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TORONTO: The newly formed Temple Street Media Ventures has established an original digital content studio, Boat Rocker Studios. The studio will be housed in a newly acquired building that is in Toronto’s downtown King St. East area. Revitalizing what was once a CBC production facility, Boat Rocker Studios will aim …

EDMONTON/BEVERLY HILLS: Super Channel in Canada has entered into a newly expanded multi-year licensing and programming distribution agreement with Starz Worldwide Distribution. The new output arrangement, along with the existing contract, makes Super Channel the exclusive English-language pay-TV home in Canada for several Starz originals, including Da Vinci’s Demons and the …

BANFF: The French-Canadian series 19-2, a cop drama that premiered in Quebec in 2011, is set for an English-language adaptation for Bravo in Canada, with the premiere planned for 2014. Montreal’s Sphere Media Plus and co-producers Echo Media will shoot ten one-hour episodes in Quebec this fall with showrunner Bruce Smith (Durham …

TORONTO: The Canadian producer and distributor Thomas Howe Associates has hired Gwen Jones McCauley, most recently the VP of sales and co-productions at BBC Worldwide’s Toronto office, as its new senior VP of content sales and business development. This newly created role sees McCauley in charge of sales for the THA …

TORONTO: Tricon Films & Television has appointed Karthiga Ratnasabapathy as director of digital sales and acquisitions, alongside several promotions within its distribution arm. Ratnasabapathy will be reporting to Jon Rutherford, Tricon’s senior VP of distribution and business development. Ratnasabapathy is responsible for building the company’s worldwide sales for all digital …

TORONTO: Julie Bristow, formerly the executive director of studio and unscripted programming at CBC, has established Bristow Global Media (BGM), a content creation company. BGM will be producing across all genres for both traditional and digital platforms, specializing in consumer engagement and participation beyond the television. The company has already …

PARIS: Canal+ is teaming up with the online video platform Dailymotion to launch a web-based SVOD service in Canada, delivering its original series as well as feature films, docs and more. Canal+ Canada will offer up films, series, docs and entertainment shows in French. For C$7.99 a month, subscribers can …

TORONTO: Hollywood Suite has launched its four HD, commercial-free movie channels in Canada on Shaw and Shaw Direct. The channels are WarnerFilms, MGM Channel, Sony Movie Channel and AXN Movies. Shaw Direct customers in Canada can get a special sneak peek free preview of the Hollywood Suite offerings from now …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has inked a three-year first-look deal with Amaze Film + Television, building on the partnership between the two companies that already includes the dark comedy Call Me Fitz. The companies will develop and produce original projects, which eOne will then distribute internationally. Projects range from …

TORONTO: Azura Skye (American Horror Story) and Benjamin Arthur (Less Than Kind) have joined the cast of Working the Engels, Global Television's upcoming original comedy series, which has kicked off production in Toronto. Working the Engels, starring Andrea Martin and Kacey Rohl, follows a family that is dealing with the …