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TVF to screen docs at philosophy fest HowTheLightGetsIn
FILMThe independent distributor will showcase more than 30 hours of documentaries during the 10-day UK festival, including Marx Reloaded (pictured), Everything and Nothing, Buddha in Suburbia and Sex, Death and the Gods.
Electus’s LOUD channel heads to “K-Town”
DIGITAL / TVK-Town (pictured), a reality series about a hard-partying group of Asian Americans, will be the first offering on Electus’ pop culture YouTube channel LOUD when it launches on July 2.
Cannes 2012: Ron Mann to direct doc about filmmaker Altman
FILMCanadian director Ron Mann (pictured) will chronicle the life of iconoclastic American filmmaker Robert Altman in Altman, a feature-length documentary that will be accompanied by a touring exhibit, illustrated companion book and soundtrack.
Upfronts 2012: CBS orders “The Job,” ABC dances with ‘all-stars’
TVA reality competition series from executive producers Mark Burnett and Michael Davies and an all-star edition of Dancing with the Stars (pictured) are among the unscripted programming Americans can expect in CBS and ABC’s fall seasons.
Upfronts 2012: Discovery U.S. Hispanic enters game show space
TVThe reality game show Batalla de Ingenios, soccer series Hard Kicks and Vivir para Contarlo (pictured), a series about people who overcome life-threatening odds, are among the original programs on the cable net’s 2012-13 slate.
History HD rolls out in Turkey
TVA+E is to launch History HD in Turkey via Digiturk and has also licensed several hours of History programming, as well as History 3D content, for the digital platform’s VOD service.
Spike TV to premiere “Diamond Divers” in June
TVU.S. net Spike TV is to debut Diamond Divers, a six-episode seafaring reality series produced by Studio Lambert and American Chainsaws Entertainment, on June 20.
Bravo turns cameras on dating experts in “Miss Advised”
TVDating experts Julia Allison, Amy Laurent and Emily Morse (pictured) will attempt to practice what they preach in Miss Advised, a reality series produced for Bravo by RelativityREAL and actress Ashley Tisdale’s Blondie Girl Productions.
C4 tackles mental health taboos with ’4 Goes Mad’
TVThe British pubcaster will examine stigmas around mental health in the workplace with four hours of summer programming, including documentaries presented by comedians Ruby Wax and Jon Richardson.
“Swamp People” cast member Mitchell Guist dies
PEOPLE NEWS / TVMitchell Guist (pictured, right), star of the History reality series Swamp People, was pronounced dead in a Louisiana hospital yesterday after falling on his boat.
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Factual Entertainment Forum 2011 - Tony DiSanto, founding partner at DiGa, at the third annual Realscreen Factual Entertainment Forum.