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TORONTO, October 11: Blue Ant Media and Mondo Media have teamed up with Corus Entertainment to air a new prime-time animated comedy series, a compilation of shorts from the Bite On Mondo digital program. The 26×30-minute show is due out on the prime-time programming block TELETOON at Night, which airs ...

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TORONTO: Kilburn Media and Demarest Films have made equity investments in The Fremantle Corporation, which has now tapped veteran Canadian media exec Brad Pelman for the CEO post. Pelman was formerly an executive at Maple Pictures and Alliance Films. Randy Zalken will continue as president and The Fremantle Corporation’s existing ...

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TORONTO: Starz Digital Media has inked a deal that makes shomi the exclusive Canadian SVOD home to a number of original series from the premium channel operator, including Da Vinci's Demons and The White Queen. The platform will be available to Rogers and Shaw customers for a monthly fee beginning ...

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TORONTO: Bell Media has made an investment in the Toronto-based digital startup Hubub, a personal interest multimedia channel. Bell Media invested $5 million in cash and committed millions more to market Hubub.com and the Hubub mobile app, a new digital platform for exploring and discussing interests, across its leading media ...

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TORONTO: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has published its annual report for 2013-14, which revealed that a total of 510 productions were supported by the CMF over the last fiscal year. The CMF provided C$360.7M in funding to Canadian television and digital media projects in 2013-2014. A total of 475 ...

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MONTREAL: Canadians are more likely to watch TV series instead of movies, according to a new study on Canadian viewing habits that also confirmed most film viewing is done through television. The report, commissioned by Telefilm Canada, the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) and the Canada Media Fund ...

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TORONTO: Peace Point Entertainment has hired former Temple Street Productions exec Nicole Hamilton as VP of creative and development, while Peace Point Rights has upped a couple of executives. Hamilton will oversee the creative strategic direction for Peace Point globally, including the company’s Toronto-based development team as well as the ...

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TORONTO: Corus Entertainment has invested in the U.S. digital lifestyle outfit KIN, with the partnership intended to bring the offerings to Canada. The pact brings the company’s multichannel network (MCN), KIN Community, as well as KIN’s lifestyle creators, programming and advertising opportunities to the Canadian marketplace. As part of this ...

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MONTREAL: Game and software startups receiving funding through the Canada Media Fund (CMF) could be eligible to receive additional capital for their projects through a new partnership between CMF and BDC Capital, a subsidiary of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). As part of the new collaboration, BDC Capital ...

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TORONTO: 9 Story Entertainment has confirmed a new round of deals for the prime-time animated comedy Fugget About It, which has moved into production on its third season. 9 Story secured a home entertainment agreement with Entertainment One (eOne) for the show. eOne will be releasing the first season of ...

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