More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3317
-
NewsInternal candidates vie for BBC News job
Contenders are lining up for the post of editor of the BBC's 10 O'Clock News, with two internal candidates - Stephen Mawhinney, deputy editor of the 10pm bulletin, and Mark Popescu, former controller of News 24 - emerging as the leading contenders. The closing date ...
-
News
Two years on...
Two years after the BBC was rocked by the Hutton report, Andrew Gilligan claims BBC news is still playing far too safe when it comes to stories which could embarrass the government.
-
News
Hire sector reaps rewards of HD
Hire companies' investment in HD kit is paying off at last, with events such as this year's World Cup coverage likely to mean demand outstripping supply. Andy Stoutreports on a sector that's on top of changing technology.
-
News
Profile - Looking for the next reality hit
September Films reality chief Peter Davey, who had a hand in creating I'm a Celebrity..., now has the task of adapting US format Beauty and the Geekfor Channel 4.
-
NewsMackie set for ITV drama role
BBC head of drama series and serials Laura Mackie will be confirmed as ITV's new head of drama in the next week.
-
NewsO'Grady in ITV primetime deal
ITV is believed to be close to signing off an exclusive peaktime deal with Paul O'Grady, in spite of his high-profile daytime defection to Channel 4.
-
NewsToday axes reporters
On the two-year anniversary of the Hutton report the BBC has axed a quarter of the reporters on Today - the Radio 4 programme that sparked the controversy which led to the report.
-
NewsMadeley gears up to front own show
Richard Madeley could soon be fronting his own show as part of a compensation deal with Channel 4, which last month cut back the daytime show he fronts with wife Judy Finnigan to make way for Paul O'Grady.
-
NewsWall to run Telewest content
Former United Business Media (UBM) chief operating officer Malcolm Wall has been appointed chief executive of content for cable giant Telewest.
-
NewsITV lines up Mackie for drama role
ITV is set to announce its new head of drama this week with BBC head of drama series and serials Laura Mackie tipped to take the role.
-
NewsSky adds 215,000 subs
BSkyB piled on 215,000 subscribers between October and December last year, bringing its total to nearly 8.1 million.
-
NewsMPs give up cricket lobby
Hopes of resurrecting live test cricket for terrestrial television have faded after a select committee probing the issue told the government they had found no evidence of the free-to-air broadcasters wanting to screen it.
-
NewsTroubled Milestone offloads radio assets
Media company Milestone Group is to sell its holdings in three local radio stations, and has appointed a new non-executive chairman, as it battles a falling share price.
-
NewsJowell angers peers over BBC Charter plans
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has rejected a demand that the taxpayer should pay for digital switchover, insisting that licence fee payers should pick up the bill.
-
NewsHit shows give C4 new year ratings boost
Ratings hits Celebrity Big Brother, Deal or No Dealand the series finale of Losthelped Channel 4 boost its audience share by 5% last month.
-
NewsITV1 promises innovation
ITV1 has targeted drama as the 'main showcase' for investment in 2006, but has promised to 'surprise' and 'innovate'.
-
NewsNew Screenwriters Festival launched
A new festival for screenwriters was launched yesterday at Soho House. A packed event of big-name supporters were told of plans for The Screenwriters Festival, which will take place from June 27-30 in Cheltenham.
-
NewsJowell: BBC should work with ITV on Manchester move
The government has called on the BBC to work with rival ITV to help cut the cost of its ambitious plans to relocate up to 1,500 staff to Manchester.
-
NewsMore drama for Five
2.45pm:Five is to focus on primetime drama, comedy, sports, and specialist factual output as part of its 2006 programme policy.
-
NewsShameless up for gay alliance award
1.15pm: Company Pictures' Shamelesswill compete with two US broadcast series at the 17th Annual Gay and Lesbian Alliance Media Awards.