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  • Autentic, Go Button team for “Animal Within”

    Autentic, Go Button team for “Animal Within”

    Go Button Media secures Autentic commission 

    Germany’s Autentic has commissioned Toronto-headquartered indie Go Button Media to produce The Animal Within for its Spiegel TV Wissen channel.

    The 6 x 60-minute natural history series (pictured) investigates how animals can outperform “our wildest engineering dreams,” featuring CGI and interviews with experts such as engineers and biologists.

    Slated to premiere in December, The Animal Within is executive produced by Daniel Oron and Natasha Ryan for Go Button Media and Alexandra Böhm, head of international co-production at Autentic. It will premiere later this fall and will be distributed internationally (excluding in Canada) by Autentic Distribution.

    Read more on Realscreen.com

  • Go Button gets the go-ahead for The Animal Within

    Go Button gets the go-ahead for The Animal Within

    The six-part series signals the Toronto prodco’s first natural history title and commission for Germany’s Autentic.

    Toronto-based boutique production company Go Button Media has received its first natural history commission from German factual entertainment label Autentic.

    The Animal Within (6 x 60 minutes) is executive produced by the company’s leads Daniel Oron and Natasha Ryan alongside Autentic head of international co-production Alexandra Böhm.

    “The Animal Within travels the world to bring new insights to unexpected species that nature has been busy perfecting over the ages – from hippo chemists who manufacture their own sunscreen to ant architects who create complex structures. As humans, we think we have all the answers, but we will electrifyingly demonstrate that nature so often has the upper hand and can serve as the most experienced of teachers,” said executive producer and director Oron in a statement.

    Shot in 4K, the series blends natural history with CGI and science, examining how evolution has created “over-achievers in the animal world” and questions such as what biological “tech” enabled some species to survive massive extinction events.

    Experts featured include Robert Sparling, Kristin Rodrigo, Andrew Lewin, Emily Rondel, Peter Soroye and Jeremy McNeil.

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  • Small companies, big ideas: Toronto’s Go Button Media on the benefits of “boutique”

    Small companies, big ideas: Toronto’s Go Button Media on the benefits of “boutique”

    There’s no question that the television industry is competitive, and it can be hard for a small prodco to break through the noise and find its niche. In ‘Small Companies, Big Ideas’ Realscreen chats with indies that are innovating and thriving, showing the unscripted world that sometimes the best things come in small packages

    Below, Realscreen hears from Daniel Oron and Natasha Ryan, founders and executive producers of Toronto-headquartered Go Button Media.

    Founded in 2015, the company has earned a reputation for turning “creative chaos into polished productions.” Its projects — spanning factual, lifestyle and branded content — have included Secret Nazi Bases for UKTV and Discovery, Sense Appeal and Mom vs Matchmaker for OUTtv, No Roses on a Sailor’s Grave and A World Without NASA for CuriosityStream and Documentary Channel, to name a few.

    Here, Oron and Ryan discuss the advantages (and challenges) of running a boutique production house.

    Read the interview on Realscreen.com

  • Think you know NASA? Think again.

    A World Without NASA premiers January 9

    Go Button Media’s (2 x 50’) A World Without NASA invites you to imagine what life on earth might look like if NASA never was. The two-part special, premiering on CuriosityStream January 9th 2020, explores what would happen if the everyday space technology we take for granted simply didn’t exist?

    From online dating to the smart watch, from GPS to groceries, from fire safety to tracking endangered species . . . follow along with a star-studded cast of astronauts, engineers, and other out of this world experts to discover the inexorable ways space technologies completely changed life on earth.

    “A World Without NASA is a ticket to experience a joyride through innovation, bringing the far away concepts of space technology down to earth“ said Rob Burke, Head of Content for CuriosityStream. “At its heart, the series is a really fun journey giving us a peek at the unthinkable – how we’d live without so many of the cutting-edge technologies we often take for granted.”

    ‘We wanted to rocket into how NASA and the space race are critically relevant to everyone, regardless of interest in space or science or age,” said Daniel Oron, the series’ Executive Producer. “Forget the stars, wherever you are, whatever you do, you’re using NASA technology in your daily existence.”

     ‘The Pulse of Tech’ and ‘The Fires of Science,’ episodes 1 and 2, enter a world where innovations disappear in the blink of an eye. Then, follow the space race back to present day to learn what challenges and questions drove the development of the NASA technology. Experts trace the hardware under the hood, always uncovering roots in space tech.

    On working with the team at CuriosityStream, Go Button Media’s Oron said, “CuriosityStream is an incredibly creative partner in that they truly thrive on originality and empower filmmakers to do the same. Right from the start, the back and forth of ideas was inspiring and exhilarating, leading to a final product that we are proud to share with CuriosityStream’s millions of subscribers.”

    A World Without NASA premieres on CuriosityStream January 9, 2020. Both episodes will be available to stream any time. The series will air on documentary Channel February 19th at 10 pm ET.

    A World Without Nasa was commissioned by Steve Burns for CuriosityStream. Executive Producer for CuriosityStream is Rob Burk. Executive producers for Go Button Media are Daniel Oron and Natasha Ryan. DCD Rights distributes the show internationally.
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    About Go Button Media

    Go Button Media is a boutique production company, imagined and made mortar by two showrunners, that builds and creates compelling, unique and punchy projects for all screen sizes.
    https://www.gobuttonmedia.com/

    About CuriosityStream

    Launched by media visionary John Hendricks, CuriosityStream is the world’s leading independent factual media company. Our award-winning documentary series and features cover every topic from space exploration to adventure to the secret life of pets, empowering viewers of all ages to fuel their passions and explore new ones. With thousands of titles, many in Ultra HD 4K, including exclusive originals, CuriosityStream features stunning visuals and unrivaled storytelling to demystify science, nature, history, technology, society, and lifestyle. CuriosityStream is available worldwide to watch on TV, desktop, mobile and tablets. Find us on the web and via Roku, Apple TV Channels and Apple TV, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV and Sprint and Google Chromecast, iOS and Android, as well as Amazon Prime Video Channels, YouTube TV, Sling TV, DISH, Comcast Xfinity on Demand, Cox Communications, Altice USA, Suddenlink, T-Mobile, Sony, LG, Samsung and VIZIO smart TVs, Liberty Global, Airtel, MultiChoice, StarHub TV, Totalplay, Medianet, and other global distribution partners and platforms. 
    https://curiositystream.com/

    About documentary Channel

    documentary Channel is Canada’s signature destination for provocative, thoughtful, and entertaining factually-based programming. Canada’s only documentary channel, it brings viewers documentary programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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    Read about it on Realscreen

  • OUTtv Announces Fall 2018 Premiere Dates

    OUTtv Announces Fall 2018 Premiere Dates

    New Series He’s Fit and Sense Appeal Arrive on the Network in October

    VANCOUVER, BC  – SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 – OUTtv, the world’s first LGBTQI+ television network, has set its Fall 2018 premiere dates, with exciting new series and returning favorites joining the schedule in October, November and December.  The line-up includes new episodes of popular OUTtv series  Knock Knock Ghost, Mom vs. Matchmaker, Never Apart and Don’t Quit Your Gay Job.  In addition, joining the schedule will be the premieres of new series He’s Fit  and Sense Appeal. 

    Below is a detailed listing of news series featured on OUTtv’s schedule.  All programming is subject to change and all times are ET/PT.

    Mom vs. Matchmaker – New Episodes – Mondays at 8:30pm, beginning October 1

    Celebrity matchmaker Carmelia Ray takes on fierce and fiery moms in the hottest competitive dating show!  The Matchmaker and Mom choose their contenders and train them in a dating boot camp on everything from wardrobe, to physical contact, culture and manners; stacking the odds for romance to blossom.

    Sense Appeal – Series Premiere – Thursdays at 10:00pm, beginning November 29

    Sense Appeal is a studio-based dating series, hosted by Patrick Orr, that tests all five senses when it comes to choosing a partner.  In each episode singles get to test the five senses on their potential matches before picking just one of them to take out on a date.

    All of the announced programming will also be available to stream online and on OUTtvGo, OUTtv’s subscription video on demand service.  Viewers can stream content on iOS, Android, Apple TV and Roku apps or at OUTtvGo.com.

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  • “Mom vs Matchmaker” wins Remi Best Reality-Based Program

    “Mom vs Matchmaker” wins Remi Best Reality-Based Program

    Myx TV, the leading English-language Asian American entertainment network, continued its winning season this year when its show, Mom vs. Matchmaker, won the Platinum Remi Award at 51st annual WorldFest for Best Reality-Based Program in Houston, Texas.

    Mom vs. Matchmaker is a series focused on finding the perfect match for millennials. Matchmaking professionalCarmelia Ray challenges the mothers of the contestants in finding a suitable date for their kid. Each will set up a date in the hopes that their pick will be chosen. The singles find out at the end of the episode who prepared which date.

    Founded over 50 years ago as an international film society, WorldFest became the third competitive international film festival in North America, following San Francisco and New York. It is also the oldest independent film and video festival in the world.  As one of the oldest and largest film and video competitions globally, it drew over 4,500 entries from over 43 countries this year. Only 10 to 15 percent of entries were awarded a Remi.

    Festival winners have at least passed what WorldFest founder and organizer Hunter Todd called as the “egg timer test”. Long films were given a 10-minute view test, shorter works a five-minute test.  Some entries didn’t even make the one-minute mark.

    Mom vs Matchmaker is produced by Go Button Media with Daniel Oron and Natasha Ryan as executive producers.  Myx TV General Manager Miguel Santos is executive producer for Myx TV.  The show is distributed by Electus International.  It is now seen in 84 countries.

    Earlier this year, Myx TV nabbed finalist nods for its shows, Discovering Routes and My Motto: Veterans Edition at the 2018 Cynopsis Short Form Video Festival & Conference, and for My Motto: Veterans Edition, another finalist slot in the Digital Media-Short Form category at the 2018 National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) Vision Awards, presented in partnership with NAMIC Southern California.

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