Casting 3 SPANISH speaking VETERINARIANS in L.A. for "Dr. VET L.A."

Hi everybody, Happy holidays! This is such a great opportunity. I am casting 3 SPANISH speaking VETERINARIANS in L.A. for "Dr. VET L.A." a National Geographic Latin America TV show. There is already "Dr. VET Miami" this time, they're coming to the west-coast!  Thought maybe you have great recommendations as I am not from here and I don't own a pet. OMAVA Producciones, a production company headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is currently...

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Mobile TV searches for breakthrough...

 Mobile TV searches for breakthrough... Enticing devices and services can't shake lingering concerns By CHRIS MORRIS The history of mobile television has been rocky at best. While the allure of streaming live network programming to viewers over their handheld devices is undeniable, delivering that content in ways that don't abrogate rights agreements and can somehow be monetized has proven mercurial. Loudly trumpeted efforts have fallen short, victims...

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French court fines film pirates

French court fines film pirates Five men ordered to pay $1.4 million for Web scheme By ELSA KESLASSY PARIS -- A Paris court has sentenced five French pirates to three-to-six months in jail, and fined them a total of 1.1 million Euros ($1.4 million) in damages. The five men belonged to two powerful pirate teams known as Cinefox and Carnage that provided Internet users with hundreds of films obtained illegally. Damages will go to right-holders, which...

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Abu Dhabi: Sales Agents To Become Global Distributors...

International sales banners will reinvent themselves as video-on-demand global distributors, Abu Dhabi festival goers are told. Abu Dhabi – Movie industry attendees at this year's Abu Dhabi Film Festival heard that producers and sales agents will work much more closely together as the internet revolutionises the movie business. Arab Youth, Entrepreneurs in Spotlight on Final Day of Abu Dhabi Media Summit Abu Dhabi Bolsters Its Expanding Media, Entertainment...

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YouTube Mulls Allowing Original Content Partners to Charge for Subscriptions...

Robert Kyncl, global head of content at the Google-owned video site, tells the Abu Dhabi Media Summit that a majority of channels would likely remain ad-supported. ABU DHABI - YouTube is looking at giving its original content channel partners the option to charge users for subscriptions, Robert Kyncl, global head of content at the Google-owned online video site said here Wednesday at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit. YouTube Expands Original Content Initiative Abroad...

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U.K. Production Fund Tsar Ben Roberts to Deliver Keynote Address to Producers

The BFI Film Fund director, in charge of the U.K.'s largest single public movie production fund, is expected to lay out his vision for public funding for the next five years. LONDON – U.K. public funding movie tsar Ben Roberts is lined up to deliver this year's keynote address at the Film London Production Finance Market (PFM) Oct. 17. U.K.'s Production Film Market Pacts With India Producer Marianne Gray to Deliver Keynote at The Film London Production Finance...

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Michael Moore's New Plan: Eliminate the Oscar Documentary Rules

Michael Moore's New Plan: Eliminate the Oscar Documentary Rules Published: October 14, 2012 @ 6:41 pm Michael Moore has taken another look at the Academy's notoriously messy documentary process, and he has a new proposal: The way to fix the documentary rules is to eliminate the documentary rules. Todd Wawrychuk/AMPAS Instead of making additional tweaks in an often-changed system that this year has overwhelmed voters with a glut of fourth-quarter...

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Kazakh film biz steppes out...

Kazakh film biz steppes out Revamped studios, emerging talent lure Western filmmakers By WILL TIZARD 'Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe' ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN -- In the place where Sergei Eisenstein once created agitprop for Stalin to help inspire the Russian effort to beat back the Nazis, Kazakhfilm studios has put $7 million into "Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe," an epic historic saga of a small band of traditional herdsmen fending off hordes of invading...

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U.K. focuses on development...

U.K. focuses on development... Funding will likely grow to $11 mil next year By ROBERT MITCHELL Ben Wheatley's dark comedy "Sightseers," which played at the Toronto film festival, was developed with coin from the BFI Film Fund. BFI Film Fund director Ben Roberts says a key area of the org's focus is developing talent and projects, with 150 funding opportunities planned each year. "Development is the bedrock," says Roberts. "We talk about areas where...

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L.A. feature film shoots plunge in third quarter...

 L.A. feature film shoots plunge in third quarter... After two consecutive quarters of growth, feature film shoots on the streets of Los Angeles plunged in the third quarter. On-location filming fell 21% in the three-month period ending Sept. 30, generating only 1,640 production days compared with the same period a year ago, according to a report from FilmL.A. Inc., the nonprofit group that handles film permits for the city. (One production...

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Entertainment unions, groups hail state film tax credit extension...

Entertainment unions, groups hail state film tax credit extension... A broad coalition of unions representing the entertainment industry hailed Governor Jerry Brown's decision to sign into law a two-year extension of California's film and television tax credit. "We commend the legislature and Gov. Brown for recognizing that the motion picture business is an integral part of the economic and cultural powerhouse that has been California during the...

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What if Cannabis Cured Cancer (Serbian subtitle)

What if Cannabis Cured Cancer  (Serbian subtitle) video Could the chemicals found in marijuana prevent and even heal several deadly cancers? Could the tumor regulating properties of cannabinoids someday replace the debilitating drugs, chemotherapy, and radiation that harms as often as it heals? Discover the truth about this ancient medicine as world renowned scientists in the field of cannabinoid research explain and illustrate their truly mind-blowing discoveries....

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Oncologist Donald Abrams defends Medical Cannabis on NPR’s “Science Friday”

Listen to the podcast here:Feds to Debate Marijuana as Medicine Transcript from NPR: The federal government lists marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance—meaning it has no medically accepted use. Next week, interest group Americans for Safe Access will present the scientific case for marijuana’s therapeutic effects to a federal appeals court, in hopes of relaxing federal restrictions. Oncologist Donald Abrams reviews the evidence on cannabis.Published:...

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