Omni Racks Up Commissions from Canadian Broadcasters

VANCOUVER, October 25: Omni Film Productions was given the
greenlight for several productions this week, including two shows for CBC: a
one-hour pilot for the family series Left Coast and the two-hour documentary special West Coast Tsunami.

Omni also received the greenlight for a pilot for a
lifestyle series for HGTV titled Crafty;
and Shimmy, a 26×30-minute show
for Canadian Learning Television, Access and Discovery Health U.S. Other
projects green lit for development are Dirty Work, a one-hour dramatic series for CHUM, and Goode
Manor, a half-hour comedy series for CBC.

“It’s an exciting time at Omni,” said the company’s
president, Michael Chechik. “Each of the shows we are set to produce is very
different and will appeal to a distinct audience. Our history of strong
partnerships with top creative talent across Canada, combined with a rich
diversity of talent within Omni, allows us to work in a wide variety of genres,
which is what we enjoy doing as a company. Our goal is always to tell a great
story with the highest production values possible.”

Set on the fictional gulf island of Mulmur, Left Coast chronicles the Forrester family's successes and
failures immersing themselves into a new world as cheese-makers. West
Coast Tsunami follows scientific teams as
they race to discover how science can warn us when and where an earthquake and
tsunami will hit the west coast. Crafty is the craft show for young, modern women. Shimmy focuses in the growing fitness trend of belly
dancing. Dirty Work is an hour
drama/comedy being developed for television with Gary Harvey. Goode
Manor is a sitcom about the family-phobic
black sheep of a wealthy Vancouver dynasty who is challenged to clean up his
act and successfully run a retirement home.