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Fraggle Rock reboot starts production in Calgary

Provincial rebate provided incentive to choose Alberta production facility for AppleTV+ show CALGARY and HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The Jim Henson Company today announced it is starting production in Calgary on its new Fraggle Rock series for Apple TV+, having found the province’s production rebate and Covid-19 mitigation efforts too appealing to pass up, says the company’s press release. The Jim Henson Company credited the coordinated effort by Alberta minister of jobs, economy and innovation Doug Schweitzer and Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi for the company’s decision to pick Calgary as the location for its production of the Fraggle Rock reboot. “In...