As you will notice in the latest hyped press release by Peace Arch there is no talk of the disaster known as "Chapter 27", my friends it would appear we have won our fight. Although Peace Arch did show this Lindsey Lohan and Jared Leto film at both Sundance and limited over-seas theatres, it has become apparent that it will not be released in the United States. At the end of the day, there will be absolutely no profit for the company that attempted to give John Lennons the killer the additional fame he desires from his prison cell.
Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. (AMEX: PAE) (TSX: PAE), an integrated global entertainment company creating critically acclaimed television, film and DVD content for worldwide distribution, has announced that the Company's television lifestyle programming division, The Eyes Project Development Corp., has concluded a record setting production schedule with 47 new television episodes and three new pilots during the Company's fiscal year ending September 1, 2007. The productions will broadcast on such outlets as the National Geographic Channel, CBC, TLC and Bravo.
Peace Arch continues to execute on its high-growth business model focused on producing an increasing volume of highly commercial film and television content while mitigating risk through the utilization of certain financing strategies such Canadian tax credits and non-recourse bank financing.
"The Eyes continues to produce high-quality, low-cost content that enables Peace Arch to provide reliable cash flow and profitability," said John Flock, President of Peace Arch Entertainment. "The division's commitment to innovation, quality and production efficiency has yielded terrific results for Peace Arch. We congratulate our colleague Blair Reekie on the outstanding performance of his division and we are confident that The Eyes will continue to produce television programming at a record setting pace in fiscal 2008 which will provide the Company with attendant revenues and earnings."
The Eyes is a full service production and post production company based in Vancouver that is widely recognized for reality entertainment formats that include weight loss programs and home makeovers. The Company also produces sponsored programming and provides post production services to networks and independent producers.
In fiscal 2007, The Eyes' production schedule included episodes for the series "Makeover Wish," "Bulging Brides," "Last 10 Pounds Boot Camp" and "Air Dogs." Other original programs include "Animal Miracles" (ANIMAL PLANET), "Alien Abduction" (UPN), "Rights of Passage" (TLC), "Raven in the Sun" (CBC), "Campus Vets" (National Geographic Channel) and "Love it or Lose it!" (HGTV). The company earned a 2007 Western Regional Emmy® Award for its series "Heroines" broadcast on BRAVO.
"The Last 10 Pounds Boot Camp" is a format that propels women through an intense fitness and nutrition regimen that dramatically resizes them in record time. Motivated by a special event (an upcoming wedding, anniversary, vacation) participants strive to transform themselves physically and mentally in just four weeks. "The Last 10 Pounds Boot Camp" is already on its second season, which is due to begin broadcasting later this month.
"Bulging Brides" is a new and riveting comical format that is due to launch in January 2008 on the Slice Network. It is a brash take on weight loss, as the show depicts various scenarios on how to get a 'bride to be' into her undersized wedding dress. A 'Dream Team' of fitness trainers and nutritionists identify the bride's physical problem zones, the challenges she faces with her wedding dress and how to establish her goals by working with the bride over a six-week period in order to meet her target weight.
"Love It or Lose It" is the latest part design, part game show from Peace Arch Television. Currently airing on HGTV, Canada alongside other popular British design shows, "Love It or Lose It" is a fun-filled interior design series that gives homeowners the opportunity to offer up a room in their home for a big budget makeover. It ends with the ultimate choice -- love It and keep the new room or lose It, forcing the designer to tear down their masterpiece.
"Makeover Wish" is a feel good format that follows a $25,000 makeover dream come true for very deserving people. Nominated by friends and family for this special and once in a life time opportunity, homeowners will receive the chance to have a fantastic makeover for the whole family, for one person, or just one room.
Where's Chapter 27 is this press release!!!!!! Leto and Lohan your fame wasn't worth crap in selling this disaster against humanity!!!!About Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc.
Peace Arch Entertainment produces and acquires feature films, television and home entertainment content for distribution to worldwide markets. Peace Arch owns one of the largest libraries of top quality independent feature films in the world, featuring more than 500 classic and contemporary titles. Through its subsidiary, Peace Arch Home Entertainment, Peace Arch is also one of the leading distributors of DVDs and related products in Canada. Peace Arch recently acquired Dufferin Gate Productions, one of Toronto's foremost providers of production services and facilities, and Trinity Home Entertainment, a leading distributor of independent features films in the United States.
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Besides leaving the hospital with a birth certificate and a clean bill of health, baby Mila Belle Howells got something she won't likely use herself for several years: her very own Internet domain name.
Likewise, newborn Bennett Pankow joined his four older siblings in getting his own Internet moniker. Before naming his child, Mark Pankow checked to make sure "BennettPankow.com" hadn't already been claimed.
"One of the criteria was, if we liked the name, the domain had to be available," Pankow said. It was, and Pankow quickly grabbed Bennett's online identity.A small but growing number of parents are getting domain names for their young kids, long before they can even peck at a keyboard.
The practice is no longer limited to parents in Web design or information technology.
They worry that the name of choice might not be available when their babies get older, just as someone claimed the ".com" for Britney Spears' 11-month-old son before she could.
The trend hints at the potential importance of domain names in establishing one's future digital identity.
Think of how much a typical teen's online life now revolves around Facebook or News Corp.'s MySpace. Imagine if one day the domain could take you directly to those social-networking profiles, blogs, photo albums and more.
"It is the starting point for your online identity," said Warren Adelman, president of registration company Go Daddy.com, which sells basic domain-name packages for about $9 a year. "We do believe the domain name is the foundation upon which all the other Internet services are based."
Hundreds of companies sell domain names with suffixes such as ".com," ".org" and ".info," which individuals can then link to personal Web sites and e-mail accounts. Parents visit one of those companies' Web sites, search for the name they want and, if it is unclaimed, buy it with a credit card.
There is no guarantee domain names will have as central a role in online identity. After all, with search engines getting smarter, Internet users can simply type the name of a person into Google.
"Given the pace of change on the Internet, it strikes me as a pretty impressive leap of faith that we're going to use exactly the same system and the same tools . . . 15 to 20 years from today," said Peter Grunwald of Grunwald Associates, which researches kids and technology.
Still, even if the effort is for naught, $9 a year is cheap compared with the cost of diapers and college tuition.
Besides providing an easily remembered Web address, the domain name makes possible e-mail addresses without awkward numbers -- as in "JohnSmith24," because 23 other John Smiths had beaten your child to Google's Gmail service.
Parents not ready to commit or knowledgeable enough on how to buy a domain, though, are at least trying their luck with Microsoft Corp.'s Hotmail or Gmail.
Melissa Coleman of Springfield, Mass., grabbed Hotmail addresses for her two kids. She said the kids' grandparents occasionally send e-greeting cards to those accounts, and she sends thank-you notes for gifts in her child's voice.
"I think it's great that it's so loud and that it came with an actual WORKING MICROPHONE . . . and I'm not sure what 'annoying' means, but I'm sure it means that Mommy loves it too!!!!" read one message to Grandpa.
She said she logs in at least once every month to keep the accounts active.
Tony Howells, a business consultant in Salt Lake City, got a Gmail address along with the domain name for his daughter, thinking people would enjoy seeing "an e-mail address pop up for an 8-month-old who is obviously not equipped to use it."
Although some parents have yet to use the domain names they have bought, others send visitors to baby photos, blogs and other sites. Domain name owners have a variety of options to have their personal sites hosted, typically for free or less than $10 a month. They include baby-geared services such as TotSites.com and Baby HomePages.net.
Theresa Pinder, a physician's assistant in Phoenix, received a domain name as a Christmas gift from her son's godparents and gives it out to friends and family.
There are downsides to all this, though: An easy-to-remember domain also makes a child easier for strangers to find. Chances are one only needs to know a child's name and add ".com."
Pankow, a database administrator in Phoenix, said that was one concern keeping him from using the domains he bought for his kids.
"I'd want to research and try to figure out how easy it is to find out what school she goes to and where she lives" based on the Web site and domain name, Pankow said.
GoDaddy and many other registration companies offer proxy services that let domain-name buyers register anonymously. Otherwise, the person's name, address and other contact information are publicly searchable.
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