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NEWS FEED
RTS Fellowships awarded to broadcast veterans- TLC announces four new docs
- "Marwencol" director wins Film Independent grants
- Channel 5 commissions Tigress for "Red Sea Jaws"
- Nordisk Film TV hires ex-FremantleMedia exec
- Shine on the market?
- KPI signs up Hard Candy founders
- TLC roll-out continues in Russia, Romania, Sweden
- Optomen International reports healthy sales in North America
- Syfy promotes Mark Stern to president, original programming
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ON THE WEB
- Court rejects "Crude" journalist's privilege claim
- Portion of 1969 royal doc to appear in National Portrait Gallery exhibition
- Channel 4 owns the fixed camera ob-doc genre
- PBS considering revisiting "An American Family"
- "Jersey Shore" star turns novelist
- Kathy Griffin says goodbye to "The D-List," stays on Bravo
- History tops the cable networks gaining audiences in 2010
- The Paris Bureau's Patricia Thompson dies
- Michael Moore makes correction: "Sicko" screened in Cuba
- Cablevision board approves spinning off Rainbow Media
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OWN picks up Sundance doc "Becoming Chaz"
The recently-launched Oprah Winfrey Network has also announced plans to air Christy Turlington Burns' No Woman, No Cry and Siskel/Jacobs Productions' acclaimed Louder Than a Bomb. continue
SnagFilms bags $10 million in new funding
New capital coming from New Enterprise Associates and Comcast Interactive Capital will help the online doc portal bolster its offering, which will include a move to distributing fictional features. continue
More best of 2010 picks
Filmmaker and writer Jay Cheel, founder of The Documentary Blog (www.thedocumentaryblog.com), weighs in with his Best of 2010. continue
DGA announces documentary award nominees
Four first-timers and one two-time nominee are up for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries award from the Directors Guild of America. continue
"Ice Pilots NWT" meets social TV
Vancouver's FanTrust, Omni Film Productions and Canada's History Television have tried a new approach to draw in viewers and fans for this week's season two launch of docu-series Ice Pilots NWT. continue
Factual Entertainment Awards submission deadline extended
The deadline for submissions to the realscreen Factual Entertainment Awards, taking place in Santa Monica on June 1, has been extended to February 11. continue
Discovery announces restructuring; Eileen O'Neill named group president, Discovery and TLC Networks
The TLC topper is upped to a newly created position that will have her overseeing Discovery Communications' flagship brands. continue