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  • CNN launches documentary strand

    CNN launches documentary strand

    MUMBAI: CNN International has teamed up with London based documentary maker ‘Journeyman Pictures’ to launch a new weekly 30 minute documentary strand, WORLD’S UNTOLD STORIES.

    Launching on 17 February, CNN International has purchased an initial run of 25 documentaries from ‘Journeyman Pictures’ for 2007 with the first four films looking at police recruitment in Iraq, the sex trade in India, Afghanistan’s first female governor and combating terrorism in the Philippines.

    “These are remarkable documentaries and I’m proud to have secured the rights to show them”, said CNN International senior vice president Rena Golden “The films are compelling and fresh, covering controversial issues and datelines that are not currently getting a lot of media attention. The series features superbly crafted journalism in which the commitment and courage of the reporters shines through.”

    Journeyman Pictures, director Mark Stuke said “We’re delighted to have agreed with CNN International to provide programme selections from the Journeyman throughput on an ongoing basis. There can be no more qualified platform on which to see the international niche of programming we dedicate ourselves to. And I know our suppliers are going to be as pleased as us.”

    Some of the documentaries include The Very Thin Blue Line which takes the viewer inside a police training camp in Jordan where the instructors focus on one skill in particular – survival, Land of Missing Children shows reporter Sam Kiley accompanying reluctant police on a raid where girls are rescued from prostitution only to disappear again.

    A Tale of Two Women is set in Bamiyan, Afghanistan where the country’s first and only female Governor. Habiba Sarabi is trying to carve out a new Afghanistan by sending girls to school and persuading farmers to give up their opium crops and Member of Parliament Malalai Joya who lives under constant threat of assassination. Road to Terrorism provides extraordinary access to the fight against terrorism at the ground level in Phillipines.

    The documentaries will be aired weekly on Saturdays at 9:30 am and 5:30 pm and Sunday at 5:30 pm.

  • GRB Worldwide signs deal with BSkyB

    GRB Worldwide signs deal with BSkyB

    MUMBAI: Marking its first time to distribute product for a UK broadcaster, GRB Worldwide, the international acquisition, development, and financing wing of GRB Entertainment, has announced that it has signed an agreement.

    GRB Worldwide will have worldwide distribution rights (excluding the UK) to 14 hours of programming which originally aired on BSkyB¹s entertainment channel Sky One.

    GRB Worldwide president Gavin Reardon says, “The profile of BSkyB and its Sky One programming is commercially sound and exactly the kind of product that will work on channels all around the world. We are delighted with these new associations and look forward to a long-term relationship.”

    The titles in the initial agreement include Secret World Of Magic. Top magicians and mates Pete Firman and Alistair Cook embark upon a magical mystery tour of the globe, traveling from Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York City to Spain, France and Argentina. They meet heroes of magic, reveal secrets behind the world¹s best tricks, and wow the locals with their unique brand of entertainment and distinctive, anarchic style.

    Unsolved Crimes follows British journalist Sam Kiley hot on the trail of America¹s most high profile unsolved cases: The Black Dahlia, The Thief Who Escaped by Parachute, The Exploding Pizza Man, and the Atlanta Murders. Each multilayered story is loaded with fascinating characters and grand intrigue as Kiley aims for results where law enforcement failed.

    Myths And Monsters is hosted by Lawrence
    Blair an adventurer, explorer and anthropologist, It delves into the connection between our most cherished myths and legends. He reveals that the ordinary everyday world we inhabit is but a thin layer over a deeper, hidden, supernatural & mythical world.