Bell Media Extends NSI Totally Television Program With $930,000 Investment

Bell Media Extends NSI Totally Television Program With $930,000 Investment


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TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2014 /CNW/ - Bell Media and the National Screen
Institute - Canada (NSI) announced today the extension of the NSI
Totally Television training course with an additional $930,000
investment. The new agreement will see the program continue for the
next seven years.



NSI Totally Television is a TV development training course where
writer/producer teams meet executives from major Canadian networks.
Teams work with executive producers and showrunners to hone concepts,
aiming to land a development deal with a broadcaster.



"NSI is grateful for Bell Media's incredible investment in Canadian
television development," said NSI CEO John Gill. "We've been working
with them since the inception of NSI Totally Television in 2002 and the
continuation of this partnership greatly benefits the next generation
of Canadian content creators."



"We are proud to partner with NSI Totally Television, an organization
that helps develop superb Canadian talent," said Corrie Coe, Senior
Vice-President, Independent Production. "Our hope is that these funds
and this partnership brings Canadian audiences many years of great
programming from homegrown talent."



In eight years, the program has produced 12 series that have gone into
development, five that have gone to air, one that has been piloted, and
another produced as a feature film that had its world premiere at the
Toronto International Film Festival. TV series successfully developed
through the course include LESS THAN KIND (City/HBO Canada), TODD AND
THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL (Space), 'DA KINK IN MY HAIR (Global), and WAPOS
BAY (APTN).


About the National Screen Institute

Renowned for having given many emerging filmmakers, television writers
and producers their first breaks, the National Screen Institute
provides training and production support through courses like NSI Totally Television, NSI Drama Prize, NSI New Voices, NSI Features First, NSI Lifestyle & Reality Series Producer, NSI Aboriginal Documentary,
and Movie Central Script to Screen.



NSI also offers national exposure through the NSI Online Short Film Festival and provides vast resources and support to those in the film,
television, and digital media industry at nsi-canada.ca.


About Bell Media

With passion and an unrelenting commitment to excellence, Bell Media
creates content and builds brands that entertain, inform, engage, and
inspire audiences through the platforms of their choice. Bell Media is
Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television,
radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. Bell Media owns 30
local television stations led by CTV, Canada's #1 television network;
35 specialty channels, including TSN and RDS, Canada's most-watched
specialty channels in English and French; four pay TV services,
including The Movie Network and Super Écran; and is managing
shareholder of premium pay-per-view service Viewers Choice Canada. Bell
Media is also Canada's largest radio broadcaster, with 107 licensed
radio stations in 55 markets across Canada. Bell Media owns Astral
Out-of-Home, one of Canada's most dynamic and innovative out-of-home
advertising companies with a network of more than 9,500 advertising
faces in Québec, Ontario and British Columbia. Bell Media also operates
more than 200 websites, delivers TV Everywhere with its innovative GO
video streaming services, including CTV GO, TMN GO, and Bravo GO, and
owns Dome Productions Inc., a multi-platform production company. Bell
Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest
communications company.



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CONTACT: Laura Friesen, Communications Coordinator, NSI
tel: 204.957.2999 or email: laura.friesen@nsi-canada.ca Amy Doary, Communications Manager, Bell Media
tel: 416.384.2593 or email: amy.doary@bellmedia.ca


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