New Metric Media

10/07/2025

Super excited to announce New Metric Media's strategic investment and partnership with Good Walk Entertainment, the comedy production studio based in LA, founded and run by the venerable Kent Alterman and Sarah Babineau.
https://bit.ly/42t1usP

10/01/2025

New Metric Media is thrilled to announce the title and cast of our latest series created by Jared Keeso and produced in association with Play Fun Games for Bell Media/Crave. I Kill the Bear is currently in production in Sudbury, Ontario, and will debut in 2026. Welcome to the New Metric family Chad Kroeger, Georges St-Pierre, Sarah-Maude Beauchesne, Adrian Holmes, Kristin Kreuk and Megha Sandhu. Welcome back for more, Jonathan Torrens, Dylan Playfair, Eliana Jones, Frederick Roy and Scott Thompson!
https://deadline.com/2025/10/i-kill-the-bear-jared-keeso-comedy-series-cast-letterkenny-1236567651/

09/29/2025

You heard it from Usain Bolt. Ben Johnson, one of the greatest of all time. Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story coming to Game TV and Paramount+ in Canada 2026. https://t.co/1Ff5KaAkgP

09/19/2025

Go til you can’t go no more.

The Shoresy Classic hits the ice in Western Canada in January 2026. See the cast of Shoresy live as they take on NHL alumni teams in 3 additional cities.

Calgary, AB - January 22, 2026 vs.
Edmonton, AB - January 23, 2026 vs. Edmonton Oilers Alumni
Vancouver, BC - January 26, 2026 vs.

VIP packages include cast meet & greet and an autographed team photo.

Ticket presales start Monday, September 22nd, 2025. Use the code BULLDOGS26 at shoresyclassic.com

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09/19/2025

Ever wonder how real hockey pros like Terry Ryan, Jordan Nolan, Brandon Nolan, and Frederick Roy made it to Shoresy? Check out this great Bleacher Report feature by Joe Yerdon about their journey and the show's impact on hockey culture

Hockey in pop culture is kind of a rare thing.

09/17/2025

New Metric Media proudly presents The Eh-List Canadian Comics series first show at the legendary El Mocambo! Join Juno-nominated Zabrina Douglas, as she tapes her latest standup special. October 14. Get your tickets now! https://bit.ly/47NPvcQ https://bit.ly/47RMVTb

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. 🏁

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/andrew-king-bach-bachelor-ben-johnson-miniseries-1236310132/

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! 🚵