More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3217
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NewsAnthony promoted
Urban radio station Choice FM has made former DJ Kirk Anthony its new head of music with overall responsibility for music programming.
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Ex-Sky man to launch broadband TV service
Aggregator, the London-based digital TV operator co-formed by former BSkyB commercial director Martin Goswami, will launch its first TV-over-broadband service this September.
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BT Vision loses second senior exec
BT's entertainment division has lost its second senior executive in four months, shortly before the launch of the company's TV proposition this autumn.
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C4 docu-drama to tell the story of Waco siege
Darlow Smithson will attempt to uncover what really happened during the infamous Waco siege in a big-budget feature for Channel 4 and the US Discovery Channel, its first commission since being acquired by IMG Media.
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Love Island is no match for Big Brother
In last week's 'triple whammy' of reality shows in peaktime it was ITV1's Love Islandthat suffered most against BBC1's Only Fools on Horsesand Channel 4's Big Brother.
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Wendy Martin
Former international programming executive Wendy Martin died on Thursday 13 July at her home in Malaga, Spain.
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NewsLeader: The Panorama puzzle
Putting Panoramain a 30 minute peaktime slot on BBC1 leaves questions over the corporation's current affairs output, says Conor Dignam
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NewsFive corners CSI trio for digital channel
Five will be able to screen all three series of the CSI franchise on its new acquisitions channel, Five US, after signing a deal with US producer Alliance Atlantis. The broadcaster has also secured exclusive video-on-demand rights to CSI: Crime ...
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ITN to adopt Avid for newsrooms
ITN has reached an outline agreement with Avid to provide a media management system for ITN's news and programme production departments.
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Destiny's Child join C4 talent show
Channel 4 has signed up Mathew Knowles - the father of Beyoncé - and the members of Destiny's Child to feature in talent series Chancers.
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Impact Image to provide HD shots of Red Arrows
Air-to-air filming specialist Impact Image has been commissioned to provide the high-definition aerial photography for a BBC1 documentary on the Royal Air Force's official aerobatics display team, the Red Arrows.
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Elstree lease put up for tender again
The current home of Big Brotherand Dancing on Ice, Elstree Film and Television Studios (EF&TVS), is to re-tender its lease this week.
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Fox rebranding to boost UK production
20th Century Fox is set to ramp up its UK production activities. The major US studio is rebranding Scream Films, the indie it purchased in 2004, as Fox TV Studios UK.
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Arqiva kicks off DSO
Arqiva has started work on the first sites to be switched over to digital in an engineering project estimated to cost a total of£500m.
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Bermuda contest
Bermuda Shorts is launching a bi-monthly competition, Gate, to give aspiring animation directors a chance to promote their work and direct commercials.
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Filmlight hiring
DI manufacturer Filmlight has appointed Arthur Johnsen as its sales manager for the UK and Ireland.
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C4 books Church for Friday nights
Charlotte Church is to become the new face of Friday night entertainment on Channel 4.
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Soho Eds adds two new managers
Talent agency Soho Editors has made two appointments to its senior management team.
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Plaskow joins Beautiful TV
Beautiful TV has hired Claire Plaskow from MTV Networks UK & Ireland.