More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 4097
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Pace expected to cut losses
Pace Micro-Technology, the set-top box manufacturer, has been going through a difficult time in recent months, figh...
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ITV heads could be on block
The relationship between the bosses of Granada and Carlton has been thrust into the spotlight, following a report t...
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TV airing for the Hewitt letters
The contents of intensely personal letters sent by Princess Diana to James Hewitt are to be heard in a television d...
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ITV under pressure to ditch Green and Allen
There is growing speculation Carlton boss Michael Green and Granada counterpart Charles Allen will be replaced once...
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Sky may trump football bids
BSkyB is thought to have launched a new offensive in the battle for football television rights by trumping its riva...
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'Porridge' to be censured at film festival for portraying sanitised version of prison life
One of Britain's most popular sitcoms, Porridge, is be to be accused of a crime of its own - aiding and abetting in...
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NewsFirm eyes end to smart cards
A new UK-based company, Latens, has been launched to offer a new type of conditional access technology to cable TV operations which could end the need for expensive smart cards in set-top boxes, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsBBC and Sky agree deal with FA
The new domestic deal between the FA, the BBC and BSkyB was finally signed this week with the two broadcasters sharing the broadcasting rights to the main football events, including the FA Cup, England matches, the Community Shield and the Women's Cup, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsPrince of Dalston to be turned into a film
Carlton's cutting edge monologue The Prince of Dalstonis to be developed into a feature film, writes Paul Revoir.
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Foreign Affairs MPs want to see BBC's '45 minutes' source
MPs decided yesterday to reopen the inquiry into allegations that an intelligence dossier on Iraq was 'sexed up' so...
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Sharon shuns BBC over documentary
Ariel Sharon has barred the BBC from his meeting with the British press during a visit to London next week ...
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Corrie soap image is unfair to Salford, says professor
Salford University vice-chancellor Michael Harloe has said that the soap paints an unreal picture of the city and p...
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'Flop' comedy loses its top slot on ITV
A comedy series about 'middle-aged urban angst' has lost its coveted Sunday night television slot after millions of...
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BBC wins England home games
All of England's home football games will be shown exclusively live on terrestrial television after the BBC won the...
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NewsBBC to finally air crime series
A major new BBC1 crime documentary series is finally ready to air after four years in the making, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsNUJ re-appoints John Fray
Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) have voted deputy general secretary John Fray back into the post for another five year term, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC bosses say Gilligan is being smeared
Senior BBBC executives accused the government of orchestrating a smear campaign against the reporter Andrew Gilliga...
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Extermi-net
Dr Who is to return onb the internet with Richard E Grant as the TIme Lord in a new animated show, the BBC said yes...
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Straw link clears Beeb
A crude government attempt to smear the BBC backfired last night when Foreign Secretary Jack Straw emerged as the p...