More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3465
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NewsC4 quiz channel to launch on Freeview
Channel 4 is stepping up its commercial activity with plans to launch a live quiz channel on Freeview before the end of the year.
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NewsITV buoyant after fee cut
ITV has scored another major victory after Ofcom agreed to slash its annual licence fee payments by more than half, saving the company at least£135m a year.
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NewsBBC3 judged best entertainment channel
BBC3 won the Best General Entertainment Channel Award at the inaugural Broadcast Digital Channel Awards last night (Wednesday).
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NewsBBC to let local people file news stories
Broken paving stones, litter and parking problems could become the focus of BBC news bulletins under a new scheme to let local people moonlight as TV reporters.
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NewsShed cracks BBC with school drama
Shed Productions, the stock market-listed indie behind Footballers' Wives, has bagged its first BBC commission.
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Ofcom allows ITV to double up
ITV is set to make further savings in regional programming after Ofcom agreed that it could show the same local programming in ITV West and ITV Westcountry.
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Five makes film on conman
Five has commissioned Creative Touch Films to make a documentary based on bogus MI5 conman Robert Hendy-Freegard and has signed an exclusive contract with one of his victims.
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Winterbottom to direct Guantanamo Bay feature for C4
Film director Michael Winterbottom is making his first drama for Channel 4 with a feature-length piece on the three British prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay.
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NewsFriday Night Project back for second run
Channel 4 appears to have finally found a suitable Friday night format after recommissioning Princess Productions's The Friday Night Project.
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Sky sets off on adventure
Sky One has commissioned a new travel show featuring celebrities attempting challenges such as climbing the highest mountain in the Arctic and retracing the 1941 Barbarossa invasion of the Soviet Union.
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Watson does battle with ITV over doc length
Veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson has clashed with ITV over plans for a sequel to his award-winning documentary Malcolm and Barbara, A Love Story.
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Bazalgette: small indies need quota
Peter Bazalgette, the head of Big Brotherproducer Endemol, has called on the BBC to commission a set percentage of its output from small producers to prevent 'super-indies' like his putting them out of business.
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Trisha hires Wright
Town House TV Productions, the indie behind Trisha Goddard's Five show has appointed Jezz Wright to the role of head of factual entertainment. Wright, who joins from Belfast-based indie Mint Productions, becomes editor for Goddard's show and will work on new projects alongside Town House managing director Malcolm Allsop.
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NewsBig Brother dominates with 5.5m
Channel 4's edition of Big Brotheraveraged 5.5 million (30%) last night, the second-highest audience for the current series after the opening show.
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Radio 4 to look at the art of comic timing
Indie Angel Eye is examining the art of comic timing for a BBC Radio 4 programme, as well as recording a series on unfinished buildings. The Comic Pause, a half-hour programme, uses examples of comedians' use of silence and asks how far the comic pause can ...
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NewsAustralian TV dumps US The Office
Australia's Network Ten has axed the NBC version of BBC cult comedy The Officeafter just two episodes.
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NewsBBC America lines up co-pros
BBC America's new general manager has signed off a series of co-productions and acquisitions, after the channel announced it would double its programme budget over the next two years.
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NewsTories reiterate top-slicing call
BBC bosses faced a renewed threat to the licence fee this week when the Tories stepped up the demand that they share the revenue with other broadcasters.
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NewsLicence fee victory for ITV
Ofcom has slashed ITV's annual licence fee payments by more than half, saving the company£135m a year. The settlement, which was better than expected, saw the company's share price rise by more than 5 per cent.
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NewsRichard & Judy sheds viewers
Channel 4's high profile afternoon chat show Richard & Judyhas seen its audience fall by around a third since it was moved from its 5pm slot.