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TORONTO: Proper Television is expanding its development team by adding two newly created roles, with Lisa Gabriele being tapped as director of development and Mike Armitage hired as development producer. Gabriele will report directly to Guy O’Sullivan, the company’s president. A TV veteran and best-selling author, the exec is credited …

TORONTO: The Fremantle Corporation has picked up the new comedy format Touring T.O. and closed licensing deals with several broadcasters worldwide ahead of NATPE. Touring T.O. is a scripted comedy that follows two unlikely friends and their intern who run a low-budget rickshaw tour company specializing in taking tourists to …

TORONTO: Ahead of its series premiere, the comedy Schitt's Creek has been renewed for a second season by CBC. The character-driven half-hour comedy is debuting January 13 at 9 p.m. Season two is slated to launch in winter 2016. The show is co-created by Eugene and Daniel Levy, who also …

TORONTO, January 12: Tricon Films & Television is heading to NATPE this month with the second-season launch of the dramedy Sensitive Skin, along with Spanish- and Portuguese-language versions of the drama The Divide. On the comedy front, the company is presenting Garfunkel & Oates, which stars comedy duo Riki Lindhome and …

EDMONTON: Canada's Super Channel has revealed that 34 feature films and docs are being financed through the Super Channel Development Fund. Among the 23 movies being funded are The Woods, a Brightlight Pictures film set in the remote wilderness of the Pacific Northwest; South Creek Pictures' The Hunted, about a …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: A new deal signed between Bell Media and CBS Corporation will bring the Showtime brand to Canada for the first time ever. The exclusive, landmark agreement sees hundreds of hours of past, present and future Showtime programming being made available across Bell Media platforms in English and French. …

OTTAWA: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has outlined a series of changes regarding the creation of content made by Canadians, including reducing the quotas on the amount of homegrown programs that local TV stations and specialty channels must broadcast. For certain types of programs, such as drama and …

OTTAWA: In a bid to maximize choice and affordability for Canadian TV viewers, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a move to à la carte cable pricing by 2016. By March 2016, Canadians will be able to subscribe to an entry-level television service that costs no more …

TORONTO: Shaw Media and Shaftesbury’s digital studio, Smokebomb Entertainment, have aligned with brand agency shift2 and Schick Quattro for Women on MsLabelled, a fashion-focused, multiplatform comedy series. The 20×4-minute show features and is executive produced by Jeanne Beker (Fashion Television). Designed to transmit both online and on air, MsLabelled is …

OTTAWA: Gusto TV has set up a new prime-time programming slot, Discovering a New America, which will put the spotlight on healthy American food. The new slot runs from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weeknights. It will host culinary programs that have themes such as the farm-to-table movement, sustainability …