In a little over 72 hours ‘the greatest show on turf’ will begin and for four days the normally tranquil Cotswolds will be transformed in to a raucous hotbed of emotion that you will rarely see rivalled in sport.
The Cheltenham festival has increasingly become the sole focus of so much of the national hunt season and this year’s festival is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best ever.
There are angles and stories galore going into a week of the year that can make or break man and beast, so allow me to take you on an alphabetised tour of what you can look forward to as the Cheltenham Festival 2012 kicks off next week.
A is for Alastair Down, Channel 4’s very own ‘Fat Owl’ is always a highlight during Cheltenham week. His wry look back at the previous day’s more unusual moments is...
The Cheltenham festival has increasingly become the sole focus of so much of the national hunt season and this year’s festival is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best ever.
There are angles and stories galore going into a week of the year that can make or break man and beast, so allow me to take you on an alphabetised tour of what you can look forward to as the Cheltenham Festival 2012 kicks off next week.
A is for Alastair Down, Channel 4’s very own ‘Fat Owl’ is always a highlight during Cheltenham week. His wry look back at the previous day’s more unusual moments is...
- 3/10/2012
- by Gareth Bunkham
- Obsessed with Film
Toronto -- Former Chum CEO Jay Switzer has resurfaced as head of a local consortium bidding to run four new Canadian cable channels.
Switzer, head of Canadian broadcaster Chum Ltd. until it was acquired by Rogers Media in 2007, has applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (Crtc) for a broadcast license to operate two action-adventure-themed niche channels, Velocity and Adventure.
Switzer, with backing from former THINKFilm founder Jeff Sackman and former Salter Street executive Catherine Tait, is also looking for two additional broadcast licenses for the female-skewing romance services Kiss and The Love Channel.
The Crtc will consider the license applications in April.
Switzer's 2007 exit from Chum came at the height of Canadian industry consolidation where sector leaders Canwest Global Communications Corp., CTVglobemedia and Rogers Media were buying up TV assets as others with less tolerance for risk in an increasingly digital environment looked to cash out.
Now the...
Switzer, head of Canadian broadcaster Chum Ltd. until it was acquired by Rogers Media in 2007, has applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (Crtc) for a broadcast license to operate two action-adventure-themed niche channels, Velocity and Adventure.
Switzer, with backing from former THINKFilm founder Jeff Sackman and former Salter Street executive Catherine Tait, is also looking for two additional broadcast licenses for the female-skewing romance services Kiss and The Love Channel.
The Crtc will consider the license applications in April.
Switzer's 2007 exit from Chum came at the height of Canadian industry consolidation where sector leaders Canwest Global Communications Corp., CTVglobemedia and Rogers Media were buying up TV assets as others with less tolerance for risk in an increasingly digital environment looked to cash out.
Now the...
- 3/2/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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