| Helmrich also announced a firm production commitment
for a second season of "Famous," which features in-depth
celebrity profiles that explores the careers of superstars in their
own words and in the words of their collaborators. Popular Arts Entertainment
will produce a second season of 26 half-hour episodes to feature such
superstars as Halle Berry, Kurt Russell, Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins
and Meg Ryan.
In the deal concluded at Mip-TV, A&E Network's Biography Channel
in the US and the UK have picked up both seasons of "Famous"
or a total of 52 half-hour episodes. "Famous" is about
the careers of numerous celebrities including Julia Roberts, Mel
Gibson and Sandra Bullock and the choices made that influenced them.
"Famous" is produced by Popular Arts Entertainment,
which continues to operate the only independent entertainment news
and feature business in the television industry. It is also a part
of the Entertainment News output, which was created 14 years ago
as a division of Popular Arts.
Addressing business at this year's Mip-TV, Helmrich says, "Channels
are starting to buy programming again. It's like everyone took off
the last year, but now they are back and ready to fill their schedules
with fresh programming. This has been a very good market for us."
International Broadcast Communications, Inc. (IBC) was formed in
January 2002 by former E! Entertainment executive Jon Helmrich as
a company dedicated to global programming distribution and channel
development. Representing the programming of Entertainment News
Service (ENS), The Tennis Channel, CHUM Television International,
KCW Productions, and others, IBC offers international broadcast,
cable and satellite services the latest in Hollywood news, features,
profiles, interviews and celebrity gossip.
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