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MONTREAL: NBCUniversal Television & New Media Distribution Canada and Quebecor Content have closed a deal that sees recent movie releases from NBCUniversal become available on French-language Canadian VOD service Club illico.

MONTREAL: Former Endemol Shine executive Gary R. Carter has been appointed as MinorityVR's new senior creative and strategic advisor.

CANNES: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has three main areas of focus, explains Valerie Creighton, the organization’s president and CEO.

CANNES: In the Incendo movie Run to Me, Alison, an amateur triathlete, convinces a controversial peak-performance trainer to take her on as a client, but the cost may be too high when Alison’s work and family life suffer.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment has completed its acquisition of Shaw Media, putting in place a new leadership team and corporate brand.

CANNES: Sullivan Entertainment is promoting more than 200 hours of classic programming restored from the original negatives to high definition.

TORONTO/MONTREAL: Three innovative Canadian virtual reality (VR) productions will share the spotlight at this year’s MIPTV, thanks to an initiative spearheaded by the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada.

TORONTO: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has cleared Corus Entertainment's acquisition of Shaw Media.

Hubert Lacroix, the president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, says that the company no longer thinks of producing content for different platforms—rather it thinks of telling stories that can move fluidly from one to another.

TORONTO/WELLINGTON: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and NZ On Air have revealed that three digital media co-production projects will receive C$1 million ($769,000) as part of a financing incentive under the Canada-New Zealand Digital Media Fund.