Now in Development - Man Up! Grows Up.

Over the next four weeks, RedFish Studios will be buzzing. We are in post-production with BBQ 101 for the newly re-launched CaveTV (formerly MenTV) for broadcast coast-to-coast. We are in final stages of production with the second Season of Last Bride Standing...and now...More ManUP!

That's right. Just when you thought we could not get crazier...you were right. This time ManUp! is going big-time reaching out to adventure-reality. Without giving away too many details about the show, let me assure you: If you can even muster the courage to be a contestant you are a bigger man than most I know.

This time danger and adventure is the focus. Mainly danger. Tim and Howard are constantly screaming with delight as they figure out ways to make our contestants scream with fear.

Details about the new Man Up - The Adventure Show as news breaks.

BBQ 101 production goes brilliantly

The first six episodes of BBQ 101 are in the can and off to editing. The new series to air on The Cave (formerly MenTV) across Canada starting this summer looks great and has all the information a BBQ enthusiast needs to become a BBQ expert in their world.

Produced by RedFish Studios and shot on location in Ontario the show is hosted by Humble Howard (Howard Glassman) and BBQ Naz (Naz Cavallaro). Just two guys and a grill. Naz is the master of the grill and his job on the show is to teach Howard (and viewers) how to get the best tasting BBQ you ever dreamed of.

The show is colourful and fun and the production quality is superior to most cooking shows. It is a great way to launch a new breed of cooking show - with great production values and even some innovations for cooking show broadcast that are sure to change the way foodies see cooking shows in the future.

Look for BBQ 101 - With two guys and a grill mid August on The Cave.

Planning for the future of TV

Contrary to popular alarmist belief, TV isn't going anywhere. It is evolving but not disappearing.

There was a time that we all envisioned TV being interactive in much the same way the internet is quickly becoming. Who wants to interact with their TV? I want to stare at it hoping that it doesn't want anything from me. It already has my attention. That is all I can offer my television. No. It did not take...interactive gaming is now console-specific and the idea that you would email, phone, and make microwave pizza with your TV is a notion that most of us have let go of.

So then what will become of TV in the future? Well, already there are tons networks with targeted programming objectives that make up the 10 zillion channel universe we all pay through the nose for each month with our cable bill. The TV audience pie has been divided so many times now that ad-revenues and cable subscription revenues are almost on-par in some cases, networks generate next to no advertising revenue. Ah-ha! There you go. Already there is a shift away from Ad Revenues to Consumer Revenues. There is the first big change we are seeing. This means that people are already paying for the content they want the most (in theory).

What else is on the horizon? With the advent of social media taking hold (watch for the tweet about this blog later...) television may just turn into a mass launch-pad for people who have similar interests. Once you have affinity with a group of other like-minded people and you can connect with them through social media, the content on TV then just becomes the launch pad for what viewers can do on their own, together. TV might just become the mass-communication voice of Social Media and our participation will become real, but not through our LCD TVs, but through each other and our interests merely covered on TV.

Sure, the more splintered the TV content universe becomes, the more likely we will become a community through targeted programming and the use of social media attached to the broadcast specifically.

Happy viewing.

Mike Wixson

Executive Producer

RedFish Studios

Last Bride Standing Promo Now Online

RedFish is deep into post production of Last Bride Standing. There is a taste of what is to come right now if you visit our site. It is looking really good. The show has so much drama. We are really proud of how it is looking. Carlo came by for a look last week and he was quite amazed as well.