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VICE Media Canada has hired Vanessa Case, previously the executive VP of content at Blue Ant Media, as senior VP and head of studio.

The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and Netflix have entered into a new five-year partnership in support of Canadian talent to increase international access for diverse creators and their narrative projects.

Principal photography has started on Incendo’s movie Thicker Than Water, which is being directed by Caroline Labrèche.

The Cartel is launching Cartel Pictures Canada to bolster its independent and TV production business in Winnipeg.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has reconsidered a decision it made last year that would have decreased the amount private-sector TV groups are required to spend on Canadian programming.

Gave Lindo has been appointed as the executive director of OTT programming at CBC.

MarVista Entertainment has set up a new company with Canadian producer Arnie Zipursky (Undercover Grandpa, Sled Dogs) called Neshama Entertainment.

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and South Africa's National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) have launched a dedicated incentive for the co-development of TV projects between Canadian and South African producers.

Bell Media has entered into a long-term, broad-reaching agreement with VICE Media that will see it become the exclusive Canadian broadcast home of new original programming from the VICELAND network.

Rogers Documentary and Cable Network Fund has confirmed equity investments for 19 TV projects totaling C$4.7 million ($3.5 million).