More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3191
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NewsBBC releases minutes of Dyke departure
Greg Dyke asked to be reinstated as BBC director general one week after he had been fired claiming he had been 'mistreated' following the publication of the Hutton Report.
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NewsCanWest wins Aberdeen FM licence
Canadian media group CanWest is to continue its push into the UK radio market after winning its third licence from Ofcom to launch an FM station in Aberdeen.
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NewsBBC's Salford move could spark talent exodus
BBC Children's controller Richard Deverell has admitted the move of his department to Salford could result in an exodus of talent and that he expects between just 30% and 50% of staff to make the move permanently.
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NewsC4's Relocation back with 3.9m
Interest in Channel 4's property show Relocation, Relocationshows no sign of waning as the show returned with 3.9 million (16.1%), giving BBC1 a run for its money.
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NewsGrade: new shows will get a chance
Michael Grade has kicked off his tenure at ITV by vowing to give new shows a chance to shine and warning he will waste no time in dropping long-established but underperforming shows.
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NewsSky axes The Match
Sky One is calling full-time on reality football show The Matchbecause of fears that the Endemol format is getting tired.
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NewsITV may restructure news as Jones quits
ITV chief executive of news and regions Clive Jones is leaving the broadcaster after 29 years, prompting it to consider a shake-up of the structure of its news management team.
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NewsITN strikes called off
Strikes by ITN staff that had threatened both ITV and Channel 4 news coverage this month have been called off after the news provider offered revised proposals to make up a 6% shortfall in pension contributions.
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Shed wins Fox pilot
Shed Productions has won its second US network pilot commission in a month after Fox ordered a new comedy drama called Nurses.
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Comment - Panorama's new face
The BBC's George Entwistle explains why C4's Dispatcheshas nothing to fear from the Panorama move
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Rough cut - A baby's for life, not TV
Broadcasters that sugar-coat ethically dubious programmes leave Delissa Needham with a sour taste.
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On location - Following the herd
Producer/director John Downer and his team have pioneered techniques for filming animals, but getting close to 1.5 mlllion nervous wildebeest meant they had to devise some new tricks.
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NewsMicrosoft stakes its claim as IPTV provider
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has hailed IPTV as the future of broadcasting, and announced that the company's Xbox 360 games console is to double as an IPTV set-top box.
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NewsThe Farm completes Shameless
The Farm has completed post-production on the fourth series of Company Television's award-winning drama Shameless, which returned to Channel 4 this week.
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Moov creates Fortune graphics
Moov has created the title sequence, branding and in-programme graphics for new ITV1 primetime show Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway.
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Jelly TV titles Bill Oddie series
Jelly Television has created the graphics and title sequence for BBC2's new natural history series, Bill Oddie Back in the USA.
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IMD buys Optimad
Digital distributor Independent Media Distribution (IMD) has acquired technology company Optimad Media Systems for£3m.
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Films at 59 upgrade
Bristol post-production house Films at 59 has upgraded one of its suites with an OmniTek XR as part of a rolling programme of improvements to its state-of-the-art facility.