The Global Awards announced the creation of two specialized executive juries for the 2017 competition: Pharma(Rx) and Health & Wellness.
“We always have our ear to the ground and are monitoring how we can improve the Global Awards,” said Fran Pollaro, executive director of the Global Awards. “We acknowledge and understand that these two creative worlds are both striving for the highest level of creativity and innovation, but we also know that each are playing with a very different set of rules, creating two specialized juries provides the assurance that entrants from both designations will be given the attention they deserve.”
“There’s an important movement taking place and the Global Awards is helping to lead the way. We have to protect and celebrate our industry, which is primarily driven by the work we do for pharmaceutical products and clients,” said Global Awards co-chair Robin Shapiro, global president, TBWA\ More
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- Friday, Aug. 4, 2017
- Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017
HBO, which acknowledged Monday that hackers had broken into its systems and stolen "proprietary information," now says the attackers likely haven't breached the network's entire email system.
In a Wednesday email to employees, CEO Richard Plepler wrote that "we do not believe that our email system as a whole has been compromised."
He added that a review continues, and said HBO is hiring an outside firm to help employees monitor their financial accounts.
Purported hackers said in email that they'd accessed HBO's internal network and email system and then posted stolen information online. An archived version of the named website appeared to have links to downloadable episodes for several HBO shows, including "Insecure" and
"Ballers," and what it said was a link to "script & film" to two "Game of Thrones" episodes, including an upcoming one.
AP did not test the links. The site was not loading Wednesday afternoon.
More- Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017
The premiere of "Star Trek: Discovery" on CBS' subscription streaming service, CBS All Access, was postponed nine months to maintain the quality of the brand.
Executive producer Alex Kurtzman told the Television Critics Association Tuesday that they "spent a lot of time" discussing how to create this new world for TV that felt authentic to the "Star Trek" universe.
Also during that time, executive producer Bryan Fuller decided to exit the series as showrunner to focus on other projects.
Kurtzman said "it became clearer and clearer" that the targeted January debut would "compromise the quality of the show," so it was pushed with the blessing of CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves.
"Star Trek: Discovery" stars Sonequa Martin-Green of "The Walking Dead," as central character, First Officer Michael Burnham. She's the foster daughter of the Vulcan Sarek, who is Spock's father.
"We are telling a story that we believe in. More
- Monday, Jul. 31, 2017
Discovery Communications will buy Scripps Networks for close to $12 billion, tying together two powerful stables of TV shows ranging from Animal Planet to the Food Network.
The deal, announced Monday, puts the combined company in a stronger position to draw more women viewers and to navigate an increasingly chaotic entertainment landscape, where cable companies and streaming services like Netflix and Hulu fight for eyes.
Discovery owns TLC and the Discovery Channel. Scripps owns HGTV and the Travel Channel, among others. The combined company will house five of the top pay TV networks for women and account for more than 20 percent share of women watching prime-time pay TV in the U.S.
By combining the content of each company, Discovery has more power to create "skinny bundle" options for viewers, which offer fewer channels and are cheaper for people unwilling to shell out for a big, monthly cable bill.
The companies on Monday More
- Monday, Jul. 31, 2017
Richard Linklater, who has directed films including "Boyhood" and "Dazed and Confused," says he has ideas for the small screen.
Speaking to the Television Critics Association on Sunday about being the subject of an upcoming PBS "American Masters" documentary, Linklater said he has many films in the works but also some "really long-form" ideas that would work best in television.
He was live via satellite from Pittsburgh, where he's making the movie "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" starring Cate Blanchett.
Linklater has dabbled in TV. He has an executive producer title for the "School of Rock" TV show on Nickelodeon. He also directed the 2012 Hulu travel series "Up to Speed."
"Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny" debuts Sept. 1 on PBS.
- Sunday, Jul. 30, 2017
A British television channel is broadcasting a new documentary on Princess Diana using controversial videotapes in which she candidly discussed her marital problems and her strained relationship with the royal family.
The recordings of Diana talking to her public speaking coach, Peter Settelen, in the early 1990s included her description of how Queen Elizabeth II reacted when she asked the monarch for advice about her failing marriage with Prince Charles.
"So I went to the top lady, sobbing. And I said 'What do I do? I'm coming to you, what do I do?' And she said 'I don't know what you should do,'" Diana said. "And that was it. And that was help."
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Diana's death in a Paris car crash on Aug. 31, 1997, which was followed by an outpouring of grief in Britain and beyond.
Diana and Charles married in 1981 and divorced in 1996 after having two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. The tapes More
- Sunday, Jul. 30, 2017
CBS premieres a news program Monday (7/31) designed to showcase the journalism on its CBSN streaming service, the second time this summer one of the broadcast networks has tried a fresh twist on the newsmagazine format.
"CBSN: On Assignment" airs the first of four summer episodes Monday at 10 p.m. EDT, a day after NBC's "Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly" has its last show until next spring. The CBS series promises no host, no celebrity interviews and a storytelling style that will be familiar to young fans of Vice and John Oliver.
Its first episode includes stories on foreign workers building American auto plants, the recruitment of children as Islamic State fighters and innovative uses of robots in Japan.
The idea is to give broadcast exposure to the more immersive storytelling used on CBSN, said Mosheh Oinounou, the series' executive producer.
"We're trying to take folks there in a way that is a little less polished, a little More
- Saturday, Jul. 29, 2017
Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd say they relish playing against type in their new TV series, "Liar."
The contemporary psychological thriller debuts on SundanceTV on Sept. 27.
The miniseries follows Froggatt as Laura and Gruffudd's Andrew, who go on a first date that leads to violent accusations. The six-part drama looks at both sides of the story before revealing the truth of what happened.
Froggatt told a TV critics' meeting Saturday that said she loved playing the kind-hearted Anna in "Downton Abbey," but said "it's nice to play the baddie sometimes, too."
Gruffudd said the role is "an incredible opportunity" because he's been itching to play a character like Andrew for years.
- Saturday, Jul. 29, 2017
Melissa Mays, a resident of Flint, Michigan, came armed to discuss the city's tainted water crisis and a new Lifetime TV movie dramatizing it.
Mays, speaking to a TV critics' meeting Friday, pointed to several bottles she had filled with her tap water and challenged the room to taste or even smell it. There were no immediate takers.
The activist, who said the battle over water safety continues, is among the residents portrayed in Lifetime's movie titled "Flint," debuting Oct. 28. Mays is played by Marin Ireland, who co-stars with Betsy Brandt, Jill Scott and Queen Latifah.
Executive producer Neil Meron said the film is intended to spotlight what happened in Flint, including how a united community and "the voice of the people" can force officials to act.
Mays said there have been successes, including the outcome of a lawsuit to get half of the service lines replaced, although not the main lines or interior plumbing.
"So More
- Saturday, Jul. 29, 2017
Elizabeth Smart said it required years for her to participate in a movie about her kidnapping ordeal.
Smart said Friday that she couldn't have done so immediately after her abduction from her Salt Lake City home in 2002 at age 14. She was rescued nine months later, and said Friday she was eager to "run away" from the experience.
Even as an adult, Smart said it took time and serious discussion with producers for her to agree to work on Lifetime's "I Am Elizabeth Smart."
Smart said she began to realize that such a project could make a difference. She narrates the drama, which stars newcomer Alana Boden as Smart and Skeet Ulrich as her abductor.
"I will say that it is the best worst movie I've ever seen. I mean, I think it's so well done. I think it was accurate," she said. "I'm very proud of it, but at the same time, part of me thinks I'll be happy if I never have to watch it again.
Smart took advantage of her appearance More