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heraldscotland.com - Brian Ferguson - Edinburgh festivals join forces to replace TV industry summit set to quit city
Edinburgh festivals join forces to replace TV industry summit set to quit city
The Herald

Festival leaders have been in talks for months with Scottish Government agency Screen Scotland about the initiative, which will be supported using funding previously earmarked for the Edinburgh TV Festival. Delegates will be encouraged to attend…

mirror.co.uk - Piers Eady - The 30 films and TV shows that mean you are a fully fledged culture vulture
The 30 films and TV shows that mean you are a fully fledged culture vulture
Daily Mirror

Being 'well-watched' is now considered just as important as being well-read, according to new research revealing the films and TV shows Britons regard as essential viewing. The survey has claimed that, for some people, being 'well-watched'…

espn.com - Rohan Connolly - Not the Cannes Film Festival: Footy's TV directors must listen to the viewers
Not the Cannes Film Festival: Footy's TV directors must listen to the viewers
ESPN

Shortly after last Saturday night's thrilling Hawthorn-Collingwood draw, AFL social media accounts ran some entertaining footage of the MCG crowd trying to work out what on earth had happened to Dylan Moore's post-siren kick to win the game for the…

mirror.co.uk - Kimberly Nhundu - Love Island presenter's new BBC competition hailed 'fantastic summer TV'
Love Island presenter's new BBC competition hailed 'fantastic summer TV'
Daily Mirror

Love Island's Iain Stirling has stepped away from the villa and onto the sands of Scotland in a bold new series. Race Against the Tide, which has just launched on BBC Two, sees Stirling take centre stage as host of a distinctive sand sculpture…

mirror.co.uk - Monde Mwitumwa - Celebrity MasterChef star Shakira Khan's age and romance with TV star boyfriend
Celebrity MasterChef star Shakira Khan's age and romance with TV star boyfriend
Daily Mirror

Shakira Khan is no stranger to the spotlight. The 23-year-old has become a familiar face to TV viewers after she shot to fame on the 2025 series of Love Island. At the time, she made a huge impact and quickly became one of the show's most…

mirror.co.uk - Jasmine Allday - Phyllida Law dies as tributes left for TV star with two famous daughters
Phyllida Law dies as tributes left for TV star with two famous daughters
Daily Mirror

Actress Phyllida Law, the mother of Dame Emma Thompson, has died aged 94. News of her death was confirmed by her granddaughter Gaia Wise, the daughter of Dame Emma and her husband Greg Wise. Wise shared a photo of Law on Instagram and wrote:…

ign.com - Leanne Butkovic - Skip Binksy Will Now Compete With Sweetpea Golightly for Best TV Character Name in Industry's Fifth and Final Season
Skip Binksy Will Now Compete With Sweetpea Golightly for Best TV Character Name in Industry's Fifth and Final Season
IGN

HBO announced new additions to the cast of Industry for the fifth and final season of its finance drama yesterday. I have not been able to dislodge one particular character name from my head when I first read the news: Skip Binksy. Stunning, no…

abc7chicago.com - Bill Rasmussen, sports TV visionary and founder of ESPN, dies at 93
Bill Rasmussen, sports TV visionary and founder of ESPN, dies at 93
ABC7 Chicago

Bill Rasmussen, whose vision and ambition fueled the 1979 launch of ESPN as the world's first 24-hour television network, died Tuesday. He was 93. Rasmussen died at his Florida home from the effects of Parkinson's disease. With son Scott, Rasmussen…

variety.com - Michael Schneider - Why a Reunion Between the Two Rival TV Academies Is Long Overdue
Why a Reunion Between the Two Rival TV Academies Is Long Overdue
Variety

Last month's news that the two rival TV academies are looking to reunite was welcome and overdue — but it won't be as easy as flipping a switch. The Los Angeles-based Television Academy and the New York located National Academy of Television…

pcmag.com - I Was Wrong: RGB LED Is Not the Future of TVs
I Was Wrong: RGB LED Is Not the Future of TVs
PCMag

Last year, I sang the praises of RGB LED TVs. My first exposure to it, the $30,000 Hisense 116UX, blew me away with its blindingly bright picture and the widest color range I'd ever seen. I was thoroughly impressed and excited to see what the…

variety.com - Matt Minton - Nominated TV Producers Shed Light on Network Notes and Industry Changes at Variety's Showrunners Breakfast; Ryan Murphy Emotionally Accepts Norman Lear Award
Nominated TV Producers Shed Light on Network Notes and Industry Changes at Variety's Showrunners Breakfast; Ryan Murphy Emotionally Accepts Norman Lear Award
Variety

Hollywood's top showrunners and creatives snuck out of their respective writers' rooms for Variety's annual Showrunner Breakfast on August 14. The intimate gathering was held at Oleander at The Sun Rose Hotel in West Hollywood, California, honoring…

cosmopolitan.com - Alberto Muraro - TikTok Micro-Dramas Are Coming for TV-and Your Attention Span
TikTok Micro-Dramas Are Coming for TV-and Your Attention Span
Cosmopolitan

This just in: Gen Z isn't watching television—at least, not in the traditional sense. According to a recent study, 92 percent of Gen Z exclusively watches TV through streaming apps, with 62 percent watching TV on their phones, so it is…

popsci.com - Stan Horaczek - TCL just dropped TVs and soundbars to clearance prices before the football season
TCL just dropped TVs and soundbars to clearance prices before the football season
Popular Science

Product news, reviews, and must-have deals. TCL's 2026 TVs have been out long enough that their prices are finally moving, and the 2025 sets are still sitting on the shelf underneath them, which makes TCL a confusing brand to shop. I went through…

examinerlive.co.uk - Neil Shaw - 30 films and TV series you need to have seen to be considered 'cultured
30 films and TV series you need to have seen to be considered 'cultured
Yorkshire Live

New research has revealed a list of 30 films and TV shows you must have seen to be considered cultured - including the Godfather, Black Mirror, Oppenheimer and Adolescence. Being 'well-watched' is now considered just as important as being…

chron.com - Ariana Garcia - Another Texas TV journalist caught in Scripps layoff bloodbath
Another Texas TV journalist caught in Scripps layoff bloodbath
Chron

More victims of E.W. Scripps' recent layoffs at Texas television stations are coming to light two weeks after the companywide cuts. KXXV reporter Bobby Poitevint announced that his position at the Waco station was eliminated in the Aug. 4 layoffs…

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