More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 4009
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At It to make C4 pop event
Channel 4 has commissioned indie At It Productions to create a new live music event following confirmation that the annual broadcast events from Top of the Pops and Smash Hits have been dropped this year.
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ITV supports regional fund
ITV has again given its backing to a regional production fund that offers£2m to companies outside the M25 to make shows for the ITV network.
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Abyss ventures into the Pacific
BBC Bristol will trawl the depths of the Pacific Ocean for a second series of underwater broadcasts under the banner Abyss - Live. One part of the day-long broadcast involves presenter Mike deGruy exploring surface waters using a 'movie helmet' that enables him to talk to viewers as he descends ...
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Monkeys front BBC ad campaign
The BBC launches a new advertising campaign this week to promote its six digital channels. The characters this time are a group of monkeys who turn into various celebrities including Alan Titchmarsh and Jack Dee. Artem Digital is again supplying the prosthetics for the BBC Broadcast production, with the monkeys ...
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NewsProfits fall at VTR
UK post-production giant VTR plc has suffered a significant drop in its year on year operating profits.
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NewsMy Family rapped for blind joke
The BBC has been rapped for poking fun at blind people in its primetime comedy My Family.
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NewsNews shows look to merge
Newsworld, the annual conference for the news industry, is holding talks with its rival News Xchange as the world's news organisations finally decide they can't afford to support two conferences dedicated to their business.
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NewsBBC teams up with Microsoft
The BBC has signed a contract with Microsoft to develop the technology to deliver its controversial£150m digital curriculum, which is due to launch in 2006 after extensive research and piloting.
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NewsLaw supports broadcasters against pirates
Broadcasters will be able to hit back against pirates who copy and sell their programmes thanks to new legislation which comes into force this week.
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NewsMcDonald gets special award
ITV newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald was moved to tears last night (Tuesday) after Prime Minister Tony Blair surprised him with a special recognition award at the National Television Awards.
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Wife Swap (C4) - Carol Midgley, The Times
'Wife Swap has become an opium for the masses, an Upstairs, Downstairs which allows us a glimpse of how the undercl...
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Can't Take It With You (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'At times, I did wonder how many viewers will actually have wanted so much information about the posthumous finance...
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Days That Shook the World (BBC2) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'Days That Shook the World does an excellent job of focusing on the individual stories with the bigger picture and ...
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'How can you not love a show where the cast list includes 'dead janitor' and 'dead nerd'?...
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The Mark Steel Lectures (BBC4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The Mark Steel Lectures is surprisingly funny for an informative programme, and surprisingly informative for a fun...
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Britain's Worst Driver (Five) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'I'm tempted to award Five the prize for the most irresponsible series on TV, Britain's Worst Driver.'...
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NewsC4 promotes Kawash to MD of 4Ventures
Channel 4 has promoted Anmar Kawash to become the new managing director of its commercial arm 4Ventures.
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NewsCarrington to take CBBC's acquisitions post
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior has appointed Michael Carrington as new head of children's acquisitions to take over from Theresa-Plummer Andrews, who is retiring next year.
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NewsUKTV drops UK Gold 2
UKTV is dropping its time-shift channel UK Gold 2, which shows UK Gold programmes 12 hours later, and replacing it with a new channel UKG2 targeting a younger, more contemporary audience.
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NewsLondon Tonight takes best news award
London News Network's (LNN) London Tonightwon best news programme at the Royal Television Society's London awards last night (Monday), just days after new owners ITN said they would radically revamp it.