film The Lead, starring Perrey Reeves (Entourage, Famous in Love), among others, begins filming today, April 15, in Montreal.

Mediapro, the media partner of Canadian Soccer Business and the Canadian Premier League (CPL), is gearing up to unveil OneSoccer, a 24/7 live and on-demand streaming channel for the sport.

At MIPTV, in addition to the Canada Pavilion, Canadian producers will be participating at In Development, a MIPTV-Canneseries initiative.

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has announced Program Guidelines for 2019-2020, as well as its commitment to invest C$353 million ($264 million) in Canada’s television and digital media industry for the fiscal year.

Canadian public broadcaster CBC has made an initial round of original scripted and unscripted renewals for the 2019-20 season, so far confirming 17 titles coming back with fresh episodes.

The Canada Media Fund’s (CMF) individual collaborations with the Danish Film Institute (DFI) and New Zealand’s NZ On Air have yielded more than C$1 million ($754,129) in investments for six projects.

TVA Group has moved in to acquire the Montreal-based producer and distributor Incendo for around C$19.5 million ($14.8 million).