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Shortlists announced for Edinburgh TV festival awards
From Media Guardian. Posted June 1 2009, 10.24am
Shortlists announced for MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival awardsSky1 is to battle it out against BBC3, E4, Dave and FX at the channel of the year awards at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. (more)

David Simon to speak at Edinburgh TV festival
From Media Guardian. Posted May 5 2009, 5.56am
Cult crime drama's creator will explore how his time as a crime reporter inspired his television workThe creator of the US crime drama The Wire, David Simon, has been added to the lineup of the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. (more)

The Wire's BBC2 debut draws 600,000
From Media Guardian. Posted March 31 2009, 10.31am
Acclaimed drama The Wire finally given UK terrestrial premiere nearly seven years after first US showingThe Wire: full coverageThe Wire, the critically lauded US drama that up to this point has been relatively little watched in the UK, attracted 600,... (more)

Cable girl
From Media Guardian. Posted March 30 2009, 11.01pm
Not much that was good emerged out of the 80s. We may look back on neon make-up and shoulder pads with nostalgia for a misspent youth/early career, but with no great degree of pride or fondness. You Know Who was in charge throughout. (more)

Ratings system to reflect viewing habits
From Media Guardian. Posted March 16 2009, 10.33am
Television overnights – the daily ratings figures that land on the desk of anxious channel controllers every morning – are not what they used to be. (more)

TV ratings – Return of Lost on Sky1 attracts nearly 1 million
From Media Guardian. Posted January 26 2009, 1.23pm
Lost returned for its fifth series to Sky1 with just under 1 million viewers, narrowly beating new BBC3 supernatural comedy drama Being Human last night, Sunday 25 January. (more)

Sam Wollaston on the new TV series from the makers of The Wire
From Media Guardian. Posted January 14 2009, 12.01am
'It's horrible, but at the time you don't feel nothing," Rudy Reyes tells me. It feels strange to be discussing killing another human being so casually, stranger still to be doing so in a smart London hotel. "At the time you are engaging and security means that you must use extreme violence. (more)

Organ Grinder: your top 40 favourite TV shows of 2008
From Media Guardian. Posted January 6 2009, 7.28am
The Organ Grinder list of 2008 TV faves was compiled using a fiendishly complex formula, which involved totting up the points score for each show (five points if it was placed 1st, down to one for 5th), and then if programmes had the same points tall... (more)

Organ Grinder: The 10 Best US TV shows of 2008
From Media Guardian. Posted December 31 2008, 10.35am
It has been an odd year for US television. It began in the midst of a writers' strike and will end with the threat of an actors' walkout. (more)

Lucy Mangan: Cable girl
From Media Guardian. Posted November 11 2008, 12.12am
Watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer reruns these days on FX is an experience delicately poised on the knife edge between pleasure and pain. (more)

B4U sponsors B'ham Diwali celebrations
From Biz Asia. Posted October 11 2008, 12.01am
B4U Network has confirmed that it will be partnering up with what is being branded as the Midlands' biggest Diwali party on Sunday 9th November in Birmingham. (more)

Debate the final episode of Baltimore drama The Wire, shown on FX in the UK
From Media Guardian. Posted September 22 2008, 9.19pm
This group has been watching the final series of The Wire on UK digital channel FX - and now the show is over. (more)

Debate the penultimate episode of Baltimore drama The Wire, showing on FX in the UK
From Media Guardian. Posted September 15 2008, 10.14pm
I will be posting some thoughts soon, but if you can't wait to post a comment please just click below... (more)

TV Ratings - July 21: Just 38,000 watch The Wire
From Media Guardian. Posted July 22 2008, 11.01am
Despite the thousands of column inches devoted to its return, US cop drama The Wire attracted just 38,000 viewers to the FX channel. (more)

Dexter viral ad includes customisable 'hit list' for serial killer
From Media Guardian. Posted July 9 2008, 3.27pm
A viral ad campaign to promote the new series of Dexter on FX allows fans to customise a video clip of a police press conference and name a friend as the next target on the serial killer's 'death list'. (more)

FXUK picks up 'The Colbert Report'
From Digital Spy. Posted April 7 2008, 11.52am
The Daily Show spinoff The Colbert Report will air on FX in the UK. (more)

Sky to add three high definition channels
From Digital Spy. Posted February 28 2008, 9.25am
Sky is to add Sky Sports HD 3, Sky Movies Premiere HD and FX HD during the next two months. (more)

Asian FX confirmed for West Midlands DAB launch
From Biz Asia. Posted November 1 2007, 2.27pm
Asian FX has been confirmed as the new name for a 24-hour hit digital music radio station in the West Midlands. (more)

4oD agrees rights deal with FX
From Digital Spy. Posted October 26 2007, 11.48am
Channel 4 agrees a rights deal to put FX shows on 4oD. (more)

HD version of FX in the pipeline
From Digital Spy. Posted August 22 2007, 9.06am
A high definition version of FX is likely to be launched in the first half of 2008. (more)

New FX released for producers
From Radio Today. Posted March 12 2007, 12.05am
A new production CD is set for release this week by composer and producer Anthony James. Under the Music Candy brand, the new CD features cartoon and comdey bits and will be called Boing Bam Boom. It is promised to provide lots of crazy stuff and useful tools for radio producers. (more)

MySpace to host advanced screening of Brotherhood
From Brand Republic. Posted October 3 2006, 2.10pm
LONDON - News Corporation's MySpace.com has signed a UK television deal to screen the first episode of Irish-American drama 'Brotherhood' ahead of its debut on the FX channel. (more)

FX channel tries commercial to combat ad-skipping
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 17 2006, 12.20pm
Niche UK men’s TV channel FX plans to show what it calls the first UK advert specially designed to combat viewers using digital recorders to avoid commercials. (more)

Fox goes back to future to counter fastforwarding
From Media Guardian. Posted September 15 2006, 1.00am
Digital channel FX has developed what it claims is the first television advert aimed at combating the growing number of viewers who fastforward through its commercial breaks. By Owen Gibson. (more)

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