More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3196
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NewsStrategy hirings
Interactive TV playout specialist Strategy and Technology (S&T) has made two major appointments as part of its ongoing expansion.
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HD good for profits
The rapid take-up of HD facilities has boosted profits among UK and European broadcast technology suppliers, according to market analysts IABM.
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ITN installs Viz
ITN has continued its desktop roll-out by installing Vizrt's Viz Content Pilot software in its Channel 4 and More 4 newsrooms.
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021's£4m OB truck to film Dancing on Ice
Outside broadcast specialist O21 Television has unveiled a£4m HD OB truck - and its first production will be ITV1's hit show Dancing on Ice, which returns on 20 January.
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ITV moves 120 to new TNS facility
ITV is moving 120 operations staff to a multimillion-pound transmission facility in Chiswick, under a new 10-year deal with technology giant Thomson.
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Comment - Wiping the slate clean
Steven D Wright resolves to purge himself of all television-related cynicism and bile
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Broadcast Letters - Issue: 5 January 2007
The letters that featured in the 5 January 2007 issue of Broadcast.
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On the box - Walks on the wild side
Nick Curwin was impressed by the good intentions of the youngsters going on Mission Africabut found Ray Mears' Wild Foodrather harder to swallow.
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NewsProfile - Elisabeth's time to Shine: Elisabeth Murdoch
Profile of Shine chief executive Elisabeth Murdoch
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Commissioner's Q&A: Barbara Gibbon
The head of Sky Travel mostly gets pitched travelogue ideas - even though the channel doesn't run travelogues. What she does want is observational docs to match the success of the Airline brand.
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BBC1 daytime orders Leopard drama
Indie Leopard Drama is to make a one-off, 45-minute drama based on a novella by ex-SAS author Andy McNab for BBC1. The Grey Man, a light-hearted story about a man who is inspired by heist films to rob the bank where he works, will air ...
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Green Bay to make kids films for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned Cardiff indie Green Bay Media to make a 4 x 30-minute series called Through Children's Eyes, which is based on a one-off show it made for the BBC in 2006.
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Radio 1 orders two doc/debate hybrids
All Out Productions has secured two commissions from Radio 1 that combine short documentaries with a live debate. Fighting the Power, about the influence of hip-hop legends Public Enemy, and Universally Educated, about the increasing number of students attending university, are 20-minute documentaries that have ...
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Stein to present Daphne Du Maurier doc
Indie Denham Productions is making a 60-minute film for BBC2 focusing on writer Daphne du Maurier's relationship with Cornwall.
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Crime and Investigation Network recounts West victim story
Manchester-based indie Multi Media Arts has won a commission from the Crime and Investigation Network to make a documentary on a woman who survived a sexual assault by serial killers Fred and Rosemary West.
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Neville the Blue Bear given BBC series
BBC children’s puppet Neville the Blue Bear will follow in the footsteps of Gordon the Gopher and Basil Brush after being handed his own spin-off show.
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NewsCicada exposes wildlife crimes
Cicada Films has gone undercover to reveal the world's worst wildlife crimes in a major six-part series for Animal Planet.
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NewsCelador faces life after Millionaire
Celador Productions has 'moved into a new era' by completing the first stage of a management buyout from parent Complete Communications Corporation (CCCL) and getting ready for a future without Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.
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Dragon's Jones to front Tycoon show for ITV
Dragons' Den judge Peter Jones is to become ITV1's version of Alan Sugar next summer as the face of primetime business series The Tycoon.