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CABLEready acquires drag racing competition series
TVBurnout: The Ultimate Drag Race Challenge, which originally aired in the U.S. on MTV2, follows two teams as they compete in an eight-week challenge to build a drag racing car that will be driven by a team member in the season finale.
Zodiak Rights acquires “Norway Massacre: The Survivors”
TVThe 60-minute documentary from UK prodco firstlooktv features exclusive, first-person testimony from those who survived last summer’s massacre in Norway, close to one year on.
NHNZ, Korea’s ETRI team up for 3D conversion project
FILM / TVThe production company is providing information on broadcast quality needs, as well as offering its natural history series Life Force (pictured) as a test case for the 2D to 3D conversion software being developed by the Korean tech giant.
UKTV and C4 sign factual and lifestyle output deal
TVBuilding on a previous output deal covering drama, comedy and entertainment, the deal includes a number of successful series from the UK pubcaster, such as One Born Every Minute (pictured), Embarrassing Bodies, and Time Team, which will air on the relevant UKTV channels.
PBS slates “Broadway or Bust,” “Half the Sky” for fall
FILM / TVThe public broadcaster also revealed more films due to air on doc strands ‘Independent Lens’ and ‘POV’ over the fall season, including Give Up Tomorrow (pictured).
Worldwide Short Film Festival unveils doc slate
FILMDocumentary projects from Errol Morris (pictured), the Quay Brothers and Roger Nygard are among the short films making their way to the annual fest, taking place in Toronto from June 5-10.
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky to be honored at Silverdocs
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSThe directors of the Paradise Lost documentary trilogy will be honored at the Charles Guggenheim Symposium during this year’s edition of the fest, taking place from June 18-24 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Pictured L-R: Sinofsky, Damien Echols of the “West Memphis Three,” Berlinger)
Endemol UK shuffles senior management
PEOPLE NEWS / TVAs part of a senior management reorganization following last week’s appointment of Tim Hincks as Endemol president and chairman of Endemol UK , former Endemol UK chief operating officer Lucas Church moves into its CEO role, while its former chief financial officer, Richard Johnston, is named COO.
“Go Back to Where You Came From” named Best of 2012 at Rose d’Or fest
TVThe Cordell Jigsaw production for SBS Australia (pictured) took home two Golden Roses at the festival awards ceremony, held last week in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Whitney Houston’s family to star in Lifetime docuseries
PEOPLE NEWS / TVThe Houston Family Chronicles will feature the late singer’s sister-in-law Pat as well as brother Gary, daughter Bobbi Kristina and mother, Cissy Houston, as they attempt to heal following the death of the music icon.
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