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Bell Media has picked up a minority stake in Montreal-based Grandé Studios to drive the creation of French-language content in Québec.

Randy Lennox is stepping down as the president of Bell Media, with Wade Oosterman, president and vice chair of Bell Group, set to assume leadership of the Canadian company at the start of 2021.

Broadcasters and industry leaders in Canada, in partnership with BIPOC TV & FILM, have launched the HireBIPOC initiative in an effort to eradicate systemic racism in the media and entertainment industries.

Bell Media, CBC/Radio-Canada, Corus Entertainment, Groupe V Média and Rogers Sports & Media are collaborating in a show of support for the frontline workers fighting the battle against COVID-19 across Canada with the one-hour special Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble.

TIFF and Bell Media’s Crave have teamed up for a series of virtual Q&As and screenings that is kicking off with a chat with Cameron Bailey, TIFF artistic director and co-head, and actor Mandy Patinkin (Homeland).

Bell Media’s streaming service Crave has inked a deal with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to distribute feature films that debuted at last year’s festival.

Bell Canada has named Mirko Bibic to the role of president and chief executive officer and restructured its executive team, including a new role for current executive Blaik Kirby.

Bell Media has secured a new long-term exclusive deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution that brings original programming from WarnerMedia’s HBO Max to Canada, starting in 2020.

The indie New Metric Media (Letterkenny, Bad Blood) is in development with Bell Media on Children Ruin Everything, a new single-camera comedy that Emmy-nominated producer Chuck Tatham (Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, Arrested Development) is set to executive produce.

Bell Media has entered into an agreement with the shareholders of Groupe V Média to acquire the network V along with related digital assets such as the ad-supported VOD service Noovo.ca.