Posted on: July 12th, 2008
Chiller TV's Dare to Direct contest is back!
(Ad for the DARE 2 DIRECT contest)
Online since: February 20th, 2006
Article posted by: Nightmare Child
You heard it here folks, Chiller TV's DARE 2 DIRECT contest is back! If you
missed out last time, now you'll have a chance to enter this years contest.
Chiller announced the return of the "Dare To Direct" Short Film Contest. The
announcement was made by Dan Harrison, Senior Vice President, Emerging
Networks, NBC Universal Cable. "The Chiller fans responded so enthusiastically
to our contest last year with 300 entries," said Harrison. "It was the most
popular contest of its kind among all of the NBC Universal Entertainment
websites. This year, we're looking forward to what our incredibly talented
viewers come up with. We wanted to give our enthusiastic audience plenty of
notice to get their blood - er, creative juices - flowing."
The "Dare to Direct Contest" challenges fans to get creative and compete for
great prizes and a chance to be featured on "Chiller's Dare to Direct Film
Festival" as they write, produce, and submit short horror films. Shorts will be
judged in mulitple categories by a celebrity judge. Viewers vote online to select
finalists in each category, and a top figure in entertainment will select final
winners. The films will be available for viewing and voting online beginning in late
summer. On Halloween night, finalists and winners will be announced and
featured in "Chiller's 2008 Dare to Direct Film Festival" at 10 pm (ET). Complete
rules, prizes and categories will be announced shortly on both ChillerTV.com and
the film festival's new home, Dare2Direct.com.
Chiller, an NBC Universal Cable channel, launched on March 1, 2007, and is an
entertainment cable channel dedicated to the popular horror genre – around the
clock. Chiller features exclusive horror and thriller programming from favorite
mainstream series like "Millennium" and "Profit," to fan-favorite series like "Tales
From the Crypt" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" to classic horror films like
"Carrie," "Psycho" and "The Exorcist." To learn more, visit chillertv. Chiller offers
a digital triple-pack service, which features a standard definition digital channel
(SD), high definition simulcast (HD) and a video-on-demand (VOD) channel
offered as a digital bundle. The VOD and HD offerings will be available in 2008.
missed out last time, now you'll have a chance to enter this years contest.
Chiller announced the return of the "Dare To Direct" Short Film Contest. The
announcement was made by Dan Harrison, Senior Vice President, Emerging
Networks, NBC Universal Cable. "The Chiller fans responded so enthusiastically
to our contest last year with 300 entries," said Harrison. "It was the most
popular contest of its kind among all of the NBC Universal Entertainment
websites. This year, we're looking forward to what our incredibly talented
viewers come up with. We wanted to give our enthusiastic audience plenty of
notice to get their blood - er, creative juices - flowing."
The "Dare to Direct Contest" challenges fans to get creative and compete for
great prizes and a chance to be featured on "Chiller's Dare to Direct Film
Festival" as they write, produce, and submit short horror films. Shorts will be
judged in mulitple categories by a celebrity judge. Viewers vote online to select
finalists in each category, and a top figure in entertainment will select final
winners. The films will be available for viewing and voting online beginning in late
summer. On Halloween night, finalists and winners will be announced and
featured in "Chiller's 2008 Dare to Direct Film Festival" at 10 pm (ET). Complete
rules, prizes and categories will be announced shortly on both ChillerTV.com and
the film festival's new home, Dare2Direct.com.
Chiller, an NBC Universal Cable channel, launched on March 1, 2007, and is an
entertainment cable channel dedicated to the popular horror genre – around the
clock. Chiller features exclusive horror and thriller programming from favorite
mainstream series like "Millennium" and "Profit," to fan-favorite series like "Tales
From the Crypt" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" to classic horror films like
"Carrie," "Psycho" and "The Exorcist." To learn more, visit chillertv. Chiller offers
a digital triple-pack service, which features a standard definition digital channel
(SD), high definition simulcast (HD) and a video-on-demand (VOD) channel
offered as a digital bundle. The VOD and HD offerings will be available in 2008.
