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 For Immediate Release: October 20, 2011
Outdoor Channel and Orion Entertainment Announce the Return of Hit Show Buccaneers & Bones
Emmy-Nominated Series Returns with an All-Star Cast, Including Tom Brokaw, Liam Neeson, Michael Keaton, Yvon Chouinard, Flip Pallot & Thomas McGuane
Temecula, California & Denver, Colorado -- Outdoor Channel, America's Leader In Outdoor TV, and Orion Entertainment today announced the return of the Emmy-nominated series Buccaneers & Bones in 2012 with all-new episodes and an all-star cast.
The show, which premiered on Outdoor Channel in the summer of 2010, brings together a collection of luminary anglers, including world renowned stars like Tom Brokaw, Liam Neeson and Michael Keaton; Patagonia outdoor clothing company founder Yvon Chouinard; author and life-long outdoorsman Thomas McGuane; and fishing legend Flip Pallot. Together, they will showcase both epic angling and the ongoing efforts of the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust to conduct research to guide future conservation programs that will protect and enhance populations of bonefish, tarpon and permit.
"This show demonstrates fishing's appeal not only to the outdoors community, but also to a much wider audience, including celebrities, entrepreneurs and celebrated authors," said Jeff Wayne, Executive Vice President of Programming, Outdoor Channel. "Shot in high-definition, Buccaneers & Bones takes viewers into the heart of the action, allowing them to soak up the beautiful blue waters and join these anglers on the adventure of a lifetime. We are looking forward to the new season and to continuing our relationship with Orion Entertainment."
"As the world's largest independent producer of outdoor adventure programming, it is only natural that we would want to continue our strategic partnership with Outdoor Channel, a network that shares our vision to offer high-quality outdoor-adventure programming," said Chris Dorsey, President and CEO, Orion Entertainment. "We look forward to continuing to provide Outdoor Channel with our captivating outdoor programming and know the highly anticipated return of Buccaneers & Bones will be its most successful season ever."
This season the cast will set sail from the historic Deep Water Cay resort on Grand Bahamas Island and other locations in Florida's best tarpon waters in pursuit of three legendary species: bonefish, tarpon and permit. Tom Brokaw narrates the show, exploring the wonders of bone fishing and tarpon fishing through the eyes of this all-star cast who have each devoted a significant part of their lives to conservation causes.
In addition to Buccaneers & Bones, Denver-based Orion Entertainment also produces several shows for Outdoor Channel, including Grateful Nation and Beretta's Wild & Raw.
About Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc.
Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OUTD) owns and operates Outdoor Channel, America's Leader In Outdoor TV, and Winnercomm Inc., an Emmy Award winning production and interactive company. Outdoor Channel offers programming that captures the excitement of hunting, fishing, shooting, off-road motorsports, adventure and the Western lifestyle and can be viewed on multiple platforms including high definition, video-on-demand, as well as on a dynamic broadband website. Winnercomm Inc. is one of America's leading and highest quality producers of live sporting events and sports series for cable and broadcast television. Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. also owns and operates the SkyCam and CableCam aerial camera systems which provide dramatic overhead camera angles for major sports events, including college and NFL football. For more information, please visit www.outdoorchannel.com.
Outdoor Channel Company Contact
Tom Hornish, Chief Operating Officer, 951-699-6991 x104, thornish@outdoorchannel.com
Outdoor Channel Media Contact
Kathleen Hopkins, Brainerd Communications, Inc., 212-986-6667, khopkins@braincomm.com
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