Brunico Communications
Brunico Communicationsis a Canadian magazine publishing company.[1]The company specializes primarily in online trade magazines serving media industries, including the magazinesPlayback,Realscreen,KidscreenandStrategy.
The company has also owned and operated theBanff World Media Festival,one of the world's largest film and television industry conferences, since 2016.[2]
It also oversees theKidscreen Awards,a ceremony which focuses on recognizing outstanding achievement in youth entertainment, including categories in Preschool, Children, and Young Adult programming in television and film.[3]
History
[edit]The company was established by James Shenkman in 1986.[1]Soon after unsuccessfully applying for aCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissionlicense for a radio station inMississauga,he identified a gap in Canadian coverage of media industries, and formed the company to launchPlayback,a magazine covering Canadian film and television production.[4]In 1989, the company launchedStrategy,an advertising and business magazine,[5]and in 1996, it launchedKidScreen,covering news in children's film and television.[6]
Other later titles includedBoards,devoted to advertising commercial production;Media in Canada,covering general media industry news; andRealScreen,devoted to documentary and non-fiction film and television.[7]
In 2010, the company stopped print publication ofPlayback,transitioning it to an online-only magazine, and shut downBoards.[8]
In 2016, Brunico acquiredMarketing,a title which had formerly competed withStrategy,fromRogers Media.[9]Marketingwas merged withStrategy.
Kidscreenand The Kidscreen Awards
[edit]Kidscreenis an international magazine devoted to engaging the global children's entertainment industry. They publish a quarterly printed magazine and an industry news site, and also host the annual Kidscreen Summit, a conference gathering industry and journalism professionals.[10]
The Kidscreen Awardstake place during the Kidscreen Summit, an event dedicated to honoring achievements in television and film for children and young adults, recognizing outstanding programming in a range of categories from across the entertainment industry.[11]
Realscreenand The Realscreen Awards
[edit]Realscreenis "the only international magazine devoted exclusively to the non-fiction film and television industries", publishes a quarterly printed magazine, hosts a website which includes breaking news and industry information, and runs the annual Realscreen Summit.[12]
The Realscreen Awardstake place during the Realscreen Summit, presenting awards to unscripted and non-fiction film media in a range of categories.[13]
PLAYBACKand The Banff World Media Festival
[edit]Founded in 1979, theBanff World Media Festival(formerly known as the Banff World Television Festival) is an international media event held in the Canadian Rockies at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The festival is dedicated to world television and digital content and its creation and development, and is owned and operated by Brunico Communications.
As well as honouring excellence in international television, professionals from around the world participate in seminars, master classes, and pitching opportunities. Film directors, screenwriters, and producers fromPBS,BBC,NHK,Arte,Channel 4,ABC,Sony Pictures,HBO,CBC,NFB,SBS,and many other broadcasters and production companies attend the annual event.
The festival provides a global platform for industry members to discuss and debate, and explore current issues, challenges and trends.
Playbackis an online Canadian film, broadcasting, and interactive media trade journal owned by Brunico Communications. It was previously published biweekly as a print magazine for the Canadian entertainment industry. The first issue of Playback magazine was published, in tabloid format, on 29 September 1986.
The magazine has since begun to report on advancements in the online digital media industry as well, specifically web series and related events, media, and culture. The magazine also reports on funding resources for filmmakers, technical advancements in the industry, and trends. It is widely considered to be a "must read" amongst industry professionals.
In May 2010,Playbackstopped publishing its biweekly print edition and became an exclusively online magazine.
References
[edit]- ^ab"Desktop tabloid publishing firm sports 2 publications and a profit".The Globe and Mail,October 9, 1989.
- ^"Popular TV shows trace origins back to Banff".Rocky Mountain Outlook,June 22, 2017.
- ^"Kidscreen Awards".Kidscreen Awards.Retrieved24 November2020.
- ^"Playback".The Globe and Mail,August 23, 1986.
- ^"New publication to compete head to head with Marketing".Financial Post,June 6, 1989.
- ^"Kidscreen taps into global mini-boomer market".Financial Post,July 4, 1996.
- ^"Upstart publisher Brunico to launch another magazine: Ambitious strategy: Publication is aimed at commercial production industry".National Post,August 2, 1999.
- ^"Brunico scales back trade mag Playback to online only, Boards shut down".Canadian Press,May 20, 2010.
- ^"Marketing et Strategy ne font plus qu'un"Archived2022-01-27 at theWayback Machine.Infopresse,November 3, 2016.
- ^"Kidscreen Official Website".Retrieved11 February2021.
- ^"Kidscreen Summit 2021".Retrieved11 February2021.
- ^"About Realscreen".Realscreen.Retrieved25 August2019.
- ^"Home: Sheraton New Orleans 2020".Realscreen Awards.Retrieved31 August2019.