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Upfronts ’13: A+E’s Raven, Dubuc set sights on H2, Bio, LMN
TVA+E chiefs Abbe Raven and Nancy Dubuc (pictured) outlined a vision of aggressive growth for the company’s second tier of channels at an Upfront presentation in New York last night, which saw execs in bullish form.
May 9, 2013
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Hot Docs 2013: The complete festival wrap
FILM / TVWith North America’s largest documentary festival having yesterday drawn to a close – and now firmly in its twenties – realscreen recaps all the key news from the past 11 days in Toronto.
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Tribeca ’13: Goldberg eyes 10-part black history series
FILM / PEOPLE NEWS / TVOscar-winning actor Whoopi Goldberg (pictured) told an audience in New York she is aiming to produce a 10-part doc series about the history of black entertainment from the 1800s to present day for her next non-fiction project.
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A+E names Dubuc president and CEO, appoints Raven as chairman
PEOPLE NEWS / TVNancy Dubuc (left) will be the third CEO in the company’s history, while her predecessor, Abbe Raven (right), has been elevated to the newly created role of chairman.
April 22, 2013
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Shortlist unveiled for 2013 Realscreen Awards
DIGITAL / TVThe awards ceremony, held in conjunction with the upcoming Realscreen West conference and recognizing the best in reality, doc and fact ent programming from around the world, will take place in Santa Monica, California on June 5.
April 16, 2013
Channel 4, Rize tackle “The Alps Murders”
TVChannel 4 has tapped Rize USA to produce The Alps Murders (working title), an examination of the much publicized 2012 unsolved murders case, which it will air in the UK later this year.
Darlow Smithson bids farewell to Ware, promotes Bowie
PEOPLE NEWS / TVDarlow Smithson Productions’ co-creative director Julian Ware (pictured) is retiring from the TV industry after 40 years, prompting a series of exec changes at the Endemol-owned UK indie.
“Killer Karaoke” travels to the Netherlands, Czech Republic
TVZodiak Media has licensed extreme singing competition format Killer Karaoke (pictured) into the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.
IFP selects its 2013 lab participants
FILMThe Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) has selected 10 docs to take part in its upcoming Independent Filmmaker Labs, including films on a prison escape artist, a combat veteran who becomes a farmer, and a Tibetan art project.
Daisybeck rebrands, lands “I Want That Car” order
TVUK indie Daisybeck Productions has rebranded as Daisybeck Studios and scored its first order under its new name, with ITV4 commissioning I Want That Car. (Pictured: presenter Rebecca Jackson)
Cottage Life greenlights seven series
TVBlue Ant Media-owned specialty channel Cottage Life has greenlit seven new series, including My Retreat and Selling Big, which will launch as the channel begins transmitting in Canada this fall.
Mundo Fox orders heaping helping of Jamie Oliver
TVFremantleMedia has sold six of the celebrity chef’s series to the American Spanish-language broadcast net, and has lined up other sales to Globosat and Fox Life for Jamie’s Food Fight.
RIDM to honor Marcel Ophuls
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSThe Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is to honor 85-year-old Franco-German director Marcel Ophüls (pictured) with a major retrospective and a public discussion at this November’s event.
TLC launching “Bakery Boss” pilot on Memorial Day
TVThe latest High Noon-produced vehicle for Buddy Valastro (pictured) will air immediately following the season six premiere of Cake Boss.
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