Cottage Life ramps up start of production on seven (7) brand new original Television series that have been greenlit for the new digital speciality channel launching this fall. The series span the scope of DIY & Design, Outdoor Living, Food & Entertaining, and Real Estate. Read More

City and Whalley-Abbey Media today announced the greenlighting of new, local weekly series, Only In Montreal. From the inner-workings of a Montreal food truck to a revealing profile on the city’s top roller derby queen and sampling the latest creations from a gourmet hotdog eatery, Only In Montreal showcases the city’s vibrant happenings, places and people. The series is currently in production and scheduled to debut onCity Montreal this summer. Additional broadcast details to be announced in the coming weeks. Read More

OLN and Buck Productions announced today the start of production on the new OLN series The Project. The six-part, one-hour series is currently filming in and around Tecpán, Guatemala and is set to premiere later this year on OLN. The series is developed by Rogers Media and Canadian company Buck Productions. Additional broadcast details to be announced at a later date. Read More

Travel+Escape and Suddenly SeeMore…Productions Inc. announce the start of production on the exclusive new travel series Bad Trips Abroad. The 10-episode series will premiere in the spring of 2013. Read More

Shaw Media picks up sci-fi series Defiance slated to debut in Spring 2013 on Showcase.  Acquired from NBCUniversal Television Canada, the new one-hour multifaceted series from Syfy is set in the near future and introduces audiences to an exotically transformed planet Earth, with landscapes permanently altered following the sudden – and tumultuous – arrival of seven unique alien races.  An unprecedented partnership between Syfy and Trion Worlds, Defiance is the first-ever convergence of television and Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) gaming, featuring an interconnected world and storylines that will co-exist throughout a scripted drama series and a multiplatform MMO game. Read More

Citytv and Force Four Entertainment today announced primary casting for the all-new, original comedy series Seed. Canadian actors Adam Korson (2 Broke Girls) and Carrie-Lynn Neales (The L.A. Complex) headline the 13-episode, half-hour series, which begins production today October 1 in Halifax. Produced by Force Four Entertainment, Seed will air on Citytv in early 2013. Full broadcast details to be announced at a later date.

National Geographic Channel President Howard T. Owens announced that actor, producer, writer and director Tom Hanks is joining the two-hour television event Killing Lincoln from executive producers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott’s Scott Free Productions. Read More

Vancouver-based Paperny Entertainment announces that production has begun on the new original series “Yukon Gold” for HISTORY. “Yukon Gold” follows four mining crews as they search for gold during the extremely short mining season. The series films for four months from now until fall 2012 across the Yukon, with a home base in Dawson City, YT. Produced by Paperny Entertainment, “Yukon Gold” (10 x 60’) is slated for a premiere in early 2013 on HISTORY.

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Leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne) is pleased to announce it has teamed up with Steve Lanning and Philip Hobbs to develop and produce two projects for television, Downslope and God Fearing Man from iconic filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. Read More

GMC TV and Peace Point Entertainment recently announced the start of production of The Bulloch Family Ranch (7×60’), a docu- drama about the astonishing world of a caring working class couple who devote themselves to raising 25 teenagers in need. The original GMC World Premiere Series, GMC’s largest original commission to date, shoots on the Bulloch family ranch in Lakeland, Florida.  The series will premiere in November 2012, exclusively on GMC. Read More