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Camera crew to the rescue
September 7, 2006

AN oldie, but goodie: Scots, cameraman, Stephen Hughes, and runner, Andrew Wood, were in the...

MSPs back but without Macwhirter
September 6, 2006

THE MSPs are back at work from their summer recess, and BBC Scotland’s coverage of...

SMG rejects mergers approaches
August 30, 2006

A PROPOSED merger by UTV, between it and SMG – owners of stv – has been...

Cultural cliche cuts deep
August 29, 2006

A FILM promoting the virtues of Glasgow, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester as possible locations for...

ITV issues invitation for programme ideas
August 27, 2006

“FORM an orderly queue,” was the suggestion of the ITV director of TV, as an...

ITV denies Dickinson daytime deal
August 26, 2006

ITV has denied stealing talent and formats from the BBC, in the battle for supremacy...

Art of good comedy: mistiming
August 26, 2006

DELEGATES at this weekend’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival were taught a valuable lesson in yesterday...

Pondlife is art imitating life
August 24, 2006

IN a case of art imitating life, a fictional tale of a bunch of TV...

White lines drawn up for documentary competition
August 23, 2006

A COMPETITION designed to encourage newcomers to documentary filmmaking has continued its tradition of choosing a...

Devlish work wins top prize
August 21, 2006

AN Edinburgh animation company has scooped a top film award – for an animation made...

Radio: Is anger just all talk?
August 19, 2006

IF it hasn’t done so already, the all-speech radio station, talk107, is threatening to become...

Hunt on for new presenter
August 18, 2006

THE longest-running TV sports programme in the world, Scotsport, on stv, is looking for a...

An industry sleepwalking towards tragedy?
August 18, 2006

FILM crews, and the media industry in general, should stop working long shifts. That’s the...

No short shrift with this ‘Scottish Six’
August 18, 2006

SCOTTISH films are few and far between at this month’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, so Spike...

The Cameo is saved
August 17, 2006

EDINBURGH’S historic arthouse cinema, The Cameo, has earned a reprieve from plans to sell it. To...

Ford and Riley en route to Dear Green Place
August 17, 2006

THE comedy partnership behind the BBC Scotland series, Still Game, is being broken up –...

Short film showcase scheduled for Glasgow
August 17, 2006

A PERCEIVED lack of facilities to screen and see short films in Glasgow has led to...

Smith sequel headed for a sell-out?
August 17, 2006

IT is expected to be the hit of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Clerks II...

Wanted: pilot programme proposals
August 16, 2006

AN appeal has gone out for children’s TV proposals to be broadcast as pilots on...