As Canada’s showrunners and filmmakers prepare to resume production, producers’ association the CMPA is lobbying government to provide an insurance backstop.

SCHEDULE WATCH COVID STRATEGIES: Jamie Schouela, president for Canadian media at Blue Ant Media, says the network is focusing on development and finding creative solutions for its pandemic problems.

C21’s Canadian bureau chief Adam Benzine hears the latest from execs at TV5 Québec and OutTV about the steps they are taking to get through the pandemic.

Tandem Communications founder Rola Bauer is joining Metro Goldwyn Mayer Television Group as the studio’s president for international television productions.

In part two of C21’s focus on how the pandemic has impacted Canada, Super Channel and NFB execs discuss the steps they’re taking to confront the crisis.

The National Film Board of Canada has named Julie Roy as its director general for creation and innovation, effective immediately.

Canadian public broadcaster the CBC has acquired local rights to Normal People, the acclaimed coming-of-age drama from the BBC and Hulu.

Canada’s Canada’s Rogers Media, CBC, Bell Media, Radio-Canada and Corus Entertainment reveal how they are adapting their strategies to cope with Covid-19.

Canada is following the One World: Together at Home and the Living Room Concert for America specials with a star-studded fundraiser of its own, to be carried live on most major networks.

Canuck pay TV network Super Channel is partnering with the Canadian Film Fest to broadcast a virtual edition of the postponed event.