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TORONTO: Canamedia has picked up the exclusive Canadian distribution rights to the CABLEready catalogue, which has more than 1,100 hours of programming that spans genres such as lifestyle, factual, entertainment and more. CABLEready is home to a number of titles from TV Guide, LMNO Productions, REELZ and SnagFilms. Its catalogue includes a …

MONTREAL: Principal photography has begun for Time of Death, an Incendo thriller scheduled to air in Canada next year. Led by Kathleen Robertson (Beverly Hills, 90210) and co-starring Gianpaolo Venuta (The Firm), the movie focuses on an FBI officer who is investigating a series of murders that are occurring at the …

TORONTO: Fiorella Grossi has been chosen as the head of development for Peace Point Entertainment. In her new position, Grossi will supervise Peace Point’s development team in Toronto and development executives in New York and Los Angeles. She will be charged with evaluating channel needs in the U.S. and Canada, …

TORONTO: The Movie Network GO is a new streaming service that gives subscribers access to The Movie Network, HBO Canada and TMN Encore, delivering more than 1,500 hours of programming. The service is available at no additional cost to current subscribers. TMN GO offers instant and unlimited access to more than …

TORONTO: The Canadian specialty channel Space has undergone a brand refresh both on air and on its website, including a new tagline: It’s all around you. Along with the new tagline, the network has a refreshed logo and on-air promos. All elements have been produced by the Bell Media Agency. …

PARIS: Nathalie Bourdon, a former sales director at Just For Laughs, has teamed up with François-Xavier Poirier, the founder and president of Novovision, to launch Novovision Canada. The newly launched Novovision Canada will be present at MIPTV, operating alongside Novovision. Bourdon spent more than a decade as sales director for …

CANNES: Shaftesbury has picked up a web series, Long Story, Short, which was created and written by the actress Katie Boland (The Master), who also stars. The series was co-created, directed and produced by Gail Harvey (Murdoch Mysteries). It follows a 21-year-old woman (Boland) and her two best friends as …

MONTREAL: Astral Media and BCE have issued their replies to interventions filed with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), as part of the process to review the proposed transaction to merge the two companies. The two have already agreed to sell several Astral TV services, including 100 percent of …

TORONTO: CHCH is to serve as the exclusive Canadian home for Spin Off, a prime-time game show developed by Mark Burnett‘s One Three Media. Morgan Elliott of Canada’s Suddenly SeeMore…Productions produced the series, which will kick off this fall for a 13-week run. The half-hour show features contestants getting the …

TORONTO: Nina Tassler, the president of CBS Entertainment, is lined up for the opening keynote at this year’s Banff World Media Festival (BANFF), where David Stapf, the president of CBS Television Studios, and Armando Nuñez, the president and CEO of the CBS Global Distribution Group, will deliver a CBS Global …