Industry Bigwigs Gather For International TV Festival
Some of the broadcasting industry’s biggest names will gather in Edinburgh this weekend for the annual Media Guardian International Television Festival, which begins later today.
This year’s event will see BSkyB chief executive, Tony Ball, deliver the keynote MacTaggart Lecture and Chris Albrecht’s Worldview Address will provide British audiences with the first opportunity to hear the creative and business success story from the executive who’s been one of the key architects of HBO’s achievements.
Greg Dyke, will outline his vision for the next stage of his leadership of the BBC in the Richard Dunn Memorial Interview and Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, will discuss what lies in store for the television industry following the introduction of the Communication Act.
There will also be the chance to hear from the channel controllers with interviews including Tim Gardam, Kevin Lygo, Jane Root, Lorraine Heggessey and Lisa Opie. A range of US controllers will also contribute via special video streaming.
Michael Barrymore will be discussing TV presenters behaving badly with Channel Five’s Matthew Wright, whilst journalists Janet Street-Porter and James Brown will look at the implications of a female dominated TV industry.
This year’s Alternative MacTaggart will see broadcaster and writer, Rod Liddle, talk about political correctness in television, the level of regulation and the make-up of the industry. He will also touch upon the last twelve months of his career, which saw him leave his job as editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme.
Extensive coverage of this year’s event, which gets off to an entertaining start later today with Jane Root and Dawn Airey in a What Not To Wear Edinburgh special, will appear on NewsLine next week.
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