Sphere Media & Paul Barbeau Team Up To Bring TV Drama To Quebec — SkimNews
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- Sphere Media partnered with Canadian producer Paul Barbeau through his Fairmount Films banner to identify and support scripted television production opportunities in Quebec.
- Paul Barbeau will introduce projects to Sphere Media and serve as line producer on some, overseeing production logistics and budgets.
- Quebec is the planned service-production hub, with Barbeau saying he plans to make it a major international destination for Canadian, American and international scripted television productions.
- Sphere Media will provide the corporate and administrative structure for productions that get underway; its recent drama credits include Cardinal and Netflix’s Wayward, and it part-owns Sphere Abacus, distributor of Heated Rivalry.
- Paul Barbeau, a Montreal-based producer, brings almost three decades of Canadian and international film-production experience, with credits on To Catch a Killer, Pieces of a Woman and Arrival.
- Bruno Dubé, Sphere Media’s CEO and president, said the alliance would strengthen Sphere’s service-production offering and position Quebec as a destination for Canadian, American and international scripted productions.
Why it matters: Quebec gains a defined route into service production: Barbeau’s almost three decades of experience and project relationships meet Sphere Media’s infrastructure and administrative capabilities. The concrete change is operational—projects can be sourced, budgeted and supported locally, while Sphere handles the corporate structure for series that proceed.
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