Cable / Telecom News

shomi stocks up on BBC content, locks down ‘The Blacklist’

TORONTO – Soon-to-be-launched SVOD service shomi continued to add to its library after inking a deal for exclusive content from BBC Worldwide North America.The dark comedy A Young Doctor’s Notebook & Other Stories, (pictured), starring Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe, will make its Canadian premiere exclusively on shomi, as will comedy Way To Go, Irish sitcom Moone Boy, spy thriller The Honourable Woman, investigative drama Top Of The Lake, and comedy series The Wrong Mans.  Also available through the deal are all previous seasons of the hit franchises A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Doctor Who, and Top Gear.“Finally Canadians get to...