New Metric Media

07/23/2025

Introducing The Eh-List! Our new and ever-growing slate of premium standup comedy albums and specials is self-financed, produced and distributed, taking Canadian comedy to the world. Our first six members of The Eh-List are certified room rockers! Welcome the NMM family Kenny Robinson zabrinadouglas Ron Josol

Kenny Robinson is among standups featuring in New Metric Media's comedy standup specials and albums strand The Eh-List.

07/22/2025

Our CEO Mark Montefiore 🇨🇦 will be delivering the Keynote address at T.O. Webfest 2025 on September 17! Mark is set to share his insights on storytelling, scaling original IP, and building global audiences all from Canadian soil.

September 16–17, 2025 at Novotel Hotel, Toronto
Passes available at https://www.towebfest.ca/

07/11/2025

Meet Ben Johnson's siblings in Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story. Actor Arnold Pinnock - Exit Wounds, Down to Earth and Creator, EP, Star of The Porter - portrays Franklin. And Leslie Adlam - Bria Mack Gets A Life, Pretty Hard Cases, Cross - appears as Paulette, brother and sister to Shamier Anderson's Ben Johnson. What a cast!

07/10/2025

We're so excited about the supporting cast of Hate The Player: The Ben Johnson Story!

Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor as Carl Lewis, Mark McKinney (Kids in the Hall, Superstore) as lawyer Walter F. Essanpee, Karen Robinson as Gloria (Ben’s mother), Ennis Esmer as Dr. Jamie Astaphan, Kristian Brunn as Coach Charlie Francis, Malaika Hennie-Hamadi as Khara.

And a who’s who of Canadian comedy talent:
Ryan Belleville, Darryl Hinds, Lisa Horner, Emma Hunter, Suresh John, Jonathan Langdon, Gita Miller, Andrew Phung, and Dewshane Williams — with cameos from WWE’s Chelsea Green and NASCAR’s Amber Balcaen.

Directed by R.T. Thorne & Cory Bowles.
Created by Anthony Q. Farrell.
Starring Shamier Anderson as Ben Johnson.

Streaming 2026 on GameTV & Paramount+ Canada.

Let the race begin. 🏁

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06/18/2025

Big news today for us and our partners at Bay Mills Studios, GameTV, Anthem Sports & Entertainment Inc. and Paramount+! Shamier Anderson is taking the lead as Ben Johnson in Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story, created by Anthony Q. Farrell - and it's going to camera at Dark Slope this week.

Congratulations to everyone involved in this incredible project. We're off to the races! 🏃‍♂️

Shamier Anderson will play Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson in 'Hate The Player' For Paramount+ & GameTV, having appeared in 'John Wick: Chapter 4'.

06/10/2025

This past weekend, the New Metric Media team, sporting their custom Shoresy jerseys, got on the road to raise money for cancer research. CEO Mark Montefiore, COO Jeff Hersh, CFO Steve Cheung and Business Affairs Consultant Alan Bacchus, along with Mark's dad, RBC's Michael Steinberg, CBC's Susan Kelly, Banger Films' Sam Dunn and Eugene Keenan participated in The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation annual Ride To Conquer Cancer. Their individual rides added up to more than 1,500 km biked, all for a great cause 👏 .

The New Metric team has surpassed our fundraising goal of $50,000, ranking 5th among teams in the information, communication, media and technology sectors.

Thank you to our sponsors Crave and RBC for their support and congratulations to all of the riders who completed this incredible feat! 🚵

06/09/2025

Never Misses the Mark Michaels, AKA Ryan McDonell was at Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final in Edmonton and caught up with NHL Network hosts Jason Demers and Alexa Landastoy to talk all things Shoresy, including playing against NHL alumni teams for the Shoresy Fall Classic 🏒.

Learn more about the Fall Classic and get tickets at shoresyclassic.com.

06/02/2025

For the 2nd year in a row, a New Metric Media production has won Best Comedy Series at the Canadian Screen Awards 🎉 Congratulations to everyone involved with Children Ruin Everything for their hard work on bringing this funny and heartwarming series to life 👏

Thank you to the Academy for this incredible honour.

06/01/2025

Children Ruin Everything have won the award for Best Ensemble Performance, Comedy at the Canadian Screen Awards! Congratulations to the entire cast for their hard work 🎉

06/01/2025

Make it three! Congratulations to Ennis Esmer on winning his third consecutive Canadian Screen Award for his work in Children Ruin Everything 🎉🏆

06/01/2025

Jacob Tierney has won the for Best Direction, Comedy for his work on Letterkenny. Congratulations Jacob! 🎉

05/31/2025

The award for Best Original Music, Comedy at the Canadian Screen Awards has gone to Nikhil Seetharam for his work on Children Ruin Everything. Congratulations Nikhil! 🎉