More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3221
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NewsNollywood movie channel prepares launch
Americans have Hollywood, Indians Bollywood, and Nigerians in the UK will soon have Nollywood Movies, a channel dedicated to Nigerian films.
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NewsComment - Last of the big spenders?
The BBC has shown a lack of judgement in paying top whack for toptalent and execs - and will lose out in licence fee cash, writes ConorDignam, Editor.
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NewsLove Island continues to lose viewers
ITV1's Love Islandcame off the worse for wear in its first head-to-head confrontation with Big Brotherat 10pm with just 2.1 million (10.6%) tuning in.
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NewsGrade answers pay rise critics
BBC chairman Michael Grade has hit back at accusations of 'fat cat' salaries at the corporation, as he once again defended above-inflation pay rises for its executive board.
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NewsInside Disney Channel's world
Disney Channel's Rich Ross on how he is changing the strategy for the channel in the UK
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NewsLife on the road in an OB outfit
What are the challenges that OB engineers have faced on the road?
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NewsCrunch time for kids TV
Is there any sort of future for children's programming on terrestrial television?
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Comment - Continental drift
The trend of outsourcing major TV productions to eastern Europe is unlikely to slow, warns Gub Neal
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BBC4 showcases photo pioneer
The BBC is to follow up on the success of archive series The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyonwith a nine-part BBC4 series on one of the world's earliest photography pioneers.
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C4 plans Occult Week
Channel 4 is to dedicate its 11pm slot to a week of programming about secrets of dark cults - and has so far ordered two new shows to be part of it.
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UKTV Gold lines up Clary for Britcom weekend
UKTV Gold has signed Julian Clary to front a bank holiday retrospective special on British comedy, interviewing actors from classic shows such as the Carry Onfilms and Fawlty Towers .
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Commissioner's Q & A: Alison Kirkham
The executive producer of BBC daytime on looking for entertainment formats for BBC2, securing the first British interview with President Bush post 9/11 and the challenge of 360-degree commissioning
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ITV orders 12th Trial and Retribution
ITV is bringing back its crime drama franchise Trial & Retribution, starring David Hayman, for a 12th run, with a new story about the rape and murder of a young primary school teacher.
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C4 commissions gay prom series
Channel 4's commissioning editor for education Deborah Ward has greenlit September Films to make a 2 x 60-minute series following the adventures of five gay teenagers as they attempt to put on a gay prom for 200 British teens.
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ITV reorders Planet Sketch
Decode Entertainment and Aardman Animations have been commissioned by CITV and Canadian broadcaster Teletoon to make a further 26 x 11-minute episodes of its hit animated series Planet Sketch.
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Celebrity Soup back on E! Entertainment
E! Entertainment UK has ordered a second series of Celebrity Soup, a version of long-running US celebrity gossip review show The Soup.
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NewsCBS fails in bid for genealogy format
Wall To Wall has turned down an offer from number one US terrestrial network CBS to make an American version of its hit series Who Do You Think You Are?- but is still in talks about the format with other broadcasters.