More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3294
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NewsMusic Zone reorder fuels channel rumours
E4's Music Zone has been judged a success and commissioned for a further year, increasing speculation that C4 could launch a music channel.
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NewsXfm's Zane takes Popworld role
Xfm DJ Alex Zane will replace Simon Amstell as one of the new presenters of flagship Channel 4 music series Popworld.
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NewsMacKenzie performs a BBC reverse ferret
Former TalkSport boss Kelvin MacKenzie has performed a 'reverse ferret'* and signed up as a presenter with BBC Radio Five Live.
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NewsHit hires BBC exec to head up US distribution
Hit Entertainment has poached long-serving BBC executive Claudia Scott-Hansen to the position of vice president US TV distribution.
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NewsGCap will not take Ofcom to court
10.45am:GCap Media has abandoned plans to seek a judicial review of Ofcom's decision to licence a second national commercial DAB multiplex.
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NewsTwofour hires Big Brother exec producer
9.45am:Twofour has hired former Big Brother executive producer Shirley Jones as head of entertainment.
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NewsUnions give Thompson strike deadline
9.15am:BBC director general Mark Thompson has been given four weeks to avoid strike action by unions angry at his desire to press ahead with plans for compulsory redundancies.
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NewsYoomedia raises£7.5m to cover debt
Interactive entertainment group Yoomedia is to raise£7.5m in order to repay bank debt.
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NewsSelect committee asks for a minister of switchover
Prime minister Tony Blair has been asked to appoint a minister to take charge of digital switchover amid concern that the body overseeing the move, Digital UK, lacks authority.
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NewsPinewood Shepperton turnover down by£5m
Pinewood Shepperton has revealed that last year's uncertainty over tax breaks and UK film fiscal policy resulted in a£5.3m drop in turnover for the studios.
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NewsHit pulls out of Chorion bid
Bob the Builderowner Hit Entertainment has confirmed it has withdrawn from negotiations with rival children's property owner Chorion.
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NewsOfcom publishes kids' TV ad options
Ofcom has published its consultation into food and drink advertising on kids' TV, outlining a series of new proposals ranging from a complete ban to allowing a limited number of ads.
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NewsNew chair for S4C
8am:Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has appointed John Walter Jones as chair of the S4C Authority, replacing Elan Closs Stephens who is leaving after eight years in the post.
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NewsPlayer X brings Blockbusters to mobile
Classic ITV gameshow Blockbustersis heading to the smallest screen, following a deal between Fremantle Media and mobile content publisher and distributor Player X.
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NewsIRM encourages indies to go interactive
Indie producers are missing out on a wealth of interactive opportunities, according to the team behind the interactive TV, internet and mobile spin-offs for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
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NewsUK dominates Content 360
UK companies have dominated the nominations for Milia's inaugural Content 360 digital commissioning competition, which is being organised in partnership with the BBC, the Korean Broadcasting Commission and the National Film Board of Canada.
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Zone Vision brings Troma clips to mobiles
Channel operator Zone Vision is expanding its presence in the mobile space, with the launch of a new Horror Channel wap site featuring video clips from Lloyd Kaufman's cult Troma films library.
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World Cup live on Smartphone mobiles
Viewers with 'Smartphone' mobiles - which allow access to the internet - look set to be able to watch this summer's World Cup live on their handsets thanks to new 'place-shifting' set-top box technology.
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NewsTarget picks up BBC dramas
Target Entertainment has secured the rights to over 20 hours of new BBC drama programming, including the latest series from Fat Friendscreator Kay Mellor, Tiger Aspect's Pinochet in Suburbiaand BBC4's The Chatterley Affair.
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NewsZeal bags Norway's Big Idea
Format distributor Zeal Television has secured the international rights to a hit Norwegian primetime format, which is currently pulling in an audience share in excess of 40% on the country's leading commercial station TV2.