Wednesday, October 12, 2011

BREAKING. Discovery Channel planning a special-effects filled documentary for the 100th anniversary of the Titanic in April 2012.


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In April 2012 it will be the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage/sinking of the Titanic and I can reveal that Discovery is planning and working on a special Titanic documentary that will be filled with special effects.

The documentary special, for now only entitled Titanic, will be shown on Discovery Channel (DStv 121) in April 2012 and this is the only image from that documentary so far.

Lee Hobbs, the channel director for Discovery Networks for the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region (CEEMEA) briefly flashed the Titanic image at Tuesday evening's Discovery Networks CEEMEA Upfront 2012.

''We're planning a new special effects filled special tying in with the 100th anniversary of the Titanic,'' Lee Hobbs said.

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