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DHX Media rebrands as WildBrain

DHX Media has announced that it's undertaking a company-wide rebrand and will be known as "WildBrain" going forward. Up until now, Wildbrain has been the...

Sophie Deraspe’s Antigone to represent Canada at Oscars

Antigone, Quebec writer-director Sophie Deraspe's fifth feature film, will represent Canada in the Best International Feature Film (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) category in...

CBC’s Workin’ Moms earns second International Emmy nomination

CBC's Workin' Moms has earned its second consecutive International Emmy nomination. The International Emmy Awards, or iEmmys, are bestowed by the International Academy of Television Arts and...

Citytv unveils details of revamped Breakfast Television shows in Vancouver, Calgary

Citytv has released more details of what its "reimagined" Breakfast Television shows in Vancouver and Calgary will look like when they relaunch on Monday,...

TV & Film News – Boat Rocker acquires Platform One Media

Boat Rocker Media has acquired Los Angeles-based TV production and distribution house Platform One Media. Platform One CEO Katie O’Connell Marsh will become founder...

Super Channel launches suit against retailers alleging promotion of content piracy

Allarco Entertainment, the Edmonton-based company that operates Super Channel, has filed suit against Best Buy, Staples, London Drugs and Canada Computers, alleging the retailers...

Jasmin Mozaffari’s Firecrackers leads DGC Award nominations

The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) has released the full list of 2019 DGC Awards nominees for Feature Film, Documentary, Short Film, Television Series,...

TV & Film News – Bianca Andreescu win smashes audience records

Bell Media says Bianca Andreescu’s championship run at the 2019 U.S. Open smashed audience records. Preliminary data from Numeris, provided by the network, indicates...

Ellen Page, Megan Wennberg among DGC Discovery Award nominees

Ellen Page (There's Something in the Water), Joey Klein (Castle in the Ground), and Megan Wennberg (Drag Kids) are among the emerging directors to watch...

BANFF Spark Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media open for applications

The Banff World Media Festival has opened its BANFF Spark Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media to applications. Supported by Western Economic Diversification...

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