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MUMBAI:
CBC Television will host a training unit on game show format
development from 8-14 June 2008. The event will take place
within the framework of the 29th Banff World Television Festival
which runs from 8-11 June in Canada.
The
International Format Academy Entertainment Master Class offers
an elite course taught all over the world by the best format
brains to the next generation of format makers, covering entertainment
genres such as game show, comedy show, variety and event show,
factual entertainment and reality Show. Among the advisory
board members are masters of entertainment such as FremantleMedia's
Gary Carter, ITV's Paul Jackson and Peter Bazalgette.
The
aim of the Entertainment Master Class is to train a select
circle of talented professionals in the development and production
of programming formats for the entertainment television genre,
and their marketing and distribution in the international
marketplace.
Banff
executive director Jennifer Harkness says, "We are looking
forward to hosting the EC Master Class at the 2008 Banff World
Television Festival. This is an extremely important opportunity
for our delegates who will benefit greatly from the international
experience and knowledge of the contributing professionals."
The
programme consists of five training units per year, which
will be held in five different cities: Lucerne, Banff, Berlin,
Copenhagen and London. The training unit for game show formats
is scheduled for June and is incorporated in the Banff World
Television Festival. Among the trainers and guest speakers
that will share their inside knowledge on game shows with
the participants at the entertainment Master Class-Module
in Banff are format industry veterans David Briggs, Tim Crescenti,
Paul Gilbert, Colman Hutchinson and Michel Rodrigue.
Participants
have been selected for the Master Class from all over the
world, including Europe, Australia and North America. Applications
are still being accepted for one of the limited 40 seats until
3 March 2008.
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