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Animal Planet launches L!VE streaming service
DIGITALDiscovery Communications is launching Animal Planet L!VE, a digital video streaming service that will offer round-the-clock live cams for ants, belugas, kittens, penguins, and more.
Tribeca ’13: “Alias Ruby Blade,” “Lil Bub” to stream during fest
DIGITAL / FILMThe Tribeca Film Festival has selected seven titles playing at this year’s event to stream online during the festival, including the documentaries Lil Bub & Friendz (pictured) and Alias Ruby Blade.
CBC unveils branded entertainment initiative
DIGITAL / RADARSCREEN / TVBrands and indie producers are urged to pitch ideas for new shows to the Canadian pubcaster’s program, which was announced at the BCON Expo held in Toronto this past Thursday.
Pivot’s Shapiro: “We are a general entertainment network”
DIGITAL / TVPivot president Evan Shapiro (pictured) tells realscreen how the Participant-backed TV channel plans to avoid the fate of social action-focused predecessors such as Current TV and Planet Green, and why Nielsen ratings will remain important.
Indiecan to distribute “Skull World”
DIGITAL / FILMSkull World, a doc directed by Justin McConnell, is to receive a North American theatrical release thanks to a partnership between Toronto’s Indiecan Entertainment and prodco Unstable Ground.
Brunico sets June date for Internet TV conference Stream
DIGITALThe inaugural STREAM conference, taking place June 3 and 4 in Santa Monica, is aimed at bringing independent production companies together with decision-makers who commission and support original web content.
Vimeo launches self-distribution service
DIGITALThe video-sharing platform has launched Vimeo on Demand, an open self-distribution service that allows content creators to sell their work directly to viewers and pocket 90% of the profits.
Journeyman sells “Steele” doc to Euro nets
DIGITAL / TVUK-based factual distributor Journeyman Pictures has penned a number of deals for Searching for Steele, an investigative documentary from BBC Arabic and Guardian Films.
New York Times’s ‘Op-Docs’ partners with NFB
DIGITALThe National Film Board of Canada’s Highrise project has paired with The New York Times‘s ‘Op-Docs’ strand for A Short History of the Highrise, an interactive short doc series. (Pictured: director Katerina Cizek)
Hulu, Original Productions launch digital series “Raising the Bar”
DIGITALDeadliest Catch producer Original Productions has launched its first unscripted web series (pictured) on Hulu, backed by whisky brand George Dickel and produced through its digital arm OP Entertainment Network.
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