More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3161
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NewsETV sells stake in Great Big British Quiz
ETV has sold its stake in the Great Big British Quiz channel as it looks to focus on producing participation TV, such as ITV's The Mint,for third parties.
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NewsITV Productions drafts in Prospect's Kelpie
ITV Productions has brought in Michael Kelpie from indie Prospect Pictures to join its entertainment department and is lining him up as executive producer on its new daily cookery show Soapstar Supercheffor ITV1.
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NewsJowell pressurised over top slicing licence fee
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is facing pressure to bring forward her promised review of public service broadcasting to examine the case for topslicing the BBC's licence fee revenue.
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NewsITV News promotes Rumsey to head of output
ITV News has promoted joint programme editor Ian Rumsey to the role of new head of output with immediate effect.
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NewsVirgin Central launches without ITV or Five content
Virgin Media launched its new TV-on-demand channel today with ITV and Five absent from its new catch up service.
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NewsLord Burns out of running for BBC chairman job
Lord Burns is the latest high profile candidate to rule himself out of the running for the BBC chairman role today.
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NewsHeroes triumphs for Sci Fi Channel
The first instalment of the US import Heroesgave The Sci Fi Channel its highest ever audience with 467,000 people (3.2%) tuning in at 10pm on Monday night.
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NewsVirgin Central signs content deal with Warner Bros
Virgin Media has signed a new content deal with Warner Bros for shows including The OCand West Wing. Programming will air on its VoD channel Virgin Central which launched today.
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News5.7m take tips from The Bad Mother's Handbook
ITV1's one-off drama The Bad Mother's Handbookgained a respectable 5.7 million (24%) at 9pm last night but still lost out to BBC1's popular Waking the Dead.
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NewsBBC steps up lobbying for HD capacity
Almost 4,000 people have signed an e-petition asking prime minister Tony Blair to force Ofcom to allocate unused spectrum on the Freeview platform to high definition channels at digital switchover.
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NewsMore4 News hires Sky News exec producer
More4 News has poached Sky News executive producer David Mapstone to fill the role of programme editor.
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NewsDesmond to float adult TV channels
Expressnewspapers owner Richard Desmond is poised to float his adult entertainment television business, a move which would mark his first publicly-listed foray into the sector in the UK.
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NewsBBC Worldwide on track to hit TV sales of£190m
A growing list of deals with digital media platforms, combined with strong growth in traditional programme sales, look set to drive BBC Worldwide's TV sales to around£190 million for this financial year.
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NewsComment - New terms, new challenges
With two separate events focusing on rights exploitation taking place in London this week, it's clear that many indies are still getting to grips with the impact of the terms of trade.
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NewsBBC threatens Bectu over Pudsey Bear
The BBC has threatened broadcasting union Bectu with legal action for using an image of Pudsey Bear in a campaign against the closure of seven of the corporation's nurseries.
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NewsC4 to refund misled Richard & Judy viewers
Channel 4 says it will refund any callers to Richard & Judy's You Say, We Pay quiz if an investigation into it reveals participants have been encouraged to take part even though they had no chance of winning.
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NewsBlog: Do it for the kids
As kids TV producers urge Ofcom to safeguard the future of children's programming, Broadcast editor Lisa Campbell leads a call for the rest of the industry - and parents everywhere - to follow suit. Non-subscribers go here.
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Two series recommissioned for Cineflix
Canada and London-based indie producer Cineflix has picked up re-commissions for two of its flagship properties Mayday and Psychic Investigators.
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Apace Media forms Eastern European joint venture
UK media group Apace Media has formed a strategic partnership with Scandinavian broadcast group MTG in order to strengthen its broadcast business in the Balkan region.
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NewsFremantle expands lifestyle slate with first look deal
FremantleMedia Enterprises has signed a first look development deal with former CNN correspondent Serena Yang to deliver a host of lifestyle titles for the international market.