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Subject: [Leica] Ted's film
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Mon Feb 18 19:22:44 2008
References: <3e7573d40802181643h4484cfa6tb68f457301058c68@mail.gmail.com>

Danm! You would think it was another country. ;-)

leo wesson wrote:

> from Wikipedia
> 
> Canadian *Bravo!*
> 
> *Bravo!* (with the exclamation mark) is a
> Canadian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada> English
> language <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language> cable
> television<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television> specialty
> channel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialty_channel> owned by CTV
> Limited a division of
> CTVglobemedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTVglobemedia>.
> It uses the "Bravo" name under licence from NBC
> Universal<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Universal>.
> However, aside from the name and the interview series *Inside the Actors
> Studio <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_the_Actors_Studio>*, there has
> been essentially no connection between the two channels since 2001, when 
> the
> American Bravo network (then under the ownership of
> Cablevision<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cablevision>'s
> Rainbow Media <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Media>) changed its
> direction away from focusing on performing
> arts<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_arts>towards a general
> programming direction. Many of Bravo's original
> programming now airs in Canada on the Alliance Atlantis
> Communications<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_Atlantis_Communications>slate
> of specialty channels, namely
> Slice <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slice_%28TV_channel%29>, Food
> Network<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Network_%28Canada%29>,
> and HGTV <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HGTV_%28Canada%29>.
> 
> 
> So it looks like us US folks might not get to see Ted's film on Bravo in 
> the
> States.  I'm trying to find a phone number or email for a person at NBC 
> (who
> owns Bravo) to badger for a US showing.  If anyone knows anyone who knows
> anyone, let us know.  If i find out anything, I'll let ya'll know.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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