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Doc/Fest celebrates its second decade
FILMAs Sheffield Doc/Fest enters its 20th year, realscreen spoke with festival director Heather Croall (pictured) about the international documentary festival’s evolution, this year’s anniversary events and her plans to maintain a ’boutique’ feel in the future.
7 days ago
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Realscreen West 2013: The complete wrap
TVRealscreen recaps all the key news and views from its fifth annual West Coast conference, which took place over two sold-out days in Santa Monica last week.
7 days ago
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RSW ’13: A+E’s GMs talk past, present and future
TVDuring Realscreen West’s final session, the general managers of A&E, History and Lifetime discussed future programming strategy, past failures and why landing a pitch meeting with them may not be the best way to get a greenlight.
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RSW ’13: Cooking Channel looking for reality, docusoaps
TVIn a food-focused panel at Realscreen West, Cooking Channel’s GM Michael Smith revealed that the network is rethinking its programming strategy.
June 7, 2013
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“Duck Dynasty,” “Half the Sky” triumph at 2013 Realscreen Awards
TVA&E’s Duck Dynasty (pictured) and PBS’s Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide were the big winners at the Realscreen Awards in Santa Monica, with both programs picking up four prizes.
June 5, 2013
Beinstock Young Media heads join A. Smith & Co.
PEOPLE NEWS / TVVeteran unscripted producers Jay Beinstock and Eugene Young are joining the leadership team at Los Angeles-based prodco A. Smith & Co. Productions.
Animal Planet promotes Eisenbaum, Dugger
PEOPLE NEWS / TVThe Discovery-owned U.S. cable network has promoted Michael Eisenbaum to VP of on-air creative and Jamie Dugger to VP of creative.
BBC Worldwide expands South Asian sales team
PEOPLE NEWS / TVBBC Worldwide has promoted Sunil Joshi to head of distribution for BBC Global News in South Asia, and appointed Stanley Fernandes as sales director for South Asia.
BFI to back “Dark Horse,” “Thomas Quick”
FILMFeature documentaries Dark Horse and Thomas Quick: The Making of a Serial Killer will receive financing from the BFI Film Fund following the British funding body’s inaugural public pitching session at Sheffield Doc/Fest last week.
San Francisco Film Society names doc film fund finalists
FILMThirteen feature doc finalists are vying for grants from the San Francisco Film Society Documentary Film Fund, including Evolution of a Criminal, The Babushkas of Chernobyl (pictured) and Art and Craft.
DOC report paints bleak view for Canadian documentary
FILM / TVCanadian documentary production is facing its steepest decline in volume in almost a decade, according to a report from The Documentary Organization of Canada.
Points North Pitch opens call for entries
FILMThe pitch competition, part of the Camden International Film Festival in Maine, gives docmakers the opportunity to present feature-length works in progress to a panel of industry decision makers.
OWN programming block to launch in Australia
TVPrograms such as Oprah’s Next Chapter (pictured) and America with Lisa Ling will air in Australia exclusively on Discovery Home & Health.
Content creation “firmly at heart of agenda” for RTS Cambridge
TVThis year’s RTS Cambridge Convention, chaired by Channel 4 CEO David Abraham, will also feature appearances from ABC’s Paul Lee and Microsoft’s Nancy Tellem.
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HGTV reveals “Love It or List It Too,” “Auction Agent” -
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C4 to reveal “Confessions of an Alien Abductee” - DOC report paints bleak view for Canadian documentary
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Renewed and returning: “Tamar & Vince,” “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” -
Doc/Fest ’13: BBC promises to protect blue-chip wildlife series
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