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  • Banff TV festival, CTV to host documentary competition

    Banff TV festival, CTV to host documentary competition

    MUMBAI: The Banff World Television Festival and Canadian broadcaster CTV are teaming again to host the CTV Canadian Documart. This is an annual competition offering development funding to the top three documentary pitches.

    UCTV has donated C$100,000 in support of the contest. Funding of C$50,000 will be provided for the first place winner, $30,000 for second place and $20,000 for third. Pitching and judging will take place at Banff 2006 in Canada from 11 to 14 June 2006.

    Canadian docuemntary filmmkaer Jeff New man who won the award in 2004 says, As an emerging independent producer, the CTV Documart was a tremendous opportunity. When you’re starting out, selling your ideas can be the toughest hurdle to overcome. Having the opportunity to present my idea to such a large and influential group of broadcasters and commissioning editors was a privilege. Winning the event eventually lead to a broadcast license, and was huge overall boost to my career. The direct result was a completed film that I’m very proud of.”

  • GRB, Fox Incendo in deal with CTV for b’cast of ‘Next Action Star’

    GRB, Fox Incendo in deal with CTV for b’cast of ‘Next Action Star’

    MUMBAI: GRB Entertainment scores its first simulcast for Next Action Star by completing a deal with Canadian broadcaster CTV. The series launches in prime time throughout North America on 14 June, says a press release.

    The event-driven reality series will be broadcast by CTV simultaneously with the NBC Network prime time launch set for 14 June. The announcement was jointly made on 18 May by GRB Entertainment president and CEO Gary R. Benz and Fox Incendo Television senior vice president / managing director Michael Murphy.

    Fox Incendo Television represents GRB programs in Canada. Under the agreement, CTV will also hold rights to the Joel Silver-produced television movie, the final title of which is yet to be disclosed, that will feature the talents of the Next Action Star winners.

    “Everyone knows what has happened to Mel, Bruce and Arnold thanks to their association with Joel Silver”, commented Benz.He further added, “Now with ONext Action Star, talented men and women who aspire to become Hollywood’s next action legend will have an opportunity to partake in a true competition where the stakes are unprecedented­ a starring role in a Joel Silver-produced film”.

    According to Murphy, “We have had a great deal of success placing GRB programming with Canadian cable networks over the past few years, but this is our first network sale for them and by far the largest broadcast deal for GRB programming in Canada”.

    “With weekly screen tests and a season-ending payoff ONext Action Star offers a fresh and exciting premise to viewers”, said CTV’s president of programming and chair of the media group Susanne Boyce.