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The 2012 Hot Docs Forum report, part two: Gore, Birds and Spacemen
FILM / TVIn the second installment of realscreen‘s comprehensive review of the 13th annual Hot Docs Forum, the focus falls on Indian astronomers, Chinese Internet addicts and an historic clash of ideological intellectuals.
Smithsonian taps Story House, Parthenon for “Forensic Firsts”
TVU.S. net Smithsonian Channel has commissioned Story House Productions and Parthenon Entertainment to make Forensic Firsts, a six-part series looking at the history of modern day forensic tools.
Upfronts 2012: USA Network lines up “Bride or Best Man”
TVUSA Network is moving into reality programming, unveiling a slate of titles as part of its annual Upfront, including a pilot pick-up of Bride or Best Man (working title) from Shed Media.
The 2012 Hot Docs Forum report, part one: Weddings, Wars and Ortiz
FILM / TVIn the first installment of realscreen‘s annual three-part complete report on the Hot Docs Forum, which took place at Toronto’s Hart House earlier this month, we examine all 26 feature doc projects pitched at the annual event, along with detailed commissioner responses and analysis.
An inside look at Inside Out
FILMWith President Obama’s support for same-sex marriage drawing issues of gay rights to a global audience, the LGBT-focused Inside Out festival – which kicks off today in Toronto – offers an outlet to learn more, the festival’s director of programming Andrew Murphy (pictured) tells realscreen.
Cannes 2012: Marina Abramovic doc sells to France, Germany
FILMDogwoof Global, the international sales division of Dogwoof, has penned four sales for Matthew Akers’ documentary Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present, which is screening this week in the Marche du Film at the Cannes International Films Festival.
Showtime lines up docs for Gay Pride month
FILM / TVU.S. net Showtime is lining up three documentaries focusing on issues affecting the LGBT community in honor of Gay Pride month in June, including Melissa Johnson’s acclaimed doc No Look Pass (pictured).
Upfronts 2012: TBS, TNT to become “branded video destinations”
TVTurner-owned nets TBS and TNT are to undergo “a major transformation” over the next two years, execs said at the channels’ upfront presentations in New York, evolving from linear TV networks into “branded video destinations.”
Sundance Channel orders Sharp to “Get to Work”
TVU.S. net Sundance Channel has greenlit Get to Work (pictured), an 8 x 60-minutes docu-series from Sharp Entertainment that takes viewers inside a hardcore back-to-work boot camp in San Diego.
Paul Butler to lead ‘Magic’ Johnson’s ASPiRE network
PEOPLE NEWS / TVGMC TV executive Paul Butler has been named as general manager of ASPiRE, the new African-American-targeting network from Earvin “Magic” Johnson, which is set to launch in June.
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Factual Entertainment Forum 2011 - Chris Linn, EVP programming and head of production at MTV, speaks during the “Factual Forward” panel at Realscreen’s Factual Entertainment Forum.