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MIPCOM: GRB announces new titles; Walt Disney doc, real-life crime, docu-series

MUMBAI: GRB Entertainment, a trendsetter of unscripted, and scripted, alternative programming with a proven track record worldwide, announced a slate of new titles to debut at MIPCOM.

As the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney’s death approaches, GRB brings a documentary on his life and career with exclusive footage and over 50 interviews with celebrities, directors, and animators. WALT: The Man Behind The Myth is the official biography of Walt Disney, sanctioned by The Walt Disney Family Foundation. This 90 minute documentary is presented by Diane Disney Miller and narrated by Dick Van Dyke and is filled with never-before-seen color home movies shot by Walt himself.

Real-life crime is often more dramatic than fiction and GRB Entertainment owns many of the best series and docs in this genre. Occult Crimes takes a look inside the devilish minds of the most unpredictable and dangerous killers in history who take their orders from Satan to commit heinous murders. Until Proven Innocent: The Hannah Overton Story tells the true story of the death of Andrew Burd, a four-year-old from Texas who died mysteriously of salt poisoning. His foster mother, Hannah Overton, was charged with capital murder and sent to prison for life. But is this churchgoing woman a vicious child killer or had the tragedy claimed its second victim?

Turning to music, Follow The Rules is a 12-part series following Grammy-nominated international rapper turned actor, Ja Rule, and the hectic household that he and his wife Aisha are trying to keep under control. With their two sons, daughter, and Ja’s mother and mother-in-law living under one roof, the house that Rule built is anything but quiet.

In Cleveland Hustles, NBA superstar LeBron James and longtime friend and business partner Maverick Carter give four aspiring local entrepreneurs the chance to realize their business dreams while also helping to revitalize neighborhoods in their hometown of Cleveland.

GRB also brings a series of CNN documentaries from Soledad O’Brien. In Babies Behind Bars, follow the lives of female inmates in a remarkable program allowing them to raise their babies while they serve times. Black & Blue tells the shocking real-life stories of young black men facing persistent racial profiling and police brutality. In Black In America and Latino in America, both multi-documentary collections, Soledad O’Brien explores interpretations of race and cultural identity for people living in the United States.

“Our official doc on Walt Disney – an iconic man with a great impact on pop culture – offers amazing exclusive footage of his private life. We also have two fun and inspiring series featuring Ja Rule and LeBron James. We continue to bring riveting, real-life crime with Occult Crimes and Until Proven Innocent: The Hannah Overton Story. We are also thrilled to represent a number of Soledad O’Brien’s CNN documentaries, which span crime and human-interest,” said Michael Lolato, SVP of International Distribution, GRB Entertainment.

GRB is well-known for its gripping real-life crime series as well as intriguing and inspiring factual programs, and serves up both for the upcoming market. Intervention, GRB’s groundbreaking A&E series (200+ episodes), received two Emmy® Award nominations in 2016, a Critics’ Choice Award nomination in 2016, an Emmy® Award nomination in 2015, and an Emmy Award win in 2009 from the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences for Outstanding Reality Program.

October 5, 2016
AXN to commemorate Benedict Cumberbatch’s b’day with back-to-back seasons of ‘Sherlock’

MUMBAI: AXN is celebrating Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch’s birthday this July. Starting from 10 July, the channel goes into merry making with back-to-back seasons of the iconic show that made Benedict Cumberbatch one of the most popular and most attractive International actors on Indian Television. Cumberbatch’s splendid portrayal of the erstwhile character – Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock has won him hearts from all over the world.

The Emmy Award winning actor Benedict Cumberbatch, playing Sherlock has given him an iconic and cult status. The show enjoys a huge fandom worldwide with fans even calling themselves as Sherlockians and Cumber babes. To commemorate Benedict Cumberbatch’s Birthday, AXN is all set to treat fans with Sherlock’s journey right from the beginning.

Catch all seasons of Sherlock, season 1,2,3 and the latest special episode featuring a vintage styled Sherlock from the Victorian Era in the, The Abominable Bride, on every Sunday of July 10, 17, 24 and 31, 12 pm onwards.

July 7, 2016
AXN to commemorate Benedict Cumberbatch’s b’day with back-to-back seasons of ‘Sherlock’

MUMBAI: AXN is celebrating Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch’s birthday this July. Starting from 10 July, the channel goes into merry making with back-to-back seasons of the iconic show that made Benedict Cumberbatch one of the most popular and most attractive International actors on Indian Television. Cumberbatch’s splendid portrayal of the erstwhile character – Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock has won him hearts from all over the world.

The Emmy Award winning actor Benedict Cumberbatch, playing Sherlock has given him an iconic and cult status. The show enjoys a huge fandom worldwide with fans even calling themselves as Sherlockians and Cumber babes. To commemorate Benedict Cumberbatch’s Birthday, AXN is all set to treat fans with Sherlock’s journey right from the beginning.

Catch all seasons of Sherlock, season 1,2,3 and the latest special episode featuring a vintage styled Sherlock from the Victorian Era in the, The Abominable Bride, on every Sunday of July 10, 17, 24 and 31, 12 pm onwards.

July 7, 2016
Justin Timberlake to write original music for DreamWorks’ ‘Trolls’

MUMBAI: Nine-time Grammy and four-time Emmy Award winning musician and actor Justin Timberlake will serve as executive music producer as well as pen original music for DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls. In this role, Timberlake will oversee all creative direction for the film’s music as well as perform multiple songs on the soundtrack. The multifaceted artist also stars as Branch, a hilariously hardcore survivalist who hides his surprising true colors, in DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming comedy.

Joined by Academy and Tony Award nominee Anna Kendrick as Princess Poppy, the two embark on a hair-raising adventure as the globally iconic Trolls make their motion picture debut. The film will be distributed on 4 November, 2016, by 20th Century Fox.

“Justin is an amazingly versatile artist and producer whose unprecedented creative talents provide a unique voice and sound for our movie.Trolls is a comedy with fantastic music at its core and we can’t think of a more perfect artist to elevate this soundtrack to incredible heights,” said DreamWorks Animation co-presidents of feature animation Bonnie Arnold and Mireille Soria.

“Working with Justin has been a dream come true from day one,” added director Mike Mitchell.

“Between the fantastic work he’s doing in bringing to life the character of Branch and his production oversight on the soundtrack, we couldn’t be in more inspired hands,” said co-director Walt Dohrn.

“I have always envisioned bringing the two worlds of film and music together for one epic event. I couldn’t be more excited that they will collide in DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls. This film is very special, the music is going to be very special and I can’t wait for everyone to experience it all,” said Timberlake.

Produced by Gina Shay, the film for the first time tells the story behind the beloved Trolls and their gravity defying and colourful manes.

January 6, 2016
Prime Focus Technologies inks deal with Miramax

MUMBAI: Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology arm of Prime Focus, has entered into an agreement with global film and television studio Miramax.

PFT will utilise its Primetime Emmy Award-winning DAX, part of the CLEAR Media ERP Suite, to assist Miramax in virtualising its content supply chain and production workflows, helping to reduce content turnaround times, enhance efficiencies, and drive creative enablement.

DAX allows for the secure exchange, collaboration and distribution of work-in-progress materials throughout the content creation lifecycle. This includes, but is not limited to, accessing who viewed, liked, shared and downloaded content (takes, scenes, cuts and complete films/episodes), incorporating user comments and time-code stamps for content review and approvals, transcoding, batch watermarking, image management and more.

“In utilising PFT’s production solutions, DAX and Digital Dailies, Miramax’s creative teams can view in-process production content and access it in a secure on-the-go manner. PFT recently expanded upon the patent for DAX and Digital Dailies technology, demonstrating the continued evolution and development of the software,” said Prime Focus Technologies president, North America Patrick Macdonald-King.

December 24, 2015
Emmy Award winning show ‘The Voice’ is Back On AXN

MUMBAi: The most widely acclaimed singing reality show and 2015 Emmy Award winner for the outstanding reality show competition, The Voice is back with a brand new season on AXN India, and this season is going to ‘Gwentastic’.

The Season 9will witnesses the comeback of the Hollaback-Girl Gwen Stefani along with last season’s celebrity judges Pharrell Williams, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. The show will premierealong withthe U.S. every Saturday and Sunday, starting 26thSeptember’15, at 8pm exclusively on AXN& AXN HD.

This new, exciting season will also see some of the biggest celebrity coaches. While Rihanna will serve as a key mentor to all the teams, Selena Gomez will make her debut mentoring Team Gwen. John Fogerty will be serving as Adam Levine’s adviser, Brad Paisley will help out Blake Shelton and Missy Elliott is going to be on team Pharrell Williams.

The Voice Season 9 is all set to mesmerize its viewers with performances from some great, new talents this season. The show’s innovative format features five stages of competition: the first begins with the blind auditions, followed by the battle rounds, the knockouts, the live playoffs and finally, the live performance shows. This season the competition gets tougher as the contestants will also get to impress woof the most iconic 21st century music sensations of the World, Rihanna and Selena Gomez.

September 23, 2015
Justin Timberlake joins cast of Dreamworks Animation’s ‘Trolls’

MUMBAI: Nine-time Grammy and four-time Emmy Award winner Justin Timberlake has signed on to star as Branch, a hilariously hardcore survivalist who hides his surprising true colors, in DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming musical comedyTrolls.

Joined by Academy and Tony Award nominee Anna Kendrick as Princess Poppy, the two embark on a hair-raising adventure as the globally iconic Trolls make their motion picture debut. The film will be released on 4 November, 2016, by 20th Century Fox.

Directed by Mike Mitchell, co-directed by Walt Dohrn and produced by Gina Shay, the film for the first time tells the story behind the beloved Trolls and their gravity defying and coloUrful manes.

Continuing to this day, the Troll doll phenomenon was born in 1959 when Danish fisherman and woodcutter Thomas Dam, too poor to afford a Christmas present for his young daughter Lajla, carved a doll for her based on the legendary Scandinavian troll. This modern-day Geppetto couldn’t have imagined that the Troll dolls would soon become one of the biggest toy crazes of the 1960s. The Trolls experienced a resurgence in the 1990s and their uniquely endearing faces and shocks of coloUrful hair continue to capture the hearts and imaginations of fans around the world.

September 15, 2015
Indians in New York to mark Independence Day in nostalgic show

NEW DELHI: People of Indian origin will gather at a function in New York on 15 August to reminisce over what happened around the time India attained independence in 1947.

Emmy-nominated renowned filmmaker Tirlok Malik, who recently launched www.nritvfilmclub.com for streaming Indian American movies online, has invited several NRIs who were witness to the brutalities of that time, and many of whom lost their dear ones.

It is estimated that more than one and a half million people were killed or injured in the process and 15 million people migrated from both India and the newly-created Pakistan.

The show “15th August 1947” will have senior citizens who were then children sharing their journey from 1947 to 2015 in the show. In another segment, the show will have presenters talking to the young generation of 2015 who did not witness the horrors of 1947 but heard about this from their grandparents or read in the history books. The young people will share their views what should be learned from the history and future impact.

Talking about the show, Malik told Indiantelevision.com, “What has been the emotional journey for those kids who were 10 year old at that time August 1947? Have their memories faded? What would you feel if you were 10 year old and witnessed that?”

He added, “I know many people – Indians and Pakistanis – who have witnessed 1947 but now they are living in America. Even while in America, they have never forgotten their childhood memories. Is it possible that we as human beings with the background of different religions and race can agree that we can also disagree sometimes and there should be no violence so that world can be more peaceful place?”

Malik is a pioneer making films on the experiences of the Indian American and began this with his gripping Lonely in America made around two decades earlier.

The show is being presented by NRI TV Film Club and JUS Broadcasting, which has four channels. They are the first Indian American Punjabi channels. The show will be aired in the week of 15 August on JUS Punjabi channels in US and Canada.

The site www.nritvfilmclub.com was launched with 15 films made in America by NRI filmmakers with local Indian American talent. Some of the films are award winning and have been shown worldwide. NRI TV Film Club will also be producing and showing more films, TV sitcoms, web series with Indian American and multi-cultural talents.

August 8, 2015
NDTV’s ‘The Buck Stops Here’ nominated for 2015 Emmy Award

MUMBAI: In a first of sorts, NDTV 24×7’s The Buck Stops Here – Srinagar Floods Coverage has been named as one of the eight international nominees for the 2015 News & Current Affairs categories at the 2015 International Emmy Awards.

The show has been nominated for its week long ground reportage and broadcasts on the floods in Jammu and Kashmir. This is the first time that a channel from India has been nominated in the news category at the Emmy Awards.

Reported and presented by Barkha Dutt, who has covered Jammu and Kashmir for nearly two decades, this special series of The Buck Stops Here saw the show travel to Srinagar and bring ground reports and interviews from the scenes of the unfolding tragedy. The team reported from some of the most inaccessible areas that could only be reached by boat, wading through water and jumping over walls and debris to bring the stories of horror and heroism in the worst floods to hit Jammu and Kashmir.

It also showcased the sterling courage of local Kashmiri volunteers and highlighted the role of the Military in the relief and rescue operations in a state, which has witnessed a two decade old insurgency in the Kashmir valley.

The eight nominees from seven countries and spanning four continents, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, will be presented medals at a ceremony on 27 September and winners will be announced in New York on 28 September, at a ceremony to be held at the Lincoln Center.

The international winners will be recognized alongside their American news and documentary peers.

NDTV Group founder and executive co-chairperson Prannoy Roy said, “The nomination for news coverage by The Buck Stops Here team and Barkha at the 2015 International Emmy Awards is a matter of great pride for us at NDTV. Barkha is a wonderful journalist and we are honoured with the recognition given to her, her entire team and to NDTV.”

“So very excited and honoured to be nominated for what is the world’s most coveted television award. It makes it even more special that this is the first time India has been nominated in this category. Am very proud of my team at NDTV that made this nomination possible working in extremely difficult conditions in flood ravaged Kashmir,” added NDTV Group consulting editor Barkha Dutt.

August 8, 2015
Prime Focus wins Emmy for ‘WWII from Space’

MUMBAI: Prime Focus, the world leader in media and entertainment industry services, won an Emmy Award in the ‘Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction’ category for their work on History Channel’s series World War II from Space. The October Films landmark series WW2 from Space covers the key political events and battles from the Second World War making extensive use of today’s creative technology to deliver the information in a way that will seize the attention of modern audiences.

Winners of the 34th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were announced on 1

October by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS); the awards were presented at a glittering ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in the Time Warner Center in New York City.

The event was attended by more than 900 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists. Emmy Awards were presented in 42 categories, including Breaking News, Investigative Reporting, Outstanding Interview, and Best Documentary, among others.

The VFX (Broadcast and Commercials) team at Prime Focus UK devised and created visually exciting ways to deliver the program’s factual information. The team successfully delivered a 70 minutes of CG for the 82 minute broadcast, supplying more than 420 shots.

Prime Focus founder Namit Malhotra said, “We are proud to be recognised by the prestigious jury at Emmy. Awards like these prove our team’s hard work and creative excellence every time. The team’s exceptional execution on the series has evolved the genre of documentary programming. It was one of the most challenging projects last year. Working with the production company to develop such large portions of the program allowed us to really take control of the look and feel of the show, and push the genre to new heights.”

In the past, Prime Focus has been bestowed with multiple awards at Emmy for documentaries such as The Mona Lisa Curse which won in the Arts Programming category and America The Story for us won for Outstanding Sound Editing for Non-fiction Programming. They have also been recognised for documentaries such as Heston’s Feasts which was nominated for Best

Non-scripted Entertainment while 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers was nominated in the

Best Documentary category.

More recently the company has also been involved in helping out with the VFX for the Anil Kapoor Productions and Ramesh Deo Productions’ Indian adaptation of 24 starring Anil Kapoor. The series begins to air on c from today every Friday and Saturday at 10:00 pm.

October 4, 2013