Im pleased to report that Sydney-based Kathy Evans Voice Management is now acting as my agent for voiceover work in the Southern Hemisphere.

Kathys agency is one of the major players in the Sydney marketplace and her agency represents some of the finest talents in Australia, with a track record dating back over fifteen years. With the launch of her Global Voices section, Kathy is aiming to offer a select group of international artistes who can provide authentic accents for the perfect read for her clients.

Clients coming to me via Kathy will be able to connect with me live using ISDN, Source-Connect or AudioTX, or have the option of the audio I record locally being sent on to them in a format of their choice after the session — which they can even direct via Skype in the absence of the other methods.

Im very much looking forward to being party of the Kathy Evans Voice Management stable and hope this will be the start of a great partnership for both of us!

With June at an end here’s a quick update on what I’ve been up to, in additional to my usual commitments…

The other day I provided the voiceover narration for two documentary programmes coming soon to the Crime & Investigation Network. They’re UK versions of two Dateline NBC programmes on the phenomenon of “Murder for Hire”, where a disgruntled spouse pays a hitman to “take out” their other half (and I’m not talking about wine and roses, either). The sting in the tail for the people in these programmes is that the people they thought were contract killers actually turned out to be undercover police using secret filming techniques to trap them. The shows feature some amazing footage and are currently slotted for first transmission on Wednesday 29th July and Wednesday 5th August at 9pm (but you’ll find up-to-date billings in my TV schedule here).

This week sees me doing my first voiceover session for London-based Travel Channel International, which I’m very much looking forward to. The Travel Channel have recently expanded their channel line-up, and I’m thrilled to be joining their pool of voice talent as they go from strength to strength.

Meanwhile online networking site, Facebook, recently announced that users would be able to claim “vanity URLs” for their profile pages, and in the last couple of days this has been extended to include what they call (rather confusing, in my opinion) “Facebook Pages” for businesses. They also moved the goalposts and insisted that only Pages with 100 or more “fans” would be able to do this. A big push from my Facebook friends, their friends, and anyone I could find to help on twitter meant I reached the milestone today and can now be found at www.facebook.com/MikeCooperVoiceover in addition to here on my own site. Thanks to everyone that made that possible!

Finally, as we head into July, I hope to have news before too long of new agency representation outside the UK, through which I hope to reach clients in other markets around the world. Watch this space, and if it’s as nice where you are as it is here in London – enjoy the hot weather while it lasts!

“The Black Widow: A Web of Suspicion” is the first of two programmes I revoiced recently for the UK’s Crime & Investigation Network. It premiered last night.

A look at the bizarre life of Sandra Bridewell, a beautiful Southern belle and wealthy socialite who became known as the “Black Widow” when three of her husbands ended up dead and Sandra pocketed big life insurance payouts. The programme follows detectives and newspaper reporter Glenna Whitley as they investigate Bridewell’s trail of death and deceit and prepare to spring a trap for her.

The programme will air again today at 3pm on Sky channel 553 (or 4pm on the “+1″ service on Sky 554). Here are two short clips: one from the start of the programme, and one from midway through.

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