BING ‘DECISIONS’ PROJECT – WINNER ANNOUNCED!

Congrats to Mike Salva and Tom Synder.
‘Death Row Diet’ wins the Bing Decisions’ Project!

The NYTVF, Bing and Electus Studios are thrilled to announce the following eleven finalists in the Bing Decisions Project:

• BRO DOCS
  Created By: Rob Mor and Alex Weber – Los Angeles, CA


• CRASH COURSE
  Created By: Matt Fisher, Alden Ford, and Justin Tyler – Brooklyn, NY


• DEATH ROW DIET
  Created By: Mike Salva and Tom Snyder – Nashville, TN and Newton, MA


• DREAM JOBS
  Created By: Joe Bullock and Greg Hughey – Steamboat Springs, CO


• DWELLING
  Created By: Sean Skelton and Erik Lopez – New York, NY


• HOT DATE
  Created By: Nick Morrison and Rocco Privetera – New York, NY


• INDIAN GANGSTER
  Created By: Snehal Patel – Los Angeles, CA


• PRODUCTIVE ADDICTIONS
  Created By: David Morrow and Steve Morrow – Columbus, OH


• THE TAVERN
  Created By: Miguel Drake-McLaughlin – New York, NY


• WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE GYM
  Created By: Allen Keller – Los Angeles, CA


• YOU BE THE JUDGE
  Created By: Benjamin Scott Wiesner – Los Angeles, CA

The winner of the Bing Decisions Project will be announced in the coming weeks and will receive $25,000 and a development deal with Bing and Electus.

Congratulations to these fine finalists and thank you to all who entered.

BING ‘DECISIONS’ PROJECT

The New York Television Festival is teaming up with Microsoft’s innovative decision engine Bing and branded entertainment visionary Ben Silverman’s Electus to develop a new show created by a member of the NYTVF community. The show can be scripted or nonscripted, with any format or tone. The theme of the competition is “Decisions.” How you showcase that theme is up to you, but it must be central to the story or format of the show.

You are free to incorporate Bing into the pilot itself, though that is not necessary. If you do feature Bing explicitly, keep in mind it is available across a wide variety of platforms, and please use an artistic eye in deciding how to incorporate it. Avoid overuse. Remember that the most important part of your entry is the show itself. The winner receives a $25,000 development deal with Bing & Electus.

What do I need to submit?

• A 3 to 15 minute pilot presentation that showcases the theme “Decisions.”
• If your show is nonscripted, please include a one-sheet describing the format.
• If your show is scripted, please include a one page outline of the show, as well as single paragraph descriptions of the first seven episodes.

Required Running Times

All pilots or teaser tapes must have a total running time of between 3 and 15 minutes.

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– Early entry fee (prior to December 15)…….$30
– Regular Entry (after December 15)…….$50

Check and money orders made payable to the “New York Television Festival” or “NYTVF” are acceptable forms of payment.

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– Entries must be:

• a pilot or representative episode for a new scripted or nonscripted show that incorporates the theme of ‘decisions’
• in English
• wholly original (e.g., NOT adapted from books, plays or any other source material and NOT a “spec” of existing television programs or treatments)
• submitted under the entrant’s legal name as evidenced by entrant’s valid government-issued identification
• in compliance with the “Official Rules”

• be currently be under development at a network, studio, major production company or distribution company
• violate, misappropriate or infringe another person’s rights, including, but not limited to, privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights

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The New York Television Festival “Bing Decisions Project” accepts entries beginning on November 1, 2010 and ending January 31, 2011.  All entries must be received by the NYTVF no later than 11:59 PM ET on January 31, 2011. This is not a postmark date.  Final notification to the winner will be made on or around May 9, 2011.

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• Five (5) copies of the Pilot Program with label of Producer, Director and/or Production Company and contact information

• If your show is nonscripted, this is a one-sheet describing the format
• If your show is scripted, this is a one page outline of the show, as well as single paragraph descriptions of the first seven episodes

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Address

All submissions, accompanied by a signed Application Form and Entry Fee, must be sent to:

New York Television Festival
Attn: Bing Entries ’10
P.O. Box 627
Planetarium Station
New York, NY 10024-0627

For FedEx:
New York Television Festival, Attn: Bing Entries ’10
22 W 19th St., Suite 5R
New York, NY 10011

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Bing Decisions Project Deadline in:
	Important Dates Required Running Times Fees Eligibility Acceptance Guidelines Entry Packet Address

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