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TORONTO: Julie Bristow, the executive director of studio and unscripted programming at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), has announced her departure. Bristow’s departure follows on the exit of Kirstine Stewart, the CBC’s head of English services, who left the company last month to head up Twitter Canada. Bristow is leaving …

TORONTO: At the Cannes Film Festival, Breakthrough Entertainment finalized sales for Antisocial, Cubicle Warriors and The Resurrection of Tony Gitone in territories around the globe. Antisocial, the first installment of a horror trilogy, has been picked up by Monster Pictures for the U.S., U.K. and Australia. Additional agreements are pending in …

TORONTO: Peace Point Rights’ slate for this year’s NATPE Budapest is comprised of a host of lifestyle, factual and sports series, as well as more than 40 films. One of the factual titles on offer from the company is Frontier Vets, which revolves around eight veterinary students who are tasked …

TORONTO: ole has acquired the music publishing catalogue of compositions from Sony Pictures Entertainment’s film and TV releases between 1993 and 2012.  ole has scored music from such TV shows as Wheel of Fortune, Breaking Bad, The Nanny, Dawson’s Creek and Rescue Me. It also picked up compositions from Sony films, including …

TORONTO: Tricon Films & Television has licensed a number of scripted shows, including IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! and Bunk, to broadcasters around the world. Presented by Scott Aukerman, Comedy Bang! Bang! is a talk show that features appearances from such guests as Seth Rogen, Amy Poehler and Zach Galifianakis. Bunk watches as …

MONTREAL/TORONTO: Astral Media and Bell Media have officially been merged together, with a new senior leadership team in place. The new leadership structure includes Jacques Parisien as the president of national specialty and pay TV, radio and out-of-home, and Charles Benoît as the president of television and radio for Quebec. …

TORONTO: New comScore research finds that 16 percent of Canadian adults say they no longer watch any traditional TV and exclusively stream content online. The findings also show that 45 percent of respondents say they watch both TV and online video content, 35 percent just watch TV and 4 percent watch …

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment has unveiled changes to its senior leadership team, including the elevation of Doug Murphy to executive VP and COO and the appointment of Colin Bohm as VP of television and head of kids. Murphy, previously executive VP and president of Corus Television, now oversees all television and …

WINNIPEG: In an effort to enhance its expertise in comedy content, Frantic Films has signed a first-look agreement with Pamela Thomas, a seasoned entertainment executive. Thomas has been in the comedy business for more than two decades. She has contributed to such productions as Saturday Night Live and Kids in …

TORONTO: The newly unveiled fall schedule of CosmoTV features the Canadian version of the successful dating franchise The Bachelor, alongside the reality series Married to Medicine, the game show Baggage and a host of other highlights. The Bachelor Canada debuts September 4 at 8 p.m. The 9×1-hour series features an all-Canadian …