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Created 10 Dec 2002

Meet the Commissioners: five, BBC Three and Channel 4 The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival presents 3 London Events to meet: Dan Chambers & Andrew Newman, five - January 30th 2003 - SOLD OUT Stuart Murphy, BBC Three - March 27th 2003 - SOLD OUT Lucy Richer & Tessa Ross, Channel 4 - April 30th 2003 - SOLD OUT 6.30 – 9.00pm at Newsroom, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

Created 24 Aug 2002

Channel 5 and Sky News have scooped the first ever Channel of the Year Awards at this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF). Channel 5 has been awarded Terrestrial Channel of the Year and Sky News has won the award for Non-Terrestrial Channel of the Year. The Awards were presented to the broadcasters in Edinburgh by Kirsty Young and attended by leading figures from the broadcasting industry. Chief Executive Dawn Airey, collected the award on behalf of Channel 5, and Adam Boulton, Political Editor and John Ryley, Executive Editor, accepted the award for Sky News in a packed Edinburgh event this evening.

Created 06 Aug 2002

Lord Puttnam, one of the most respected figures in British film and television, and the Chairman of the Joint Committee on the draft communications bill will give this year’s Worldview Address at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF). Puttnam’s position on the committee, which published its recommendations last week (July 31), makes him one of the most relevant voices in broadcasting today.

Created 01 Aug 2002

Chris Evans, one of the UK’s leading and most recognised broadcasting talents, will deliver this year’s Richard Dunn Memorial Interview at The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. Chris Evans will give his views on UK television in a one-to-one interview on Sunday August 25.

Created 24 Jul 2002

The UK television media will be challenged about their coverage of Muslims in the media at a debate at this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.

Created 24 Jul 2002

A survey conducted on behalf of The Guardian and the Edinburgh Television Festival has revealed that an astonishing 85% of Britains feel that television programme makers use sex to increase their ratings and pull in viewers. In an increasingly competitive market, viewers feel that sex, nudity and eroticism are being used as tools to grab their attention.

Created 24 Jul 2002

The ever-increasing dangers of war reporting, with journalists becoming targets in warzones will debated at this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival in a session chaired by CNN’s star correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

Created 24 Jul 2002

Controversial journalist and presenter Geraldo Rivera will make a special visit to Edinburgh this summer to deliver the 2002 Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival Alternative MacTaggart (Alt.Mac) Lecture. Rivera's speech is expected to offer a personal insight into the future of news and current affairs programming, based on his experiences as one of the USA’s most respected and high-profile TV journalists.

Created 24 Jul 2002

Stuart Prebble, David Liddiment, Christiane Amanpour, Michael Portillo MP, Richard Eyre, Irvine Welsh, Orla Guerin, Adam Bolton, Anne Sweeney, Jana Bennett, Joel Surnow, David Starkey, Mick Desmond, Ricky Gervais and Jerry Springer are just some of the names confirmed for this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival, (GEITF) which has today announced the full details of the 2002 Festival events programme (23rd July). GEITF 2002 Advisory Chair and Joint Managing Director of Tiger Aspect, Charles Brand said, “In an extraordinary year during which television has become centre stage - with the horrific events of 11th September, live coverage of the Afghan war, meltdown in the Middle East, not to mention two funerals, a Jubilee and a World Cup – the TV industry is obsessed more with its own future than ever before. This year’s Festival pulls together a diverse cast of moguls, international broadcasters, not to mention the cream of the industry to try and make sense of it all.”

Created 10 Jul 2002

The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) has today revealed the shortlist for its new Channel of the Year Award initiative. All five terrestrial channels are shortlisted, along with six non-terrestrial channels, E4, Sky News, Sky One, UK Style, The Discovery Channel and Bravo. For the first time ever both a terrestrial and non-terrestrial channel will be recognised at a high profile Edinburgh event, presented by Kirsty Young.