More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3280
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NewsGrandstand to be dropped
Legendary sports strand Grandstandis to be dropped after 48 years on air, the BBC has confirmed.
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NewsYoomedia to raise£7.5m to fill black hole
Interactive entertainment group YooMedia has been given the go-ahead by shareholders to raise£7.5m in order to repay bank debt.
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RDF Media signs first-look deal with At It
RDF Media's growing distribution arm has snared T4 producer At It Productions as part of its drive to tie up small and medium-sized indies in first-look deals.
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NewsShould new media play by old media's rules?
The EU's efforts to overhaul its Television Without Frontiers directive for a rapidly evolving new media landscape were always going to run into some serious challenges, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsNickelodeon launches pre-school spin-off
Nickelodeon UK is launching a second pre-school offering, Nick Jr 2, designed to compliment the existing channel.
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NewsK-9 heads to Jetix
Dr Who's robot dog K-9 is to get his own spin-off series- although not on the BBC.
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NewsFremantle names Swedish MD
FremantleMedia is expanding its presence in the Nordic region, with the appointment of Claes Leinstedt as managing director of its newly-created Swedish production outfit, Blu Sweden
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New goals for new Frapa MD
International format protection body Frapa is looking to add more broadcasters to its membership and to expand its scope to cover new media platforms, following the appointment of new managing director Eva Stein.
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Teen drama heads Fremantle's LA slate
Teen drama Falcon Beachwill spearhead Fremantle International Distribution's catalogue of new drama, entertainment and comedy programming at next month's LA Screenings.
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NGTI racks up factual sales
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has confirmed a raft of deals for new factual programmes that launched at MipTV, including multiple sales for current affairs titles The New Mafiaand Reign of Terror.
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OTF secures further factual sales
Off the Fence has sold a package of five documentary titles to Scandinavian broadcaster Viasat, including the one-hour specials Of Dogs and Gods, Atlantic Oases, The Forgotten Atoll and Science ...
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NewsKilgarriff gears up for broadband network launch
Former Turner executive Richard Kilgarriff is launching a broadband TV service called ib.tv in partnership with digital and on-demand specialist Ioko.
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NewsShaun the Sheep animator joins CBeebies
The man who brought the Aardman animation Shaun the Sheepto the small screen has been appointed to the new role of creative director of the BBC's pre-school programming CBeebies.
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NewsMuller joins Capital Radio as programme director
GCap has appointed former GWR executive Scott Muller as programme director of flagship station Capital Radio, replacing managing director Keith Pringle and programme director Nik Goodman.
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NewsGervais helps The Simpsons take 2.2m
Sky One's The Simpsonsspecial featuring Ricky Gervais took a massive 2.2 million (15.3%) in multichannel homes, the second highest ever programme on the channel.
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NewsGrant to build ITV gym sparks outrage
11am: The National Lottery's decision to give ITV Productions a£15,000 grant to build a gym for staff has sparked outrage amongst charitable organisations.
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NewsStrike action threatens BBC's World Cup coverage
Broadcasting union Bectu is threatening the BBC's World Cup coverage as a potential target for strike action, after the corporation confirmed it is to close its final salary pension fund to new members.
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NewsLocal agency offers£30m towards BBC Manchester move
8am: The Northwest Regional Development Agency has agreed to stump up£30m towards the BBC's plan to set up a Media Enterprise Zone in Great Manchester.
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NewsMTV exec heads to History Channel
8am: The History Channel UK has poached MTV Networks executive Ian McDonough to become its commercial director.
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NewsITV1's Vital Signs unsteady with 4.8m
ITV1's Vital Signslost out to BBC1's The Streetwith 4.8 million (20.9%) in a straight head-to-head drama battle at 9pm.