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BANFF WORLD TELEVISION FESTIVAL APPOINTS PETER VAMOS AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Toronto, Canada - December 4, 2008 - Robert Montgomery, CEO of the Banff World Television Festival, is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Vamos as Executive Director of the Festival. Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, the Banff World Television Festival is the world\'s foremost forum dedicated to content creation, development and production. [ click here for more ]

BANFF WORLD TELEVISION FESTIVAL APPOINTS PETER VAMOS AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Toronto, Canada - December 4, 2008 - Robert Montgomery, CEO of the Banff World Television Festival, is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Vamos as Executive Director of the Festival. Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, the Banff World Television Festival is the world's foremost forum dedicated to content creation, development and production.

Vamos joins BANFF from his position as publisher of Playback Magazine, the leading business journal devoted to Canada's film and television industry, where he oversaw all Playback related business initiatives including publications, events and online ventures. In his nine years at Playback, Vamos helped solidify the magazine's position as the leading voice of the Canadian broadcast and production sectors

Vamos has participated in several international film and TV festivals and, through Playback\'s parent company Brunico Communications, has been involved in such respected international conferences as the Realscreen Summit and the KidScreen Summit.

Vamos started his career as a journalist and spent over a decade covering the entertainment industry as a movie reviewer, entertainment reporter, business writer and editor. Prior to joining Playback, Vamos was part of the team that launched Canoe.ca in 1996 and Foxnews.com in 1997. He also helped produce several acclaimed documentaries including Emmy-winner Plague Monkeys.

Vamos will report to Robert Montgomery, who is also CEO of Achilles Media, which operates the Festival on behalf of the Banff World Television Festival Foundation.

\\"After an exhaustive search, we are thrilled to have a leader for the Festival who truly loves television and eats, sleeps and breathes the industry\'s fortunes,\\" said Robert Montgomery. \\"Vamos is well-known to many in both the international and domestic television industries as a key interpreter and facilitator. Given Banff's critical role in turning ideas and relationships into profitable content, Vamos has the right experience to lead this important institution through a period of great change and promise for content creators.'

"This is an incredibly exciting time to be stepping in to lead this great festival,\" said Vamos. \"As the international media business goes through a seismic shift and producers and broadcasters try to navigate perilous economic times, Banff becomes even more important as a forum to provide crucial business insight and a place to solidify vital partnerships.\"
The 2009 Banff World Television Festival will take place June 7-10, 2009 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Conference Centre in the Canadian Rockies. Television professionals from around the world will partake in provocative seminars, inspiring Master Classes, unique pitching opportunities and more.

For additional information please contact:

Mary Powers

Phone: 1-416-767-8692
Email: mpowers@mpowers.ca

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BANFF WORLD TELEVISION FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES NEW SPORTS AWARD FOR THE 2009 COMPETITION

October 12, 2008 - Cannes, France: Georges Leclere, newly-appointed Director of the Banff World Television Awards, announced today the call for entries for the Banff World Television Festival Program Competition and the addition of a new 'Best Sports Program' award to the prestigious international television awards program "The Rockies". The award was created to showcase noteworthy sports programming broadcast this past year.

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BANFF WORLD TELEVISION FESTIVAL APPOINTS GEORGES LECLERE AS DIRECTOR OF THE 2009 PROGRAM COMPETITION

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BANFF WORLD TELEVISION FESTIVAL APPOINTS GEORGES LECLERE AS DIRECTOR OF THE 2009 PROGRAM COMPETITION

October 6, 2008 - Toronto, Canada: Robert Montgomery, CEO of the Banff World Television Festival, announced today the appointment of Georges Leclere as Director of the Banff World Television Awards ("The Rockies").

Founder and President of global television producer LGMA Inc., Leclere has an extensive background in television and awards programming. Prior to launching LGMA, Georges was Senior Vice-President of The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, a sister organization of the US Television Academy, where he ran the International Emmy Awards from 1997-2006. Georges was also the Executive Producer of the International Emmy Awards Gala ceremony and television shows, and remains a Fellow of the International Academy.

With LGMA, Leclere has acted as advisor for the Foundation for International Understanding, an initiative of the US Congress. He is an Ambassador for the Rose d'Or Festival and consultant for several companies including the Monaco Media Forum, the Cousteau Awards, the Seoul Drama Awards, The Prix Galien and the Banff World Television Festival. Leclere was Director of Press, Radio and Television for the United Nations in 1986 and was awarded the Medal of "Chevalier des Arts & des Lettres" by the French Government in 2003.

"Georges has a tremendous reputation throughout the international television industry. The combination of his insight and vast knowledge with the prestigious Banff World Television Awards is a perfect match," said Robert Montgomery.

"I have been an admirer of both the Banff World Television Festival and The Rockies for a number of years and am thrilled by the opportunity to contribute my experience to what is already the largest and most esteemed television content competition in the world," said Georges Leclere.

The Banff World Television Awards is the largest international program competition in the television industry with more than 1000 entries for its 20 program categories annually. The Banff World Television Awards show will be held on June 9 during the 30th annual Banff World Television Festival in Banff, Alberta from June 7-10, 2009.

For media inquiries contact: Mary Powers, M. Powers Communications, mpowers@mpowers.ca
For Program Competition information contact: Erin Whittaker, ewhittaker@achillesmedia.com

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