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BBC Director General Mark Thompson to Accept Banff World Television Festival 2007 Outstanding Achievement Award on Behalf of the BBC

Toronto, ON (CANADA), April 23, 2007 – The Banff World Television Festival will present its 2007 Outstanding Achievement Award to the British Broadcasting Corporation on Sunday, June 10, 2007, at the Fairmont Springs, in Banff, Canada.
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Banff World Television Festival Adds Paul Abbott (State of Play, and Shameless) and Chuck Lorre (Dharma & Greg, and Two and a Half Men) to its Stellar Master Class Session Line-up

Toronto, ON (CANADA), April 20, 2007 – Adding to a growing roster of fascinating and celebrated speakers, Banff World Television Festival organizers have confirmed Paul Abbott and Chuck Lorre for BWTVF 2007 Master Class sessions, which will take place at the Fairmont Springs Hotel in Banff, Canada from June 10-13, 2007.
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Banff World Television Festival Announces Nominees for 28th Annual Banff World Television Awards

Cannes (FRANCE), April 15, 2007 – Over 800 Entries from 38 Countries and Territories
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WIFT-T announces Quebecor BWTVF Mentorship Award and Call for Applications

Toronto, ON (CANADA), Monday, April 2, 2007 -Women in Film and Television – Toronto (WIFT-T), in association with the Quebecor Fund and the Banff World Television Festival, is pleased to announce the 2007 Quebecor BWTVF Mentorship Award and Call for Applications.
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Banff New Media Institute Selected as Jury Host for Interactive Media Category of the Banff World Television Awards

Banff, AB (CANADA), March 26, 2007 - The Banff New Media Institute is amongst a select group of external organizations with specific expertise in television and new media that has been invited to judge the illustrious Banff World Television Festival competition taking place at the Fairmount Banff Springs in Banff, Canada on June 11, 2007.
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Over $100,000 in Pitching Prizes and Increased International Opportunities for Producers at 2007 Banff World Television Festival

Toronto, ON (CANADA), March 26, 2007 –Over $100,000 in development money and a host of new, internationally-funded pitching programs are in place for the 28th Banff World Television Festival.
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Banff World Television Festival to Honour Award-Winning Actor Colm Feore with "NBC Universal Canada Award of Distinction"

Toronto, ON (Canada), March 22, 2007 – Paying tribute to an individual whose accomplishments and successes in the Canadian entertainment industry are exemplary, the Banff World Television Festival is pleased to announce SAG and Gemini Award-winner Colm Feore will be honoured with the “NBC Universal Canada Award of Distinction”.
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CWC/Banff World Television Festival Scholarship Announced

Toronto, ON (CANADA), March 12, 2007 - Canadian Women in Communications (CWC) and the Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF) continue to offer the CWC/Banff World Television Festival Scholarship for another year.
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Banff World Television Festival Adds Jenji Kohan, Creator/Executive Producer of the Lionsgate Hit Series “Weeds,” to Line-up of Master Class Speakers

Toronto, ON (CANADA), Tuesday February 27, 2007 - Continuing its tradition of delivering television’s greatest power players, the Banff World Television Festival (June 10–13, at the Fairmont Banff Springs in Banff, Canada) adds Emmy® Award-winner Jenji Kohan, Creator and Executive Producer of the Lionsgate hit series “Weeds”, to this year’s stellar line-up of Master Class speakers.
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Banff World Television Festival Adds “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” Executive Producer/Showrunner Carol Mendelsohn, “The Tank Man” Director Antony Thomas, and “Veronica Mars” Creator/Executive Producer Rob Thomas to its Elite “Master Class” Lineup

Toronto, ON (CANADA), February 20, 2007 - Adding to its growing list of celebrated, high-profile speakers, the Banff World Television Festival confirms Carol Mendelsohn, Executive Producer and Showrunner of the number-one scripted drama series on television “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (and Co-Creator/Executive Producer, “CSI: Miami” and “CSI: NY”), Antony Thomas, Director of internationally acclaimed documentaries “Twins; The Divided Self”, “Man and Animal”, “Death of a Princess”, and “The Tank Man”, and Rob Thomas, Creator and Executive Producer of the hugely successful series “Veronica Mars”, for its 2007 Master Class sessions.
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Banff World Television Festival & NHK Partner with $20,000 "NHK Prize" for HD International Co-production

Toronto, ON (CANADA), February 15, 2007 –The Banff World Television Festival has joined forces with NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, to offer up the “NHK Prize”, a new version of the NHK President’s Prize which has been awarded for the past six years.
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Deadline Extension for Banff World Television Awards Program Entries

Toronto, ON (CANADA), February 10, 2007 - In response to numerous requests from prospective entrants, Program Competition organizers are pleased to announce that the entry deadline for program submissions for the Banff World Television Awards has now been extended to Friday February 23, 2007.
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Banff World Television Festival Secures TV Industry Giants Mike Clattenburg (Trailer Park Boys), Greg Daniels (The Office), Susanne Daniels (Lifetime Television) and Ben Silverman (The Office & Ugly Betty) for In Conversation With... and Master Class Series

Toronto, ON (CANADA), February 5, 2007 – Banff World Television Festival organizers are pleased to announce the addition of some of television’s greatest power players to this year’s lineup.
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Banff World Television Festival Confirms Dawn Airey as Keynote Speaker

Toronto, ON (CANADA), January 26, 2007 – The Banff World Television Festival is pleased to announce Dawn Airey, Managing Director of Channels and Services, British Sky Broadcasting, will deliver a Keynote address to delegates attending this year’s event.
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Banff World Television Festival Announces Changes To Its 2007 Program Competition

Cannes (FRANCE), October 11, 2006 - Organizers for the Banff World Television Festival 2007 have announced a new category for the Festival’s flagship program competition, the Banff World Television Awards. The new category, Best Telenovela/Drama Serial Program will be handed out at the 28th instalment of the popular Television festival taking place June 10-13, 2007.
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Banff World Television Festival Announces C$720M in Deals Facilitated and Secured at Festival

Cannes (FRANCE), October 9, 2006 - Marking a stunning increase over last year, organizers of the Banff World Television Festival announced today that more than C$720 million in deals were secured or facilitated at the 2006 instalment of the popular international television festival, according to the survey of delegates who attended this past June in Banff, Canada.
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