UK delays changes to sports TV coverage - Board Games

LONDON July 21 (Reuters) - The London Olympics and Euro
2012 soccer tournament will be shown on free-to-air television
in Britain after the government deferred until 2013 any changes
to the rules on broadcasting sports events.
Sports Minister Hugh Robertson said that changes to the
broadcasting landscape, including the completion of a switchover
to digital transmission in 2012, meant it was not the right time
to review the list of protected events.
"The current economic climate also points to us not making a
decision at this time which could adversely impact on sport at
the grassroots. I have therefore decided to defer any review
until 2013, when we will look at this again," Robertson said in
a statement.
England's home cricket test matches are not protected and
migrated to Sky (BSY.L) following the hugely popular 2005
England victory over Australia in the Ashes.
A review by former Football Association Executive Director
David Davies in 2008 proposed adding home Ashes test matches to
the list, as well as the home countries' soccer qualifiers for
major tournaments.
In a separate statement, Robertson said he wanted sports
governing bodies to pass as much as 30 percent of their revenues
from broadcasting deals to the grassroots of their games.
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John Landis' son near deal for super-power script - Documentary

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Twentieth Century Fox is in negotiations to pick up "Chronicle," a super-power project from a pair of Hollywood progeny.
Josh Trank, son of Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Richard Trank, is attached to make his feature directing debut from a script by Max Landis, son of director John Landis.
According to the studio, the story focuses on three Portland teens who develop incredible powers after being exposed to a mysterious substance in the woods. They work together to hone their skills for fun, until personal and family problems begin to turn them against one another.
"Chronicle" is being eyed to be told in hand-held, documentary-style that has been gaining popularity with movies such as "Cloverfield" and "Paranormal Activity."
Trank could be well suited for the documentary task. While he directed a web series titled "Killpoint" in 2007 and was the editor on "Big Fan," Robert Siegel's indie starring Patton Oswalt, Trank may have that style of filmmaking in his genes; his father won an Oscar as a producer on the 1997 documentary "The Long Way Home."
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