More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3804
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NewsGranada to return to films with Ant & Dec
Granada is set to make a large-scale return to film production by developing two ambitious projects for cinematic release, including a romantic comedy starring Ant and Dec and a follow-up to Channel 4's hit drama The Deal.
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NewsBennett holds back in race for DG's job
BBC director of television Jana Bennett - tipped as one of the leading contenders for the director general post - has not applied for the job.
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NewsEndemol UK opens in Bristol and Glasgow
Endemol UK, one of the country's largest independent producers, is to open offices in Glasgow and Bristol in a bid to take advantage of regional commissioning opportunities.
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Hallmark put off by ITV's content
US giant Hallmark Entertainment has admitted it is no longer interested in buying ITV because the channel's success relies on too many 'exploitative' reality shows such as I'm a Celebrity.
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Final whistle goes for ITV's On the Ball
ITV is to axe its long-running On the Ball football magazine show following the loss of its rights to the Premier League highlights package.
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Top-Up TV claims convincing start
Top-Up TV, the pay-TV service for Freeview viewers that launched this week, has already attracted 'thousands' of subscribers, according to its chairman, David Chance.
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Castle docu-soap for BBC1
The BBC has commissioned a docu-soap which charts a 17-strong family's decision to quit their lives in England and move to a dilapidated 19th-century Scottish castle.
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MP brands Ofcom a 'disgrace'
Ofcom was plunged into a political row this week when MPs openly accused it of siding with ITV over production cuts rather than acting in viewers' interests.
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Entwistle exits Newsnight
The editor of BBC2's Newsnight George Entwistle is to leave the programme to head the BBC's new topical arts unit, overseeing the launches of new culture and media shows.
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MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'MacIntyre's Big Sting was the most outrageous piece of television I've seen for a long time.'...
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MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Simon Edge, Daily Star
'This big sting was the kind delivered by a butterfly not a bee.'...
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MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Five has thrown its hat into the ring to provide the most unintentionally funny character of the week by returning...
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MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'I found something grubby and unpleasant about the formula, with its use of deceit and its triumphalist tone as eac...
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NewsTerry Lloyd news bursary set up
ITN and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) have set up a bursary in memory of reporter Terry Lloyd, who was killed in Iraq a year ago, to give young journalists the opportunity to break into TV news.
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Amnesia (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'As is traditional with ITV two-parters, the whole thing turned bonkers.'...
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Hustle (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Hustle came to the end of its first run showing signs that it had reached the bottom of the plot barrel.' ...
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Holidays in the Danger Zone (BBC4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Such bleakness hasn't prevented these programmes from being gripping.'...
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NewsCRCA: bring BBC under external regulation
The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) has added its voice to calls for the BBC to be brought under independent external regulation as the deadline for submissions to the government's charter renewal consultation closed yesterday today (Wednesday).
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NewsPressure grows against ITV centralisation
Presure is mounting on Ofcom and the government to act to halt what MPs fear is an increasing trend by ITV to concentrate its television production in London and one or two regional centres.
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NewsLudos in partnership deal with DITG
Format house Ludos, the company set up by Action Time founders Stephen Leahy and Trish Kinane in 2002, has signed a partnership deal with technology company The Digital Interactive Television Group (DITG).