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Shaftesbury Provides Ailing Canadian Kids’ TV Biz With $850,000 Gift Package & Issues “Urgent Call To Action”

Deadline · September 23, 2026 at 12:24 PM

Shaftesbury Provides Ailing Canadian Kids’ TV Biz With $850,000 Gift Package & Issues “Urgent Call To Action”

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran producer Christina Jennings has begun a mission to save the Canadian kids’ TV business.

Today at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), the Shaftesbury founder issued an “urgent call to action,” as she announced a significant package “designed to support Canadian kids’ content.” She is putting her money where her mouth by committing […]

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Shaftesbury Provides Ailing Canadian Kids’ TV Biz With $850,000 Gift Package & Issues “Urgent Call To Action”

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