XDTV - EXTREME DRIVING TELEVISION
(13 x 30' in HD)
Automotive/Reality Series
Canamedia Film Productions Inc
XDTV is a new docu-reality series set around the hot new motorsport of drifting. Tailored towards males and females that crave intensity, drama and motorsport-centered action sports, XDTV takes advantage of drifting’s momentum, similar to that of snowboarding in the 90’s. It will focus on the lifestyle and interaction of a group of determined drivers who want nothing but to pursue and accomplish their dreams - making it big in the exciting sport of drifting.
MR. SMITH GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
(13 x 30' in HD)
Pop Culture/Science
Canamedia Film Productions Inc
This series will examine the remarkable technological inventions that were created to bring famous movie scenes to life and how these same inventions are now being used by society on a daily basis. Charismatic Gordon Smith, probably the world’s most renowned visual effects artist, has worked on such films as Platoon, Nixon, Born on the fourth of July, Natural Born Killers, JFK, Alive and X-Men 1 and 2. Through Gordon’s access we will be able to show scenes that didn’t turn out right the first try and compare them to the finished scenes that we all know very well. Gordon will then be our guide to the artists and technicians in various different fields from artificial hearts to Photoshop that are currently using the technology that was created for these films in their own work.
ANGRY PLANET
(13 x 30' in HD) in Production
Adventure / Science Series
Over the last ten years, the world’s weather has gotten more and more violent, and many have witnessed dozens of hurricanes, tornados and volcanic firestorms. “Angry Planet” will take the audience on an extraordinary tour of the world’s most extreme natural phenomena as we film a collection of unique and hair-raising situations involving tornados, hurricanes, blizzards and anything else Mother Nature could hit us with. The audience will get an E-ticket thrill ride though some of the most extraordinary sights our angry planet can produce, hosted by a intense, personable thrill seeker - George Kourounis - one of the world’s most active and venturesome storm chasers. The show will be a behind-the-scenes docu-soap chronicling the adventures and misadventures as George and his associates explore the world’s wildest weather and hairiest natural sights. The first 13 episode season of “Angry Planet” will follow George as he witnesses wild phenomena on the furious earth: Hurricanes, Tornados, Volcanoes, “Weather Bomb” Winter Storms, Water Spouts, Lightening and Forest Fires. We will “push the envelope” with the filming of each of these – adding elements to the filmmaking and storytelling that will make this a truly unique and exciting series.
THE HOLISTIC TRAVELER
(13 x 30')
Travel/Alternative Medicine
Canamedia Film Productions Inc and For the Record Productions Inc.
The Holistic Traveler is a unique adventure travel television series that will uncover the mysteries of traditional medicine from around the world. Each episode features a different country, where we meet the local people and experience first-hand their ancient knowledge and remedies. Join us as we travel the globe exploring both the physical and spiritual side of medicine with an open mind, a skeptical eye and a sense of adventure.
THE THIN GREEN LINE
(6 x 60')
Adventure/Conservation
Canamedia Film Productions Inc. & CPG
Based on the true stories of Terry Grosz, author of WILDLIFE WARS and six sequels, this exciting new show follows what happens when one of wildlife’s shrewdest defenders finds the bad guys messing with Mother Nature.
Game warden and covert officer extraordinaire Terry Grosz brings them down with humiliation, humor and hard knocks. The world’s most defenseless animals may never have as good a friend as Terry and his comrades. The officers’ true and outrageous adventures burst onto the TV screen in this six-hour reenactment series.
This is a whole new playing field. Imagine the vulnerable backwoods, rivers and valleys where different makes and models of wildlife struggle through Darwin’s theory on a daily basis. Then add in a bunch of ignorant, self-minded hunters and opportunists with weapons of every size and caliber, and greedy streaks longer than a flattened Redwood tree. Now consider, you alone are responsible for protecting 1,100 square miles of open space in some of California’s most hazardous terrain. Fair? Au contraire, but that’s what makes Terry’s mission ever the more addictive to watch.
THE THIN GREEN LINE promises to be a series like no other…with the most unpredictable and entertaining true stories ever heard about conservation.
RIDING TO THE TOP
(13 x 30')
Documentary / Reality
Canamedia Film Productions Inc.
High flying jumps, stomach churning flips and deep powder carving. The life of a professional snowboarder is an unexpected, exciting lifestyle and a dream shared by many young men. It’s a difficult goal to achieve, but what would happen if such a dream was offered to 5 extremely competitive young men from various walks of life?
Riding To The Top, a docu/reality series, will explore the complications, fun and tension that occur when 5 young men are chosen to live and compete with one another to become a professional snowboarder. Set against the vibrant and picturesque settings of Whistler B.C, the audience will be entertained as they watch the men compete, live and party together.
With the temptations of girls and the night life, sparks are bound to fly between the dynamic personalities as the guys battle both on and off the slopes. A panel of 3 professionals will constantly critique the men on all aspects of their character and skills as they try to balance working and partying towards their dream.
Hosted by a young, knowledgeable presenter, the series will be an exciting mix of popular snowboarding culture, music and lifestyle. Riding To The Top will appeal to a wide audience; even those not interested in snowboarding will be enthralled by the night life and personalities of the men as they compete for their dream.
TATOO SESSIONS
(13 x 30')
HDTV Docu/Reality
Canamedia Film Productions Inc.
A new series that will feature the musicians, producers and engineers who produce music for Tattoo Music, one of North America’s most well respected recording studios. They’ve produced and co-written songs for artists including Kiss, Van Morrison, Alanis Morisette, The Guess Who, etc. etc.
The concept is to feature a different band in each episode that is trying to cut a hit track in the studio. Rock stars tend to have huge egos, while producers tend to have a precise vision as to what they want to hear and are extremely blunt in expressing it. This makes for unbelievable drama and tension. The world has seen many shows that build the relationship between the audience and the performer but this show will build the relationship between the audience and the song itself.
Viewers will feel associated with the music when they hear the song on the radio or see the music video on television as they’ll feel they were there in the studio witnessing the trials and tribulations of an often frustrating dramatic recording session. The show will feature artists from several large recording labels including Warner Music and Rescue Records.
BROKEN ENGLISH
(13 x 30')
Comedy in HD
Canamedia Film Productions Inc.
Broken English is a comedy set in an ESL (English as a Second Language) academy where the teachers’ understanding of wholesome values is weaker than the students’ grasp of the language.
Our protagonists are a motley crew of international teachers; from a soccer hooligan to a womanizer, a tree-hugger to a metro-sexual. Their ESL school, named IESS (International English Speaking School) is developing a deserved reputation for being “The McDonalds” of English language academies.
Steve Bell is the penny-pinching proprietor of this multi-cultural debauchery and is worried that his international school might lose its accreditation.
Steve has one final hope in saving his business. A Japanese agent, who is representing one hundred foreign students, looks to place them at the best ESL school. The agent will base his choice on a series of student evaluations conducted on the first and last day of the semester. As a result, Steve hires a new ass-whipping academic supervisor to force his incompetent teaching staff to either shape up or ship out. This creates added pressure on the students to improve their English skills. In the last episode, the future of IESS hangs in the balance of the Japanese agent’s final decision.
COME CLOSER: IT'S MAGIC
(13 x 30')
Magic / Variety
Canamedia Film Productions Inc.
All the laws of the universe are about to be shattered by Canada’s answers to David Blaine. With a single flip of a flaming card magician Jason Maloney takes you places you’re not quite sure exist, with his sleight of hand wizardry and shocking display of control over the meta-physical elements of nature.
Along with illusionists such as Jay Sankey and Stephen Elvay, the random acts of magic being performed on city streets and in parks will both amaze and amuse. Shot in HD, using members of the general public as their “marks”, not even the most elaborate camera close ups on the elusive props can explain the magicians reality bending performances. Lose your sanity as Jason palms your pre-conceived notions and materializes them in a place you never knew existed. He’ll mysteriously invade your senses, seemingly controlling your thoughts and actions from within. And then, as quick as a thief, he is back out in our world displaying an answer you didn’t even know you had produced.
The magic of these new maestros touches without touching, thinks without thinking, and moves without moving. And just when you think you are near the core of the enigma, the only way you are going to have the slightest understanding, is to Come Closer.
TALKIN' BLUES
(13 x 30')
Docu / Music
Canamedia Film Productions Inc.
Talkin’ Blues is a show that focuses on the world of the blues. The series will educate viewers about the genre and define it through the eyes of those who are passionate about this form of music: those who play it. Talkin’ Blues is not a documentary about the history of the blues, rather, it is about the current state of the blues as they relate to historical perspective. The show is the follow up to the thirty-nine popular episodes that have been aired on BRAVO! Canada, this time focusing more on African American blues artists, with at least 7 of the 13 episodes featuring artists of color. The majority of the content is shot with one camera and avoids flashy technique or attention-getting devices. It is simple, direct, honest and to the point – much like the blues itself.
ERNIE'S EARTH
(13 x 30')
Youth Series
Canamedia Film Productions Inc. & Third Eye Mind Ltd.
Crisscrossing North America’s vast landscapes, the knowledgeable and candid interpreter, naturalist, humanist and scientist – Ernie – uncovers connections between the natural world and our contemporary society, which help us understand nature, worth with it and sustain it.
Ernie is played by the effervescent northern ecologist and nine-book author, Jamie Bastedo. He is on-the-scene, engulfed by the natural world – submerged in a swamp seeking hatching mosquitoes, in a snow bank checking out thermal insulation, beside the thunderous roar of the Mackenzie River at spring break-up, at the bottom of the mile-deep mine shafts, and riding tracts of land on shifting fault lines. Relating to nature comes not from facts about it; but from being in it. This series captures the majesty and meaning of our vast and richly blessed world. Ernie makes the natural world – even complex phenomena – accessible, fascinating, and worthy of reflection. (Pilot Exists)
PRINCESS TEANA’S TEA PARTY
(13 x 15')
Live Action / Puppet / Children
Canamedia Film Productions Inc. & Shangers Ltd
Welcome to the exotic Isle of Teapolis where you are invited to share in the extraordinary occasion of Princess Teana’s Tea Party. Enter the grand Salon inside Shanger’s castle where the guests are waiting. There is a murmur of excitement at a new adventure as the tea is poured and the glorious spread of food is prepared. All you have to do is simply pull up a chair, and free your imagination.
The delightful innocence of Princess Teana’s Tea Party is storytelling using puppets to segue us into the 2D cut out animation of the magical land of Teapolis. The puppet guests at the table are dolls and teddy bears, representing a diverse range of storybook characters inspired by humans in the real world. A mixture of a real actor, 2D animation and the puppets will guide our young audience through the stimulating experience of imaginative role play. Each extraordinary episode will focus on a defining moment in the unique life of the dolls.
The charming characters of Princess Teana, FussPot, HappyPotomus and the Tea Bears will captivate the audience in adventures that link reality with the limitless boundaries of storytelling and imagination. Princess Teana’s Tea Party is an entertaining journey of warmth and discovery, an educational adventure, which dissolves cultural boundaries and develops social interaction. Playful and inventive, the creative animation and storytelling will warm the hearts and strengthen the special bond between young daughters, mothers, aunts and tea party friends!
COOL BUYS FOR COOL GUYS
(13x30’)
Consumer / Youth
Canamedia Film Productions Inc
A hip and trendy series, Cool Buys For Cool Guys will explore and test drive the latest, coolest technology and essential accessories that young males are dying to get their hands on. Hosted by three funky males and one street smart, attractive female, each with a unique and entertaining style, the series will be targeted towards the 17-30 male demographic. Every episode will transport our hosts to an exciting environment, which co-ordinates with the product. Whether a games arcade is used to promote the latest video game or a DJ competition is the backdrop for a new MP3 player the energetic settings will attract and entertain. The hot products will be subject to rigorous testing as our young hosts investigate a variety of aspects from special features to which celebrities are sporting the latest gadget. Each episode will focus on one product as the presenters examine four sections of consumer concern: “How It Looks”, “How It Works”, “Where Can I Get One” and “Who Has One?” With a fast paced soundtrack, music-video style CG animation and current information on the latest trends, Cool Buys For Cool Guys will be an informative and essential part of any young guy’s purchasing power.
JUST THE BEST
(26x30’)
Lifestyle
Canamedia Film Productions Inc
Just the Best explores the opulence of the “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” except that we follow the purchases rather than the purchasers of handmade luxury goods and services. These 26 half-hour episodes will be shot in HDTV. We’ll watch master craftsmen and artists from around the world as they work on exquisite objects, be they watches, wood carvings, to one-of-a- kind cars or boats. Our series will delve into the passion that these artisans bring to their lifelong works of art and we’ll also experience the excitement and pleasure that their workmanship brings to the eventual owner, most of whom are among the world’s most wealthy and discerning.
SINGLE MINGLE
Reality/Lifestyle/Dating in HD
Canamedia Film Productions Inc
How do you get three sexy women with a horrible track record for meeting the right guy hooked up with Mr. Right? Easy…you get them in touch with the Single Mingle hair stylist and throw them into the perfect setting for love. Our characters will be given help from the stylist as well as the audience (through often hilarious pickup lines sent via SMS or email). Our singles will be thrown into 11 different dating settings. These will include speed dating on board a bus while going bar hopping, singles cruises, roller skating disco dating, everyday situations like dog walking, working out at a gym, etc. After each date the girls will have to pick their favourite guy but will not be able to re-connect until they’ve finished all 11 events.
In the last episode (studio based) the girls will be able to invite 3 guys out of their top 11 picks, one of which they have to choose. As the singles have such a terrible track record the audience (through SMS and email) along with the stylist shall have an equal vote as to who the girls should be with. The decided couples will be rewarded with a free cruise where our production team will capture the highlights of the trip for a 1 hour special.
WHAT’S SEXY?
(13x30’)
Lifestyle
Canamedia Film Productions Inc & Elevator films
Using a unique brand of Action-Science, What’s Sexy? is a groundbreaking, super-enthralling adventure in the science of attraction. Created by masters of documentary and comedy, each episode takes on a central theme of attraction, building a series of dramatizations that sends the Sexy Squad in for remarkable “street experiments” in a riveting informative ultra-entertaining half hour. The first season titled, “Survival of the Sexiest,” focuses on both disturbing and fascinating Darwinian principles that take us deeper into unlocking the secrets of attraction. What’s Sexy? Let’s find out.
HOMES BY DESIGN HD
(13x30’)
HDTV Lifestyle
Sound Venture Productions
Homes by Design HD is the new high definition version of Homes by Design that explores residential architecture by visiting the most incredible and innovative homes around the world. Based on the internationally acclaimed series produced by Sound Venture Productions and Barry Hobin, Architect, Homes by Design HD will seek out the most original, beautiful and unusual homes around the world, this time filmed in spectacular High Definition format. Furthermore, Homes by Design HD will examine the history of architectural design from its origins and look at the trends and innovations of the latest technological achievements of today and tomorrow. In each themed episode, Homes by Design HD will focus on 3 homes from around the world and talk to the architects directly involved with the interior design or restoration. Commentary will help explain the essence of the designs from an aesthetic and functional point-of-view.
PERSPECTIVES
(13x60’)
Reality /
Challenge
series
JV
Productions
The
focus of
this series
is to
examine the
’creative
process’ in
varying
genres of
the arts in
a dynamic
and
entertaining
manner.
It’s
all about
the
exploration
of the
creative
process...From
choreographers
to jingle
producers,
to actors
and
advertising
agencies...creative
people are
put to the
test when
they’re
given a
specific
task and
asked to
complete it
within a
brief time
limit.
Perspectives
is the
reality show
that
explores:
How creative
people get
’creative’
Do the ’best
of the best’
wing it - or
is there a
disciplined
process they
go through
to create
their work
of art?
Maybe, it’s
a little of
both.
Each
hour episode
will feature
a distinct
challenge
put to three
artists in
the same
field.
PARDON MY
GARDEN
(13x30’)
Lifestyle /
Reality
Series)
JV
Productions
Pardon
My Garden is
a program
that goes in
search of
the worst
gardens in
the city.
Our
scouts comb
local
neighborhoods
photographing
the worst of
the worst.
We
narrow down
the search
to the three
nastiest
gardens,
then vote.
The
loser, or
winner in
this case,
wins a
$3,000
makeover.
DREAM
BOATS:
(13x30’)
HD Lifestyle
Series
Dual
Media Inc
and
Canamedia
Shot
in HD, this
series is
dedicated to
the ultimate
in luxury
yachts and
the ultimate
cruising destinations
they travel
to. If you
have ever
wanted to
discover the
dream of
cruising on
a luxury
yacht, Dream
Boats will
take you
there.
Climb
aboard as a
pampered
guest while
each episode
takes you on
a dream
cruise of a
lifetime;
one filled
with luxury
and
exploration,
both of the
yacht itself
and some of
the best
cruising
destinations
on the
planet. But
Dream Boats
is more than
just boats
and places.
While
cruising,
you will
meet the
Captain and
crew, the
people who
run the
luxury
marina’s
and landside
attractions
and perhaps
even the
owners of
the luxury
yachts
themselves,
introducing
you to the
people
who can
afford boats
worth tens
of millions
of dollars
and more.
When
it comes to
cruising,
Dream Boats
will take
you to the
Caribbean,
the Pacific
Northwest,
New England
the
Mediterranean
and
beyond…
and every
step in
style and
luxury. But
dream boats
will take
the viewer
one step
further and
explore
charting
opportunities
in each
episode’s
location.
CONSERVATION
CRUSADERS (13x30’)
Documentary
/
Environmental
Sivell
Communications
Shot
in High
Definition,
an
experienced
team of
producers,
journalists
and
cinematographers
will travel
to the most
isolated
regions of
the planet
to showcase
human
initiatives
to stem the
flow of
global
destruction.
Whether it
be the
destruction
of the
Amazonian
Rainforest
in
Ecuador
,
its impact
on depleted
natives
tribes and
their
relationship
with
tourists or
tracking
endangered
Panda Bear
in
China
;
Conservation
Crusaders
will bring
back the
story.
Structured
with timely
field
interviews
from
knowledgeable
sources and
wrapped
around
dramatic
images in
each
location,
this series
is
guaranteed
to capture
the
imagination
of an
international
viewing
audience.
The 13
dramatic
episodes are
designed not
only for the
educated
adventure
seekers who
explores
with a
critical eye
but also for
the armchair
traveller
and high
school
teacher. For
people who
want to
learn more
about the
global
environment
and what it
being done
to secure
the ancient
Khmer
temples of
Angkor Wat
and the
mysterious
burial sites
in the
Rose
City
of
Jordan
’s
vast
interior,
this series
will have
lasting
impact.
IN SEARCH OF
THE
AUTHENTIC…
(13x30’)
Cooking /
History
Series
Soma
Television
Certain
dishes have
inspired
gastronomes
as being a
quintessential
representative
of a
cuisine.
For
some reason,
these
certain
dishes
combine
locally
available
raw
materials to
form a taste
sensation
that
inspires
chefs around
the world to
try to
recreate
that dish. Each
episode of
"In
Search of
the
Authentic..."
will explore
the myth,
the history,
the special
materials
and the
techniques
that go into
the dish
being
featured.
The
one-hour
program will
delve into
the stories
surrounding
the creation
of the dish,
sometimes
exposing the
controversy
behind the
dish.
We’ll
meet the top
chefs who
make this
dish and
we’ll see
them make
it, getting
tips on
techniques
and creating
a menu for a
full meal
around this
dish.
SPIRITS
OF
ASIA
– SHAKEN
& STIRRED
(6x30’)
Travel /
Culture
Series
The
Right Angle
Media
Spirits
of
Asia
is a journey
into
Asia
’s
soul through
its
moonshine
– some
potent
enough to
strip paint,
others so
delectable
they’ve
earned a
reputation
among
connoisseurs
of fine
spirits.
Our
mildly
eccentric
host sips
his way
through the
region.
Armed
with a
strong
liver, sharp
wit and a
stock of
knowing
looks, he
drops in on
weddings and
funerals,
rituals and
festivals.
All
in a quest
to discover
the local
spirit –
in every
sense of the
word.
Spirits
of
Asia
serves up,
in six half
hours, a
potent mix
of travel
and
adventure.
It’s
a trip to
Asia
’s
outstanding
destinations
and
out-of-tourist-sight
locations
using an
excuse as
good as any.
But
Spirits of
Asia is
really about
people, and
there’s no
better way
of getting
into
someone’s
head and
heart than
over a pint.
Cheers!
WOMEN’S
WELLNESS
(13x30’)
Health
Series
Soma
Television
From
Sexuality,
to
Alternative
Medicine, to
Stress
Management,
this
informative
and
entertaining
series for
women covers
all the
aspects of
women’s
health.
Through
interviews
and case
studies,
host Dr. Sue
Taylor
discovers
the secrets
of creating
and
maintaining
wellness –
for women.
NATURES
CURES
(26x30’)
Medical/Science
Soma
Television
and
Canamedia
Film
Productions
Inc.
Reports
of
miraculous
cures from
the use of
herbs and
other
natural
remedies
abound. The
interest in
health is at
an all time
high.
“NATURES
CURES”
investigates
the known
evidence,
which
underlies
the
effectiveness
of these
remedies in
ours and
many other
countries.
Doctors all
across North
American
join
together in
praise of
these wonder
remedies
that help in
ways
allopathic
treatments
never could.
LIFE:
THE SEQUEL
(3x60’)
Documentary
/ Science /
Medical
Planetworks
LIFE:
The Sequel is a 3-part pop doc series which looks at the unusual and
fascinating
people who
are using
science,
technology,
and
psychology
in their
quest to
live
forever.
People
around the
world are
becoming
increasingly
fixated with
their
mortality,
and they
have gone on
the hunt for
anything
that might
stave off
what we used
to believe
was
inevitable.
Books about
life
extension
are
bestsellers;
gene therapy
is an
ordinary
fact of
life; and
vitamins,
herbs, and
alternative
medicines
are being
snapped off
the shelves
in record
numbers.
LIFE:
The Sequel
explores the
breakthroughs,
the
theories,
the promises
and the
unique
individuals
who have
dedicated
themselves
to staying
alive
forever.
INSIDE
SCOTLAND
YARD
(6x60’)
Documentary
/ History
Series
Raw
Cut
Television
Candid
and
surprising,
Inside
Scotland
Yard is a
warts-and-all
inside look
at the past
30 years of
the world’s
most famous
police
force.
Royalty,
riots,
bombers and
terrorism -
The
Metropolitan
Police have
been at the
centre of
some of the
biggest ever
crime
stories and
their
methods have
been adopted
throughout
the world.
At
times the
police
themselves
have become
the story,
as with the
Obscene
