MGEITF was back and was more popular than ever on 26th, 27th & 28th August and with Fresh Alternative Zedd & Saffire will be there promoting and reviewing this great industry event for the 3rd year running and we were rubbing shoulders with great names from TV, Radio & Media , many stars will be attending inclusing stars from Downtown Abbey, Only Way Is Essex, Ricky Gervais, Vernon Kay, Lee Mack, Miranda Hart & More, The List Certainly Goes On, making this the most popular MGEITF To Date!
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Saffire with TOWIE Star Mark Wright At MGEITF After Party
Zedd Protecting Mark Wright From The Papperazzi
S affire With The TOWIE Group
Zedd With The TOWIE Crew
Zedd & Saffire With Joanne Froggatt Before Her Downton Abbey Masterclass
Alan Carr Loves Zedd & Saffire At MGEITF
Old Friends Finally Meet, Lee Mack With Zedd n Saffire
Actress Sally Lindsay With Zedd & Saffire At MGEITF 2011
Nadia Swahala & Kaye Adams With Saffire Above & Zedd Above
Zedd & Saffire With TOWIE's Sam At MGEITF
Richard Bacon Gets To Know Us AT MGEITF Drinks Reception 2011
More TOWIE Stars with us at After Show Party Where We All Shared Champagne
Above CCTV China TV Guy With Zedd & Saffire At MGEITF 2011
MGEITF Arqiva Channel of the Year Awards 2011:
WINNERS REVEALEDEDINBURGH, 27th August 2011 - The MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival today reveals the winners of the annual Arqiva Channel of the Year Awards.
In a star-studded ceremony attended by festival delegates at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, host Russell Kane was joined by an array of celebrities including actress and comedian, Miranda Hart, comedian Al Murray, TOWIEs Mark Wright and Sam Faiers, magician, Dynamo and The Killings Sofie Grabol.
ITV was named as Terrestrial Channel of the Year for the first time in the history of the awards, taking the crown from last years winner, Channel 4. BBC Three took the Digital Channel of the Year award for the second year in a row.
Terrestrial Programme went to BBC Ones Sherlock, marking an unrivalled winning streak of four years for the channels programming in the category. For the second year running, The Inbetweeners scooped Digital Programme of the Year.
This year, three new categories were added to the awards; Indie of the Year went to TalkbackTHAMES, the production company behind hit shows including The X Factor, Britains Got Talent and The Apprentice; the Million Pound Drop play-along game, created by Endemol Games, scooped the Cross Platform Innovation Award; and Producer or Director Debut went to filmmaker, Rob Leech for My Brother the Islamist, which aired on BBC Three earlier this year.
E4s BAFTA-winning show, Misfits, took The Network & Fast Track Programme Choice Award for the second year running.
Now in its 10th consecutive year, the Arqiva Channel of the Year Awards is in recognition of the increasingly competitive and often challenging market that today's TV companies operate in, and to celebrate the creative, innovative and commercial solutions that both channels and production companies present.
For details of previous winners go to: http://www.mgeitf.co.uk/home/
MGEITF 2011
RICKY GERVAIS CONFIRMS EDINBURGH TELEVISION FESTIVAL EVENT
The MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival today confirms the addition of multi-award winning writer and comedian, Ricky Gervais to this year’s already stellar line-up.
Comedy treasure Ricky Gervais has been very busy in the USA - producing hit TV shows, making movies, hosting awards shows and making mischief with the Hollywood A-list. The comedian, actor, director and multi-award winning writer will be quizzed on his experiences of the television industry in America. The star will give a personal insight into his Sky 1 hit, An Idiot Abroad in conversation with broadcaster Richard Bacon and an audience Q&A opportunity.
Also confirmed today is Chloe Sladden, Director of Content & Programming at Twitter, who works with media, news and entertainment organizations to imagine and implement new approaches to content creation, audience engagement, and journalism. Chloe will be giving the keynote address for the MGEITF Futureview, discussing the power of Twitter to revolutionize the way TV viewers discover and interact with programming in real time. Sladden will provide a provocative view of what’s changed so far –and what happens next.
Sladden commented: "I'm excited to join the Edinburgh International Television Festival to share, debate and discuss how Twitter is changing the TV viewing experience. I look forward to conversations with colleagues and partners about what the future holds for interactive TV."
Additionally joining the high-calibre list of contributors at MGEITF this year are comedian and actor Lee Mack, English journalist and television presenter Esther Rantzen, Irish television writer, actor and director Graham Linehan, and BBC Drama Commissioning Controller, Ben Stephenson.
Other industry luminaries already confirmed to appear include; Dr. Eric Schmidt (Executive Chairman of Google), Professor Brian Cox, the stars of The Only Way Is Essex and Downton Abbey, Miranda Hart and The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl.
The Festival will take place from August 26th – 28th at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. To find out more about the programme and to register, please visit www.mgeitf.co.uk