More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3314
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NewsPEER POLL: Cartoon controversy
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Was the BBC right to show the controversial Prophet Muhammed cartoons?
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NewsITV hands Pitts controller of platforms role
ITV controller of regulatory affairs Simon Pitts has been handed the newly-created role of controller of platforms for the consumer team as well as managing director for SDN.
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NewsWinter Olympics trials tapeless
The BBC is testing tapeless production at this year's Winter Olympics in Turin, with BBC sport adopting the Panasonic P2 system for production of its 17-day coverage of the games. By Alice de Picarda and Adrian Pennington.
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Oasis extends reach to DVD production
Post facility Oasis Television is branching out into DVD production with the launch of a DVD authoring and encoding unit.
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Lamb to Triangle
Triangle Post Production has bolstered its production team, poaching former Red freelance VFX producer James Lamb. He joins Triangle as head of production. Freelancer Clare Howell joins as head of 3D, having previously worked at Framestore CFC and Lambie Nairn, also Sky Network Television's Jayne Wallace joins as producer. Machine ...
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Show sponsors
Broadcast Live - the new event showcasing content creation, management and delivery - has confirmed National Grid Wireless, Sony, Avid and IBM as its four Gold Sponsors. Red Bee Media has also signed up as a key exhibitor at the event, to be held in Earl's Court on 22 June.
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Red Bee buy
Red Bee Media has completed its acquisition of subtitling company the Australian Caption Company (ACC) for£3.2m. Red Bee Media - the new name for BBC Broadcast - used existing debt facilities to fund the acquisition, which was announced last November ( Broadcast, 17.11.05).
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Switchable HD
Broadcast graphics specialist Pixel Power is launching its new Clarity3000 single channel HD/SD switchable character generator at this year's NABs. The Clarity3000 graphics platform claims to offer HD functionality including real-time 3D animation and video/audio clip player.
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Idents nominated
Animation company Studio AKA has been nominated for a British Animation Award (BAA) in the best TV/film title category for its I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!trailers and idents. The idents, directed by Grant Orchard and animated by Dave Antrobus, Yoris Van Hulzen ...
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The Joint tees up Carling Kings
The Joint has completed the titles and post for Done & Dusted's new music series Carling New Kings. The 3 x 30-minute rockumentaries feature 2005's top bands - Magic Numbers, Graham Coxon and Kano. The titles, directed by Done & Dusted's Russell Thomas, reflect the ...
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Spain to sample Hell's Kitchen
Granada format Hell's Kitchenis heading to Spain where Endemol subsidiary Zeppelin Television is to make a 10-week local version.
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ID in deal with Twofour
ID Distribution has signed its first development agreement, in an exclusive six-figure deal with indie Twofour.
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Living TV buys Warner Bros' The Starlet
Living TV has bought the rights to The Starletfrom Warner Brothers International Television Distribution. The 6 x 60-minute acting talent series, which aired on US broadcast network The WB last March, sees judges Faye Dunaway and Vivica Fox give 10 aspiring actresses the chance to ...
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Mandrill covers weddings for Discovery
Yorkshire-based indie Mandrill Television has landed four commissions from Discovery Home & Health including a second instalment of Weddings Live!.
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The Mighty Truck of Stuff back on road
Indie Initial's CBBC series The Mighty Truck of Stuff has been commissioned for a second run on BBC2. The show, which sees presenter Reggie Yates touring the country filling a truck with gifts and giving the lot to one lucky child each week, has been ...
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Londoners for Today
Radio 4's Todayremained the most popular show to wake up to in the morning in London, with 1.74 million listeners, with Terry Wogan on Radio 2 in second place with 1.22 million. Radio 1's Chris Moyles failed to pull in a bigger audience than his ...
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Radio 2 is favourite
Radio 2 extended its lead as the nation's most popular station, increasing its share from 15.6% to 16%. Radio 4 recorded its highest figure since the Iraq war, with 9.3 million listeners and an 11.8% share. Radio Five Live fell from 4.6% share in the third quarter to 4.2%. Radio ...
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Low budgets lead to high returns
Angus Deayton's ITV show Help Your Selfmocks the slew of special interest titles in the sell-thru sector, but DVD producers are having the last laugh. Robert Grayreports on a thriving if low-budget market for producers willing to think outside ...
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The magic wears off
As Time Warner and CBS announce they are preparing to launch a joint-venture to replace failing free-to-air networks The WB and UPN, what are the implications for UK broadcasters and indies?
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Profile - Laura Mackie: A new face for ITV drama
With a hands-on approach and a strong relationship with writers, ITV is charging Laura Mackie with bringing more contemporary drama to the network.