Pamela Anderson Backs EarthDay365 Channel
Baywatch star Pamela Anderson is backing an environmentally-focused Fast channel coming out of the Netherlands. Alongside son Brandon Thomas Lee, the actress and activist has partnered with Amsterdam’s Static Waves Media Group and IMAX documentary film producer K2 Studios to create EarthDay365. The service launched earlier this month on PlutoTV and will roll out on Relax 2.0 TV, which is across Tcl, Vestel and Skyworth Smart TVs and via Hisense’s Vidaa Channels. It will initially have 2,500 hours of content, with shows including Shark Heroes and Wonders of Wildlife along with a selection of IMAX theater docs. Anderson said EarthDay365 gives a “great opportunity to provide engaging and inspirational content that’s free and accessible,” adding: “It’s inspirational, hopeful — mostly about exploring and celebrating our world — and shines the spotlight on passionate people who are willing to put themselves out there to make a positive difference.
Baywatch star Pamela Anderson is backing an environmentally-focused Fast channel coming out of the Netherlands. Alongside son Brandon Thomas Lee, the actress and activist has partnered with Amsterdam’s Static Waves Media Group and IMAX documentary film producer K2 Studios to create EarthDay365. The service launched earlier this month on PlutoTV and will roll out on Relax 2.0 TV, which is across Tcl, Vestel and Skyworth Smart TVs and via Hisense’s Vidaa Channels. It will initially have 2,500 hours of content, with shows including Shark Heroes and Wonders of Wildlife along with a selection of IMAX theater docs. Anderson said EarthDay365 gives a “great opportunity to provide engaging and inspirational content that’s free and accessible,” adding: “It’s inspirational, hopeful — mostly about exploring and celebrating our world — and shines the spotlight on passionate people who are willing to put themselves out there to make a positive difference.
- 2/15/2024
- by Max Goldbart, Jesse Whittock and Sara Merican
- Deadline Film + TV
“Call It!,” an app that empowers the U.K. film and TV workforce to call bad behavior out, has entered into a partnership with ITV Studios.
The app enables the workforce to record incidents of bullying, harassment and discrimination quickly and anonymously, without fear of reprisal or repercussion. It also provides easy access to employers’ ‘Dignity at Work’ policies and procedures for formal reporting, and signposting to third party support and resources. It also allows companies and productions to monitor the safety and wellbeing of their staff by asking, ‘How were you treated at work today?’ and gathering anonymous data regarding experiences of bullying and harassment.
After a pilot and proof of concept phase, the app launched to the film and TV market earlier this month. ITV Studios are the first major partner to sign up and will begin introducing the app to its U.K. companies.
ITV Studios’ managing...
The app enables the workforce to record incidents of bullying, harassment and discrimination quickly and anonymously, without fear of reprisal or repercussion. It also provides easy access to employers’ ‘Dignity at Work’ policies and procedures for formal reporting, and signposting to third party support and resources. It also allows companies and productions to monitor the safety and wellbeing of their staff by asking, ‘How were you treated at work today?’ and gathering anonymous data regarding experiences of bullying and harassment.
After a pilot and proof of concept phase, the app launched to the film and TV market earlier this month. ITV Studios are the first major partner to sign up and will begin introducing the app to its U.K. companies.
ITV Studios’ managing...
- 10/20/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
As the U.K. film and TV industry has boomed in recent years, bullying and harassment in the workplace has become endemic to the sector, with 84% of workers experiencing such abuse themselves or witnessing it, according to the Film and TV Charity. Now, a new app is empowering the local workforce to call bad behaviour out.
Recently launched in beta mode, “Call It!” asks the staff of companies and productions that sign up to the initiative three questions every day for the duration of a project, the main one being “How were you treated at work today?” A traffic light system gives users three options to answer, with green indicating they were treated well, orange for “okay” and red for those who felt they were treated badly.
The app is entirely anonymous, and there’s no place for specific feedback that may identify the user. Those who wish to elevate...
Recently launched in beta mode, “Call It!” asks the staff of companies and productions that sign up to the initiative three questions every day for the duration of a project, the main one being “How were you treated at work today?” A traffic light system gives users three options to answer, with green indicating they were treated well, orange for “okay” and red for those who felt they were treated badly.
The app is entirely anonymous, and there’s no place for specific feedback that may identify the user. Those who wish to elevate...
- 9/29/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Participants revealed for year-long initiative.
Bafta has named the 15 female directors taking part in its inaugural career development programme for under-represented groups in film and TV.
Launched in February, Elevate will initially focus on helping women progress their directing careers in high-end television and film. According to 2016 data from Directors UK, only 13.6% of working directors between 2004 and 2014 were female.
The group of 15 was selected from 250 applicants, and reflect a range of experience levels and backgrounds.
Participants include My Brother the Devil director Sally El Hosaini, who co-directed Channel 4 and Sundance TV’s Babylon; Wolfblood and Dates director Sarah Walker; Tina Gharavi, founder of media production company Bridge + Tunnel; and Vanessa Caswill, a lead director on BBC3’s Thirteen.
Full list of Bafta Elevate directors:Alicia DuffyAmanda BlueCathy BradyChristiana Ebohon-GreenDawn ShadforthDelyth ThomasEmma SullivanKate SaxonLindy HeymannLisa ClarkeRebecca JohnsonSally El HosainiSarah WalkerTina GharaviVanessa Caswill
The year-long initiative will include panel discussions, masterclasses and workshops, These will build...
Bafta has named the 15 female directors taking part in its inaugural career development programme for under-represented groups in film and TV.
Launched in February, Elevate will initially focus on helping women progress their directing careers in high-end television and film. According to 2016 data from Directors UK, only 13.6% of working directors between 2004 and 2014 were female.
The group of 15 was selected from 250 applicants, and reflect a range of experience levels and backgrounds.
Participants include My Brother the Devil director Sally El Hosaini, who co-directed Channel 4 and Sundance TV’s Babylon; Wolfblood and Dates director Sarah Walker; Tina Gharavi, founder of media production company Bridge + Tunnel; and Vanessa Caswill, a lead director on BBC3’s Thirteen.
Full list of Bafta Elevate directors:Alicia DuffyAmanda BlueCathy BradyChristiana Ebohon-GreenDawn ShadforthDelyth ThomasEmma SullivanKate SaxonLindy HeymannLisa ClarkeRebecca JohnsonSally El HosainiSarah WalkerTina GharaviVanessa Caswill
The year-long initiative will include panel discussions, masterclasses and workshops, These will build...
- 5/18/2017
- ScreenDaily
Directors' group to investigate after Cannes film festival snubs women for Palme d'Or prize
The woman behind the hugely successful new BBC drama Parade's End is leading a campaign to give female directors a better deal in television.
Susanna White, whose adaptation of Ford Madox Ford's four-volume novel is winning widespread acclaim, is a member of Directors UK, a group representing British film and television directors, which has set up an all-women working party to examine the difficulties experienced by aspiring female directors. The move is partly a response to the fact that no women were entered for the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes film festival.
White told the Observer that she had only broken into the top ranks of directors with extreme difficulty. "I think my journey has been a very, very, slow one."
Welcoming the new focus, she said: "I'm very keen for this to happen.
The woman behind the hugely successful new BBC drama Parade's End is leading a campaign to give female directors a better deal in television.
Susanna White, whose adaptation of Ford Madox Ford's four-volume novel is winning widespread acclaim, is a member of Directors UK, a group representing British film and television directors, which has set up an all-women working party to examine the difficulties experienced by aspiring female directors. The move is partly a response to the fact that no women were entered for the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes film festival.
White told the Observer that she had only broken into the top ranks of directors with extreme difficulty. "I think my journey has been a very, very, slow one."
Welcoming the new focus, she said: "I'm very keen for this to happen.
- 9/8/2012
- by Maggie Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
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