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Virgin1 to Air New Reality Programming
LONDON, August 20: Virgin1 has picked up the new U.S. series I Want to Work for Diddy, featuring entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, to air in its prime-time lineup along with The Prisoner: X.
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Fox Reality, Target in Distribution Partnership
LOS ANGELES, August 20: Fox Reality Channel has named Target Entertainment as it distribution partner for the celebrity competition series Gimme My Reality Show! to license the show’s format and finished episodes worldwide.
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Smithsonian Channel Content Available on iTunes
NEW YORK, August 18: Smithsonian Channel has launched programming on the iTunes Store that covers genres such as wildlife, technology, history, pop culture and children’s shows.
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G4 to Broadcast Demolition Series
LOS ANGELES, August 15: This fall, G4 will launch the new half-hour series Human Wrecking Balls, featuring brothers Craig and Paul Pumphrey as they demolish everything from boats to houses using their bare hands.
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Telefilm, Rogers Group Renew Public-Private Partnership
MONTREAL, August 15: The partnership agreement between Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds has been renewed until 2011, with a total budget of C$4.5 million to provide financing for feature-length documentaries.
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National Geographic Preps Space Doc
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 15: National Geographic Channel has commissioned Pioneer Productions to develop a two-hour CGI space documentary, Journey to the Edge of the Universe, to be launched in 166 countries, including the U.S.
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Studio U7 Secures New Raft of Deals
EKATERINBURG, August 14: Russia’s Studio U7 has completed a new round of deals for several programs, including Fit for the Wild and Up Close and Dangerous.
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Asia-Pacific Deals for Portfolio
TORONTO, August 14: Portfolio Entertainment has completed deals throughout Asia and Australia for the Michael Smith culinary series Chef At Home and Chef At Large.
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Image Entertainment to Release The Who Concert
CHATSWORTH, August 14: Image Entertainment has acquired from Spitfire Pictures all worldwide home video, broadcast, digital and non-theatrical rights, with the exception of Japan, to The Who At Kilburn: 1977.
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Al Jazeera Scores First International Emmy Nods
NEW YORK, August 14: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the nominees for the news and current-affairs categories of the International Emmys, with first-time nods for Al Jazeera, while Brazil’s TV Globo and Romania’s Pro TV are in the running for the second year in a row.
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truTV to Broadcast Reality Series Focused on Schools
NEW YORK, August 13: The Principal’s Office, an original behind-the-scenes series about what happens in a school’s administrator’s office, will premiere with two back-to-back episodes on truTV on August 21.
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Wild Talk Africa Open for Film Entries
DURBAN, August 12: Filmmakers can now submit their wildlife, travel and/or cultural productions for consideration for the ROSCAR Award at the Durban Wild Talk Africa Film Festival and Conference, which will take place April 19 to 23, 2009, at the ICC Durban.
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AETN International Bolsters Staff
NEW YORK/LONDON, August 12: AETN International has made two new hires to its executive team, and is also expanding its international digital media operations.
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Beyond to Distribute Package from MTV Networks
SYDNEY, August 11: Beyond Distribution has been named the worldwide distributor for a collection of programming from MTV Networks’ VH1 and Logo channels for launch at MIPCOM.
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FME Adds New Thom Beers Programming to Catalogue
LONDON, August 11: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has picked up all visual rights, excluding North America, to five new shows from Thom Beers’ Original Productions that focus on blue-collar heroism, and plans to launch the titles at MIPCOM.
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Discovery Revenues Up 10 Percent
ENGLEWOOD, August 11: Second quarter revenues at Discovery Communications increased 10 percent on the year-ago period to $863 million, driven by the company’s international portfolio of networks.
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Sundance Channel Gives Go-Ahead to Eco Series
NEW YORK, August 8: Sundance Channel has greenlit production on Eco-Trip: The Real Cost of Living, an eight-part series hosted by eco-adventurer David de Rothschild.
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UKTV Names New Channel Heads for People, History
LONDON, August 7: UKTV has appointed two new channel heads, Adrian Wills for UKTV People and Richard Kingsbury for UKTV History, in preparation for the re-branding of its factual portfolio in 2009.
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ALL3MEDIA in First-Look Deal
LONDON, August 7: ALL3MEDIA International has inked a first-look deal with British independent doc producer Gecko Productions.
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The Style Network Takes on New Fashion Countdown
LOS ANGELES, August 7: Target Entertainment’s Glamour’s 50 Best Dressed 2008, a countdown of the most stylish women of the year and their best outfits, will debut on The Style Network in the U.S. on August 9, airing in a block of five, half-hour back-to-back specials.
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Southern Star Names New Factual Exec
SYDNEY, August 6: BBC Factual executive Joe Evans has been appointed as the first head of development for Southern Star Factual, whose credits include Meerkat Manor for Animal Planet.
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Discovery Channel Secures Sportswear Sponsorship
PORTLAND/SILVER SPRING, August 6: Columbia Sportswear has signed a deal to become the official outfitter of Discovery Channel’s Survivorman and Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein, in addition to other media tie-ups.
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Documentary Channel to Broadcast Iraq War Programming
NASHVILLE, August 5: Documentary Channel will air two programs about the Iraq war during the network’s Primetime Premieres on August 18.
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Janson Launches Eco Doc
HARRINGTON PARK, August 1: Janson Media has released the four-hour eco-adventure series Water’s Journey to worldwide television, VOD, new media and DVD/video markets.
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Discovery Health Takes In-Depth Look at Human Anatomy
SILVER SPRING, August 1: Discovery Health will next month premiere a four-part documentary series that combines high-tech graphics with live-action footage to explore how humans think, move and age.
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Legendary Political Journalist at the Center of HBO Doc
NEW YORK, August 1: Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House, which recounts the life and career of the woman dubbed the “First Lady of the Press,” will debut on August 18 as part of the HBO Documentary Films summer series.
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TLC Bolsters Programming with New Property Show
LOS ANGELES, July 31: TLC will add a new property show to its slate of real-life programming with the premiere of Hope for Your Home on August 9.
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New Episodes Ordered of 1000 Ways to Die
LOS ANGELES, July 31: Spike TV has ordered ten 30-minute episodes of 1000 Ways to Die, which originally aired as a two-part special in May, to be executive produced by Thom Beers.
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UKTV Food Acquires New Programming
LONDON, July 31: UKTV Food has taken on several new shows, including FremantleMedia’s Kylie Kwong: My China.
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Evolution Media Bolsters Staff
BURBANK, July 30: Reality production outfit Evolution Media has appointed two new executives: Lisa Lettunich as the VP of production and Susan Seide as the VP of current series.
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World Wide Launches Space Exploration Series
VICTORIA, July 30: World Wide Entertainment has launched its documentary series Quest—Man’s Journey into Space in time for the 50th anniversary of NASA this month.
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Koran Doc to Air on American Forces Network
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30: American Forces Network (AFN) will broadcast the National Geographic Channel’s two-hour special Inside the Koran on August 9, following its U.S. premiere.
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Alzheimer’s Programming Slated for PBS
NEW YORK, July 29: PBS will present a special evening of programming focused on Alzheimer’s disease, starting with a national encore broadcast of the Emmy Award-winning The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s.
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Planet Green Head Tapped to Lead TLC
SILVER SPRING, July 28: Angela Shapiro-Mathes has left her post as the president and general manager of TLC and has been replaced by Eileen O’Neill, a 17-year veteran of Discovery Communications.
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Thirteen/WNET, Bloomberg Team for Arts Show
NEW YORK, July 28: The weekly arts and cultural program SundayArts, produced by Thirteen/WNET, has begun featuring segments of the award-winning Bloomberg Television program Bloomberg Muse.
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PorchLight Doc Selected for Additional Film Festivals
LOS ANGELES, July 28: PorchLight Entertainment’s documentary War Child will be screened at several upcoming film festivals, including the Montreal International Film Festival.
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Detective, FBI Series Ready for Syndication
LONGWOOD, July 28: The Television Syndication Company is offering up The New Detectives and The FBI Files, originally produced for the Discovery Channel by New Dominion Pictures, as one-hour weeklies for the 2008/09 syndication season.
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New Doc Series for BBC Channels
LONDON, July 28: The BBC has commissioned a multiplatform HD documentary program, Britain From Above, to air across BBC One, Two and Four as well as online.
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Doc Channel Plans China-Themed Special
NASHVILLE, July 25: To celebrate the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Documentary Channel will host a special 12-hour programming event on August 4 and 5 devoted to documentaries covering issues related to China.
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Parthenon Secures Rights to China Doc
LONDON, July 25: Parthenon Entertainment has picked up the distribution rights to the documentary China: Land of Dope and Glory.
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Cineflix Staffs Up
LONDON, July 24: Cineflix International has named Claire Lowe as a rights manager and Lucinda Garner as a sales manager.
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Solid Secures Rights to Wine Doc
ENCINO, July 24: Solid Entertainment has secured the international sales rights to the six-episode series Uncorked! Wine Made Simple.
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FIVER Bolsters Factual Lineup
LONDON, July 24: FIVER has commissioned two factual series to add to its schedule: Best Friend Rehab from Monkey Kingdom and a second season of Generation Sex from Princess Productions.
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Discovery Chief to Deliver Green Keynote at MIPCOM
PARIS, July 24: David Zaslav, the president and CEO of Discovery Communications, will discuss the gains made by Planet Green in the Green TV Keynote at MIPCOM, scheduled for October 13 to 17.
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C4i Secures Broadcasters for Undercover In Tibet
LONDON, July 23: Digital Rights Group-owned C4i has completed deals with 15 broadcasters for the documentary Undercover In Tibet.
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Nat Geo Launches Gaming Site
SEATTLE, July 23: National Geographic Channel (NGC) is launching a new online game site, which will feature the debut of the real-time simulation game “Habitat Rescue! With National Geographic Channel,” created in partnership with RealNetworks.
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Beyond to Distribute Factual Programming From Debbie Travis Group
SYDNEY, July 23: Beyond Distribution will be the worldwide distributor of a factual programming lineup from the Debbie Travis Group that will be launched at MIPCOM.
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Red Media Scores HD, Cooking Content from Janson Media
HARRINGTON PARK/MOSCOW, July 22: Moscow-based broadcaster Red Media Group has purchased more than 100 hours of content from Janson Media for its various new channels, including HD Life and Kitchen TV.
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Third Season of Kardashian Series for E!
LOS ANGELES, July 21: E! Entertainment Television has given the go-ahead for a third season of the half-hour reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which looks at the lives of one of Hollywood’s most high-profile families.
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Biography Channel Debuts in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, July 21: The Biography Channel makes its debut in Hong Kong today on now TV, making this the third AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN) channel to premiere in the Asian region.
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PROFILES
Sally Miles
The CEO of Passion Distribution.
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Chris Bonney
The CEO of Outright Distribution.
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Walter Köhler
The head of natural history/Universum at Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF).
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Cynthia Fenneman
The president and CEO of American Public Television.
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Keith Hindle
The executive VP of licensing for the Americas at FremantleMedia Enterprises.
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Eileen O’Neill
The president and general manager of Planet Green.
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Flavio Rocha
The international content director for Globo TV International.
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David Royle
The executive VP of programming and production at Smithsonian Networks.
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David Goldberg
The president of Endemol USA.
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James Burstall
The CEO of Leopard Films.
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Les Harris
The president and CEO of Canamedia.
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The Right Formula
Science documentaries have dismissed some old-fashioned traits as they target younger, savvier audiences.
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Living it Up
If you are looking to cook a delicious meal, change your look or plan a wedding, you can turn to lifestyle shows for inspiration.
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Star Power
From biography specials and observational series to gossip and game shows, celebrity-based content is in high demand.
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 INTERVIEWS
Sheila Nevins
The president of HBO Documentary Films.
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Simon Schama
The noted historian and TV presenter discusses his landmark Power of Art.
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AETN’s Abbe Raven
The president and CEO of A&E Television Networks.
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Discovery's Tom Keaveny
The executive VP and managing director of Discovery Networks Asia.
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