Toronto-based film and television production company Wildling Pictures has optioned the international best-selling novel Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey with coproducers, Toronto-based Little Mama Media for a series adaptation. The psychological thriller adaptation represents Wildling’s growing slate of high-end scripted TV series, following the launch of its TV division last year. In […]
WWE, part of TKO Group, has announced that the Money In The Bank 2024 premium live event (PLE) on July 6th – which featured the surprise announcement of legendary superstar John Cena’s retirement in 2025 – became the highest-grossing WWE arena event in Canada in company history. In addition to the record-setting weekend, WrestleMania XL: […]
PBS Distribution, a distributor of public media content, is launching a new documentary-focused Prime Video Channel in Canada – PBS Documentaries. Like its US counterpart, this subscription-based streaming channel will include thought-provoking documentaries from PBS’s library. Audiences will be able to discover and explore a collection of documentaries and factual series across all genres, including […]
International film and TV studio Happy Accidents has appointed Courtney Colman as its Chief Financial Officer. Working from the studio’s new Canadian office in Toronto, Colman will be responsible for the financial and tax department of the studios’ film and TV productions, corporate strategic planning, accounting, finance, budgeting and forecasting. The opening of Happy Accidents’ […]
Glance has welcomed The Quebec Media Production Association (AQPM) as a new subscriber to its content monitoring and international audience services. AQPM advises, represents, and supports independent production companies in film, television, and web. Among its members are more than 160 Quebec companies whose productions are recognised in Quebec and abroad. This collaboration will provide […]
During its inaugural event, Samsung Ads Canada Innovation Day 2024, Samsung Ads Canada, the advertising arm of Samsung Electronics in Canada and a specialist in advanced TV including Connected TV (CTV), unveiled insights into Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) viewership in Canada. Samsung currently holds a 43 per cent share of Canada’s Smart TV marketplace. […]
Samsung is expanding its investment in the Samsung TV Plus service with all-new premium programming partnerships. Content creators and partners alike recognise the incredible value in Samsung TV Plus. In fact, viewership of the service grew over 60 per cent year-over-year in Canada. “Samsung strives to deliver quality entertainment that resonates with consumers. New content […]
Outfront Media and Bell Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCE, have closed the sale of Outfront Media’s Canadian business to Bell Media for a purchase price of C$410 million (€277m) in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments. Jeremy Male, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Outfront Media, commented: “The sale of our Canadian business […]
Bell Media has announced the addition of new platform partners for its 10 FAST channels which launched in April on LG Channels. Bell Media’s FAST channels will launch on Plex and The Roku Channel in Canada later this year and, as previously announced, Samsung TV Plus. “Our FAST portfolio have received a great response on […]
Bell Media has been selected to become Dotdash Meredith’s new Canadian sales partner, expanding premium digital advertising in Canada. This partnership leverages Dotdash Meredith’s premium digital inventory as well as Bell Media’s powerful sales team and advertising expertise to expand the reach and effectiveness of digital ad campaigns across the country. The partnership sees Dotdash […]