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'Survival' runs PBS

Our series Survival is running on 75 PBS stations in 50 markets across the USA, for a total of 435 telecasts reaching 32-percent of households. We have prime time transmissions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and many more prime markets.

Station count: 75
Telecasts: 435
Markets: 50

BBC web site follows Alvin's Social Entrepreneurs

The BBC web site is devoting a page a week to reporting the Social Entrepreneurs in our series Alvin's Guide to Good Business.

Every week the the BBC is taking a look at a different SE. The BBC's web site is one of the biggest and most trusted news sites in the world. Click here to view.

"Alvin's Guide to Good Business" on BBC World

We're back on the BBC with a ground-breaking series looking at the way social entrepreneurs run their businesses. Presenter Alvin Hall puts them to the test. Can people who started out with the intention of doing good prove to him that they also have the skills needed to develop and finance their businesses?

Are SEs really a new way of running a business and putting something back into the community? Alvin's journey takes him round the world - twice.

'Kill or Cure?' season 7 on BBC World

Our long running series 'Kill or Cure?' is back for a 7th series. The 5-programme run launches with a look at the world of counterfeit drugs and moves on to cover diabetes, strokes, the medical brain drain and children's health.

Huffington Post Reviews 'Love'

The Huffington Post has run an excellent review of "Love in a Time of HIV", broadcast this week by Showtime. One of the Post's bloggers says: "That was leaps and bounds above some of our so-called reality shows."

We're also in The Advocate which calls the film "a powerful new documentary" and runs an interview with Beth Jones, who co-directed with Nicky Lankester. "It isn’t just a case of 'Remember that HIV thing that happened a long time ago?' Take a fresh look and realize that it’s still around," says Beth.

Discovery shows 'Love' in South America

Discovery Channel Latin America has acquired 'Love in a Time of HIV' for transmission in South America. At the same time, Discovery China is broadcasting our pneumococcal programming.

NHK runs 'Taking The Credit'

Japan's national broadcaster, NHK, is to transmit 'Taking the Credit' during the first week of December. The film from the trading floors of London's financial district to the Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique to look examine the contentious issue of carbon trading and its effectiveness in combating global climate change

SHOWTIME TX times for 'Love'

'Love in a Time of HIV' will premiere on NBC's Showtime at 9 p.m. on December 1st, World Aids Day. The full TX schedule is as follows:

Tue 12/1/2009 9:00:00 PM, Sat 12/5/2009 11:30:00 AM, Wed 12/9/2009 8:05:00 AM, Mon 12/14/2009 9:00:00 AM, Thu 12/17/2009 3:00:00 PM, Thu 12/17/2009 4:15:00 AM, Sun 12/20/2009 9:00:00 AM, Mon 12/28/2009 12:30:00 AM

It will also air on Showtime Too and Showtime HD channels, at other times.

BBC World: 'The Survivors' Guide to Labour'

Our long-running series 'The Survivor's Guide' is back for a new season and a look at the world of work in the after-math of the credit crunch. What began as an international financial crisis has turned into a global jobs meltdown. Unemployment is rising just about everywhere.

While the bankers hog the headlines, how are the rest of us coping with the down-turn?

'Love' wins AIB Best Doc Award

The New York episode of "Love in a Time of HIV" has won the Most Creative Documentary Award at the Association of International Broadcasters annual awards ceremony. The film, directed by Beth Jones, beat off strong competition from around the world. It is the second year in a row that Rockhopper has won the AIB's Most Creative Documentary title.