Articles Tagged ‘The Weather Channel’
Weather Channel greenlights “Reel Rivals”
TVU.S. network The Weather Channel is investing in a fishing series, green-lighting Reel Rivals from UK prodco Optomen.
“Deadliest Space Weather” heads towards Weather Channel
TVU.S. cable net The Weather Channel has greenlit Deadliest Space Weather, a series that reveals extreme weather conditions that occur throughout our solar system.
Weather Channel preps quick turnaround “Sandy” doc
TVU.S. network The Weather Channel will on Sunday air Sandy: The Anatomy of a Superstorm, an hour-long special from Peacock Productions looking at the hurricane that has ravaged the Eastern Seaboard.
Radarscreen 2012: U.S. networks (part two)
RADARSCREENProgramming execs from National Geographic, Oxygen, PBS’s ‘POV’, Spike, Sundance Channel, TLC and more sound off on the content they’re looking for in the second part of our Global Pitch Guide’s look at U.S. networks.
Weather Channel greenlights “Prospectors”
TVHigh Noon Entertainment has been tapped to produce a series on miners searching for the rarest gems, for a 2013 premiere on U.S. net The Weather Channel.
Weather Channel, Passion enter two-year deal
TVLondon-based indie Passion Distribution has been named the international distributor of The Weather Channel’s primetime factual series, as part of an exclusive two-year deal. (Pictured: Iron Men)
Weather Channel, NHK, VPRO find “Tipping Points”
TVU.S. network The Weather Channel has picked up U.S. rights to Tipping Points, an international coproduction exploring the tipping points of changing climate.
The Weather Channel greenlights “Hawaii Air Rescue”
TVZero Point Zero Productions has been tapped to produce Hawaii Air Rescue (w/t), a six-part docuseries following an air ambulatory crew that serves the Hawaiian Islands.
Renewals round-up: “Ice Pilots,” “On the Case,” “Housewives of Vancouver”
TVThe Weather Channel’s Ice Pilots, Investigation Discovery’s On the Case with Paula Zahn and Slice’s The Real Housewives of Vancouver (pictured) were among the shows renewed this week.
MIPTV 2012: Mary Ellen Iwata, The Weather Channel
PEOPLE NEWS / TVIn advance of MIPTV, we spoke to Mary Ellen Iwata, VP of original content development at the Weather Channel, to find out what the network is looking for as it moves more aggressively into original content.


