More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3179
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NewsSkins appeals to 1.4m
The large scale marketing campaign behind E4's new teen drama Skinspaid off last night (25 January) with the show attracting a substantial 1.4 million viewers (9.41%) at 10pm.
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NewsPEER POLL: Channel of the year
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Did BBC1 deserve to win channel of the year at this week's Broadcast Awards?
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NewsShed beefs up US slate
Shed owned indie Ricochet has secured a new commission from major US network ABC and been recommissioned to make a fourth series of Supernanny USA.
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NewsShilpa voting blunder causes new Big Brother controversy
Celebrity Big Brotherhas been hit by fresh controversy, with producer Brighter Pictures having to cancel the votes cast so far in this week's eviction after an on screen mix up led to viewers voting to evict Shilpa Shetty when they thought they were saving her.
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NewsGrade hires Fairbairn in first major move
Michael Grade has hired former BBC director of strategy and distribution Carolyn Fairbairn in his first major move as executive chairman of ITV.
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NewsFive Days drops to 6m
BBC1's new drama series Five Dayslost viewers from its opening episode but still managed an audience of 6 million (24.9%) last night (Wednesday 24 January), well ahead of ITV1's film The Bourne Supremacy.
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NewsNick Jr spots kids show on YouTube
A kids TV show that started out as a viral video on YouTube has been picked up by Nickelodeon for its pre-school channel Nick Jr.
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NewsGambino exits MTV
MTV Networks UK & Ireland's vice president for commercial strategy & digital media Angel Gambino has left the company - the latest of a string of recent departures at the Viacom-owned broadcaster.
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NewsMPs call for Call TV quiz shows to be reclassified
MPs have called on the government to reclassify Call TV quiz shows as lottery games, meaning broadcasters would have to donate up 20% of their revenues to charity.
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NewsKershaw leaves Five to set up indie
Five's controller of factual Justine Kershaw is leaving the channel after five years to set up her own independent production company.
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Comment: A parking space too far
Malcolm Treen tells how his best intentions backfired, courtesy of Camden Council.
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Grass Valley role
Broadcast technology specialist Thomson Grass Valley has hired former BBC engineer and JVC manager Ian Nicoll as key account manager.
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Gearhouse appoints
Gearhouse Broadcast has hired three staff. Former Presteigne operations manager Clive Northen joins as rental manager, and Ben Gill and Ben McKeenan join as account executives.
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Presteigne expands
Broadcast systems rental company Presteigne has launched a£1m audio division at its West Sussex facility, as part of an ongoing expansion.
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The Station moves
The Station has quit Soho for larger premises in Bloomsbury, where it will open an audio department this spring.
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Panasonic HD deal
Panasonic Broadcast has signed a multimillion pound, three-year deal to supply P2 HD and P2 solid-state camcorders to Fox Entertainment in the US.
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Dubbs wins Flextech post and digital
Soho post-production facility Dubbs has won the contract to provide all post and digital media services to Flextech Television.
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Anna Valley Displays invests in benchmark HD units
Anna Valley Displays has invested half a million pounds in state-of-the-art HD DLP projection units from Christie Digital, following an increased demand for HD set displays from clients including the BBC and ITV.
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Golden Sq sets up Shanghai office
Golden Square has become the first UK post house to establish a presence in China - in the same week that it announced a deal with media giant News International and unveiled a£750,000 new facility in Soho.
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