Top Stories

MONTREAL: Bell Media has devised the programming roster for its upcoming Canal D/Investigation channel, a French-language service specializing in factual programming about the world of crime. The channel will air more than 500 hours of programming that has never been seen before in Quebec. Around 15 percent will be Canadian ...

Read More »

BEVERLY HILLS: An expanded licensing agreement between Netflix and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) sees the service being able to stream Murdoch Mysteries for the first time in Canada as well as new seasons of Republic of Doyle and others. The two extended and expanded their current licensing agreement to ...

Read More »

TORONTO: Rogers Communications and the National Hockey League (NHL) have struck a landmark 12-year broadcast and multimedia agreement that covers all national rights to NHL games on all platforms in all languages. The pact marks the largest media rights deal in the league's history. The deal also marks the first ...

Read More »

MOSCOW: The international version of the Russian channel CTC has started broadcasting in Canada through Bell. The channel, CTC-International, has a programming lineup in Canada that is very close to the original Russian version. It is now available to Bell subscribers on the Bell Fibe cable service. Evgeny Kirichuk, CTC ...

Read More »

TORONTO: CTV is now available live and on demand via CTV Go, which is delivering more than 3,000 hours of programming. CTV Go features around 60 titles from the 2013-14 season, including The Big Bang Theory, The Amazing Race, Grey's Anatomy, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Played. For the first ...

Read More »

TORONTO: Bell Media has announced the addition of five new comedy projects to its original development slate, including shows from Mark McKinney, showrunner of Less Than Kind, and Ilana Frank, whose credits include Rookie Blue and Saving Hope. The broadcaster already has 15 comedy projects in development, as well as ...

Read More »

MUNICH: French-Canadian broadcaster V has picked up the rights for Larry Levinson TV movies from Red Arrow International. The multi-year output agreement includes all Larry Levinson telefilms that are distributed by Red Arrow International. Larry Levison Productions has released more than 200 drama, thriller, mystery, romantic comedy and family TV movies for ...

Read More »

NEW YORK: In this video interview, Sheri Elwood, the creator of Call Me Fitz, and Michael Gross, who recently joined the cast, discuss the character of Pat Childs and what’s in store for season four.   The Canadian comedy Call Me Fitz recently launched its fourth season on Movie Central ...

Read More »

TORONTO: Donald Sutherland is serving as producer and screenwriter for Pirate's Passage, an upcoming animated movie that he is also set to star in. Based on a successful adventure novel, Pirate's Passage focuses on a 12-year-old boy who is dealing with the death of his father. It takes place in ...

Read More »

TORONTO: Production has kicked off on Sensitive Skin, a new original comedy series based on the BBC show of the same name, set to premiere on The Movie Network in Eastern Canada and Movie Central in Western Canada. Starring Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City) and Don McKellar (Blindness), Sensitive ...

Read More »