More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3199
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NewsITV makes Mowlam doc
ITV Productions is making a C4 drama based on the life of the former Northern Ireland secretary.
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NewsCharles Allen Resignation - Where did it go wrong for the politicalanimal?
Knocking back the Greg Dyke-fronted private equity bid in Marchheralded the endgame for ITV chief executive Charle...
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Facilities - Who fits the bill at The Mill?
The spotlight has again fallen on those brave enough to invest in theturbulent post-production sector following Th...
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Opinion - Comment - Paulette, where are you?
After losing touch with a bright student after her work experienceled nowhere, Lis Howell hits out at broadcasting companies which cynicallyexploit youngsters looking for work experience.
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Controller Reports - Who's top of the multichannel class?
In our second set of report cards, Broadcast delivers its verdict onthe multichannel controllers. For these younge...
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NewsOfficial investigation launched into BB voting scandal
Premium rate services watchdog ICSTIS has begun a formal investigation into the Big Brothervoting scandal, which saw four previously evicted contestants re-enter the house.
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NewsDigital channels to the rescue
Reports of the death of the terrestrial channels may have been greatly exaggerated, with new figures showing that the success of their digital spin-offs is offsetting their decline.
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News3.4m remember to watch How to Improve Your Memory
BBC1's one-off science show How to Improve Your Memoryfailed to dazzle last night with a modest audience of 3.4 million (17%) at 8pm.
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On the box - Tall stories and fishy tales
Alive hooked Camilla Lewis to start with, but lost her with a lack of pace, while the BBC's Trawlermen reeled her in with its superb depiction of seafaring life
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Directors Cut updates to HD
Editing boutique Directors Cut Films is splashing out£500,000 on a dedicated grading suite and upgrading its facilities to HD.
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Rushes soho shorts hails winners
A live-action version of The Simpsons title sequence was one of the winners at this year's Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival. Come Home to the Simpsons, directed by Chris Palmer at Gorgeous, clinched the Adobe Title Sequences & Idents Award.
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Promo Shark dates
The second annual Promo Shark Awards, sister event to the Shark Awards Advertising Festival, take place this September in Ireland. The event is part of an annual festival celebrating the best work in TV promos and broadcast advertising from around the world and will this year feature the producer of ...
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Stream Blu-ray kit
Ascent Media DVD outfit Stream has invested in a new Sony Blu-Print authoring system for Blu-ray discs. The software-based authoring platform which supports MPEGE2, VC-1 and AVC advanced video codecs will be used to deliver Blu-ray authoring services and advanced functionality to clients.
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Avid buys Sibelius
Avid Technology has acquired music applications software manufacturers Sibelius for around£12m ($23m) in cash. As a business unit of Avid's audio division Digidesign, Sibelius will continue to develop and market its own line of software. Sibelius' core product line comprises software tools for editing and arranging music notation for creating ...
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Property of Arqiva
Arqiva's Satellite Media Solutions division has secured a contract to launch the Overseas Property TV channel onto the Sky platform. As part of the five-year contract with MacAnthony Realty International, which owns the channel, Arqiva will provide fibre connectivity between the channel's London studio and Arqiva's site, uplink Overseas Property ...
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Autodesk in update
Autodesk has launched a new version of its 3D modelling, animation and rendering software, Maya 8. The software claims to offer 64-bit support, and is designed to enable artists to load large amounts of data and interact with them more efficiently.
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ArenaP3 posts Pram-Face
ArenaP3 has completed the post on Tiger Aspect's Cutting Edge: Pram-Face. The hour-long documentary, produced by James Cohen, profiles the difficult daily lives of Ala and Abby, two young single mothers living in Exeter. The programme was graded by ArenaP3 colourist Blair Wallace using Pogle ...
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Framestore titles Time Trumpet
Framestore CFC has created the title sequence and digital VFX for BBC entertainment's Time Trumpet. The 6 x 30-minute comedy, set in 2031, takes a look back at aspects of our culture as refracted through TV shows. Framestore's Adam Parry designed the titles on Inferno, ...
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Iso makes stings for E4 Music
ISO has created new idents for relaunched channel, E4 Music. The idents reveal the inner workings of the fictional E4 Music HQ - a computer mainframe staffed by E4 music employees - interspersed with music-induced mayhem. The E4 operators were shot on 16mm film against a green screen, then composited ...
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C4 to air charity catwalk show
Channel 4 and Endemol UK will broadcast the climax of September's London Fashion Week - a charity catwalk show by fashion label Giorgio Armani.