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44th Annual Emmy Awards - 2002
Local TV Production Company, Adventure Productions, has won two prestigious "Emmy Awards" for their TV Pilot , "Aqua Kids".
The program and its producer, George A. Stover III, were honored as winners in the category of Children's Programs. The program's host, Phil Moore, was honored with the award for Hosting.
The ceremony was held Saturday evening at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, DC Chapter.
"Aqua Kids", a creation of Adventure Productions, was produced, shot and edited by Stover and written by WMAR-TV's Scott Broom. Phil Moore, formerly with Nickelodeon, is the host of the show along with 4 very talented youngsters. The music for the program was composed by Jeff Order of Order Productions. Primary Surface Videography and Underwater Videography was done by George A. Stover III and Jim Milne, with additional surface videography by Peter Kulsziski of Sand Dollar Productions.
"Aqua Kids" also won a "Telly Award" and a "Videographer Award" last year for Children's Programming. Phil Moore was also awarded a "Videographer Award of Distinction" for outstanding Host Performance.
Plans are underway to produce 12 more episodes for National Syndication.
This is the fifth Emmy for George Stover and Adventure Productions. Stover, formerly with WMAR-TV for 25 years, has also won numerous Society of Professional Journalist Awards for his work. All of his video productions are available on his website : www.adventureproductions.com.
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ICOM Magazine - Adventure Productions Travels The World's Oceans
George Stover of Baltimore, MD-based production company Adventure Productions was recently called in to revamp Comcast Cable's one-half-hour weekly show Bloomin' Newman: In The Garden that airs on Comcast channels in the Mid-Atlantic region. Key personnel on the show are, from Comcast Cable, Denise Pettyford, programming acquisitions; George Stover, producer and first camera; Jim Milne, second camera; Tod Trepiccione, audio and , Jon Roll, from Pixelmark, graphics animator. Additionally, Adventure Productions has recently completed a one-half hour TV pilot entitled Aqua Kids, which starred moderator Phil Moore from Nickelodeon and four children under the age of 12 who traveled the oceans of the world investigating environmental concerns. Writer of the show was Scott Broom, environmental reporter from WMAR-TV in Baltimore. Jeff Order of Baltimore, MD-based Order Productions composed the music. Atlantic Creative in Washington, DC is marketing the pilot.
22nd Annual Telly Awards 2001
Baltimore, Maryland Local TV Producer and Videographer, George A. Stover III, has won a prestigious “Telly Award”. Last year Stover won two Tellys for “Manatees-Florida’s Gentle Giants”, and a Telly for “Dolphin Encounters”.
This year’s Telly was awarded to Stover’s TV Pilot, “Aqua Kids”, in the category of “Children’s Programming”.
“Aqua Kids”, a creation of Adventure Productions, was produced, shot and edited by Stover and written by WMAR-TV’s Scott Broom. Phil Moore, formerly with Nickelodeon, is the host of the show along with 4 very talented youngsters. The music for the program was composed by Jeff Order of Order Productions. Underwater Videography was done by George Stover and Jim Milne, with additional surface videography by Peter Kulsziski of Sand Dollar Productions.
Plans are underway, with the help of Atlantic Creative in Washington D.C., to produce 12 more episodes for National Syndication.
Mr. Stover was notified this past week by the Telly Awards, located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Telly Awards were founded in 1980, to showcase and give recognition to outstanding non-network and cable TV commercials and programming.
Last year’s National Competition had well over 11,000 entries, with winners including clients such as A & E, American Movie Classics, Animal Planet, MTV, Miramax Films, Paramount TV/Showtime, The Learning Channel, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Home Video and many more.
Stover, formerly with WMAR-TV for 25 years, has 4 Emmy Awards and several Society of Professional Journalist Awards for his work. All of his video productions are available on his website : www.adventureproductions.com.
Adventure Productions received two 2001 "Videographer Awards" for their new TV Pilot, "Aqua Kids"
The pilot was honored for " Children's Programming winning an "Award of Excellence" and the pilot's host , Phil Moore , received the highest award, "Award of Distinction". The show, featuring 4 children from ages 10 to 14 and thier adult host, Phil Moore of Nickelodeon, will travel the oceans of the world investigating environmental concerns.
Yehuda Goldman of "Atlantic Creative" in Washington ,D.C. will be Executive Producer. Atlantic Creative, A Division of Atlantic Video, will be marketing the pilot. Writer of the show will be Environmental Scott Broom of WMAR-TV in Baltimore. Jeff Order of Baltimore based Order Productions will compose the musical scores. Adventure Productions will handle all field production.
George Stover of Adventure Productions earns Technical Achievement Award
2000 Technical Achievement Award Video Competition - July 10, 2000
George Stover Adventure Productions has been awarded the GOLD AWARD in the 2000 Technical Achievement Award Video Competition. The winning entry, Manatees-Florida's Gentle Giants, was produced by George A. Stover, III and Scott Broom.
The Technical Achievement Award Video Competition annually identifies programs submitted from throughout the nation that attain the Technical Achievement Award Standard of Excellence, as defined through ten evaluative categories, including picture technical quality, visual composition of images, lighting, audio, editing, script, graphics, animation, creative analysis, and overall program effectiveness.
Over 10,000 production companies were invited to the 2000 Technical Achievement Award Video Competition.
Note: "Manatees- Florida's Gentle Giants" recently earned 2 Telly Awards , 4 Videographer Awards and 2 Emmy Nominations. Stover, formerly with WMAR-TV for 25 years, has 4 Emmy Awards and several Society of Professional Journalist Awards for his work. All of his video productions are available on his website : www.adventureproductions.com.
Scott Broom is an Investigative Reporter for WMAR-TV.
Documented by George Stover Adventure Productions
1/27/98 Crystal River , Florida
Despite the protection of the Federal Endangered Species Act , the nation's population of manatees has suffered some serious setbacks in recent years.
The gentle but gigantic marine mammals, known by some as "sea cows", continue to be threatened by boat strikes, habitat degradation and mysterious illnesses.
Now, Emmy-award-winning television producers George Stover and Scott Broom have joined with a team of biologists, veterinarians, preservationists, dive operators and divers to document dramatic and heartwarming encounters that happen when manatees and people cross paths in the wild.
Florida is the backdrop for much of the action. The result will be a half-hour television documentary offered for U.S. and global distribution.
Highlights include:
-- The dramatic rescue of a manatee clinging to life after being struck by a speeding boat.
-- A behind the scenes look at efforts of scientists trying understand a plague of manatee deaths caused by toxic algae outbreaks in Florida .
-- Heartwarming and dramatic encounters between manatees and swimmers bold enough to venture into the gentle mammals' home waters.
The program is being produced with the cooperation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , the U.S.Geological Survey, the Citrus County Department of Tourism, Sea World of Orlando, Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park, local dive operators and numerous dedicated preservationists and divers.
Citrus County's famed Crystal River and Homosassa River are the locations for most of the action.
The TV documentary "Manatee Encounters" will premiere in November 1998 Manatee Awareness Month , in Crystal River , Florida.
[Update : "Manatee's" Will Premiere January 19, 1999 in Crystal River, Florida]
TV Producers Need Help Naming New Manatee Documentary
March 18, 1998
The producer of a new Nationally-distributed documentary on Manatees want Citrus County school children to come up with a title for the show.
They're urging students to enter the "Name-that-show!" contest at their schools.
"This important project would not be possible without the outpouring of support from local people and agencies," said George Stover of George Stover Adventure Productions, "now we think the region's kids should have the opportunity to help out by putting their stamp on our television show."
The manatees will depend on the next generation for continued survival, according to Stover. Giving students the opportunity to put their own title on an important national production gives them a unique chance to have a personal connection to the efforts to save the manatees, Stover said.
Crews from George Stover Adventure Productions have been visiting the Crystal River/Homosassa Springs area of Florida throughout the winter to document the plight of the state's manatee population.
The project has been supported by Citrus County Tourism, the Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park, local dive operators including American Pro Dive and Birds Underwater, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, USGS, and Sea World of Orlando.
The new television show will be ready for national distribution in the fall of 1998. The winner of the contest will receive a $100 U.S. Savings Bond. The bond will be presented to the winner at the premier of the show scheduled in November, "Manatee Awareness Month", in Crystal River.
Article in "Dive Training" magazine September , 1997
SCARLET IBIS FINDS A NEST ON SEAFLOOR IN TOBAGO
The "Scarlet Ibis", a 350-foot roll-on/ roll-off ferry, which plied passengers and cargo between Trinidad and Tobago, was sunk as an artificial reef in 100 feet of water in the Caribbean Sea, three-quarters of a mile off Mount Irving Beach Resort on Tobago's southwest coast. The historic event occured through the efforts of Tourism and Industrial Development Company (TIDCO) and the Tobago Dive Operators Association, in cooperation with Coastal Diving Services.
To record the event,TIDCO contracted a North American dive video crew, George Stover Adventure Productions, which directed and Produced the sucessful "Dance of the Devil Rays, a well received video that has aired in markets throughout the United States.
The "Scarlet Ibis" is currently lying flat on a bed of sand, and divers visiting the spot have already registered see coral and polyps and a 6-foot codfish swimming in schools in the wreck.
TIDCO's project manager and officer responsible for the Dive and Cruise sectors, Neemah Persad, disclosed the TIDCO and up to 30 marine-related groups and individuals had been working on the project for the past eight months, underscoring the magnitude and importance of the exercise. She sees the wreck of the "Ibis" and an "ideal support for sea life, including migrating and resident fish," adding that "coral and sponges need stable substrata in order to proliferate. The new dive spot has been hailed by novice and exoerienced divers, as well as environmentalists who are pleased that the new artificial reef presents a solution in the right direction to the perennial concern expressed about Tobago's natural reef erosion," Persad stated.
For more information on visiting the "Scarlet Ibis" call TIDCO at 868-623-INFO.
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