BIPOC-led industry collective challenges PBS to ensure diversity mandate is met More than 140 prominent documentary filmmakers and decision-makers in the entertainment industry have signed an open letter to PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger requesting data regarding the diversity statistics . April 1, 2021
More than 140 prominent documentary filmmakers and decision-makers in the entertainment industry have signed an open letter to PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger requesting data regarding the diversity statistics for American public broadcaster PBS.
The letter comes from Beyond Inclusion a Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)-led collective of non-fiction filmmakers, executives, and field builders, many of whom have worked with PBS. The group, through the letter, is suggesting that based on available evidence, PBS
The MIPTV ’21 Shopper’s Guide: Blue Ant Int’l, TVF Int’l An extensive array of non-fiction titles will be launched at this year’s Digital MIPTV online spring market, running April 12-16. Ahead of the excitement, Realscreen presents the fourth in a . April 1, 2021
An extensive array of non-fiction titles will be launched at this year’s Digital MIPTV online spring market, running April 12-16. Ahead of the excitement, Realscreen presents the fourth in a series of roundups highlighting some of the titles being shopped.
BLUE ANT INTERNATIONAL
Global distributor Blue Ant International has unveiled its slate of more than 165 hours of premium programming debuting at Digital MIPTV.
Malika The Lion Queen.
“This is a space we at Fox have been looking to enter; but we wanted to be strategic about it and the premise had to be something big and broad that would appeal to all viewers. When Grant [Mansfield] and Tom [Hugh-Jones] pitched
Malika, I knew straight away it was right for us,” Rob Wade (pictured left), president of alternative entertainment and specials at Fox Entertainment, tells
Realscreen.
The series executive produced by Plimsoll’s Tom Hugh-Jones, Martha Holmes and Grant Mansfield – travels to South Africa’s Kruger National Park, the home of lioness Malika.
Narrated by Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett, the special takes viewers into the life of the lioness, exploring the role the animals play in the lion kingdom.
Footage industry experiencing growth during pandemic, but challenges remain: survey A survey exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon the archive and stock footage industry illustrates that as companies are seeing increasing demand for archive content and as . April 1, 2021
A survey exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon the archive and stock footage industry illustrates that as companies are seeing increasing demand for archive content and as a result, increasing business there is a stronger sense of optimism concerning the prospects for the industry in the lockdown era.
The survey, conducted by archive service Footage.net, was the second issued by the company in the COVID-19 era, and was conducted online over a 28-day period in January and February of 2021. Sixty footage companies from around th
Battle Of The Sexes and Wild Africa and on radio,
Slaves To Nature. On becoming editor of Natural History Radio for the pubcaster he led the development and production of award-winning programs such as
Tweet Of The Day,
World On The Move,
Saving Species,
Natural Histories and
Migration Live. He went on to become an executive producer in television, producing Ivory Wars with ‘Panorama’ and Tigers About the House among other projects.
According to the BBC, Hector will “pursue other interests connected to wildlife and championing the natural world” after he exits from the NHU. The search for his successor begins immediately.