Sponsors
Thank you to our 2008 sponsors for their generous support
MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival is a non-profit making organisation with charitable status, relying solely on revenue raised from sponsorship and delegate fees. The Festival's ongoing success and continued growth as the UK's leading broadcasting industry event is dependent on the much valued commitment and support of our sponsors. MGEITF is also the main source of funding for the following charitable initiatives for young people: The Network, Fast Track, The Network At Work and The Network One Day Events.
Through sponsorship of the Festival companies gain access to a wide-ranging audience from the broadcasting industry, with packages offering extensive branding and profile raising opportunities. Sponsorship of MGEITF in turn demonstrates a company's support for the industry. We also work closely with individual companies to create tailored sponsorship packages which meet their current business objectives.
For current sponsorship and promotional opportunities please contact: su.moore@mgeitf.co.uk
We would like to thank the following 2008 MGEITF sponsors for their much-valued support:
Title Sponsor
MediaGuardian - MediaGuardian is proud to be the title sponsor of the Festival for the eleventh year. MediaGuardian and MediaGuardian.co.uk are the UK's leading consumer media publications, with the latest news and features on the television industry, plus hundreds of media jobs. mediaguardian.co.uk
Major Sponsors
BBC - The BBC is the world's best known broadcasting brand, informing, educating and entertaining the UK. Today's digital BBC plays a key civic role in UK life and aims to be the most creative, trusted organisation in the world and to enrich people's lives with great programmes and services. BBC content is watched, listened to or accessed online via eight national TV channels, 10 national radio stations, 240 websites and 40 local radio stations. bbc.co.uk
Blitz - Blitz is one of the UK's leading providers of staging and rental services for the live events industry. These include high power video projection, camera systems, audio PA systems, graphics production and equipment, LED video walls, lighting, stage sets with experienced technical personnel to provide support. lighting, stage sets with experienced technical personnel to provide support. blitzvision.co.uk
Channel 4 - Channel 4 was established by Act of Parliament in 1982 and came on air in November of that year. It enjoys unique status as the world's only major public service broadcaster funded entirely by its own commercial activities, including advertising-funded digital TV channels E4, More4 and Film4. Channel 4 commissions all its programmes from third parties and has played the leading role in helping nurture and grow a vibrant community of independent producers in the UK. channel4.com
Discovery Networks UK - Discovery Networks UK, a division of the leading global real-world media company Discovery Communications Inc, is a major factual and lifestyle broadcaster delivery 13 channels with programming available in 22 languages in 105 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Discovery's programming offers a variety of genres and topics reflecting all areas of human interest. discoverychannel.co.uk
The Farm - The world's leading post-production group. farmgroup.tv
Five - More than 30 million UK viewers watch Five every week tuning in for programming as diverse as: the CSI franchise; Neighbours; House; the Extraordinary People documentary strand; Home and Away; and The Hotel Inspector as well as the award winning children's strand, Milkshake! five.tv
ITV - ITV has the most successful commercial family of channels in the UK. ITV1 continues to be the highest rating channel for peak time viewing and the home of popular event television from major world class sporting events to the biggest drama and entertainment shows. ITV2 is the most popular digital channel in the UK. ITV was the first UK terrestrial broadcast to simulcast its main channel on 3G mobile and ITV Mobile has become one of the UK's biggest non-operator mobile portals. itv.com
Magic Lantern Productions - Magic Lantern is a media company for the broadband age, bridging the space between traditional media and the interactive, on-demand world. Working with clients and partners including Channel 4, BBC, 3, Entertainment Rights plc, the UK Film Council, the DTI, and the DfES, Magic Lantern consults on, creates, produces and manages interactive media strategy and product development for TV, video, web and mobile. magiclantern.co.uk
Metfilm Post – Met Film Post is a cutting edge post-production facility which supplies end-to-end post services for feature film and television clients. metfilmpost.co.uk
MTV Networks UK & Ireland - MTV Networks UK & Ireland is the second largest digital channel pack with 17 entertainment channels operating across 3 distinct genres - Comedy, Kids and Music. Flagship brands include MTV, VH1, Paramount Comedy, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. MTV is the largest television network in the world and a leading creator of programming and content across all media platforms. Its brands can be seen globally in 508.3 million households in 160 countries and 32 languages via 142 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 300 digital media properties. mtvnetworks.co.uk
Sky - Sky operates the most comprehensive multichannel, multi-platform television service in the UK and Ireland. Almost 8.6m households enjoy an unprecedented choice of movies, news, entertainment and sports channels. Its own channels are in rude health - Sky One's commitment to UK production has been rewarded with two BAFTA awards this year while Sky News picked up the RTS News Channel of the Year. Most recently, Sky has become the nation's fastest growing broadband provider as well as the first major media company to go carbon neutral. sky.com
UKTV - Attracting 33 million viewers each month, UKTV consists of nine innovative and distinctive channels including Dave, UKTV Gold and UKTV History. UKTV's success is based on its programming, including award winning BBC shows, original commissions and acquisitions. UKTV is dedicated to providing a quality channel platform environment for the best content producers, including some of the UK's top independent programme makers. uktv.co.uk
YouGov - YouGov is a full service research agency, providing high quality data for market research and stakeholder consultation. YouGov operates a panel of over 200,000 UK members representing all ages, socio-economic groups and other demographic types, and also has operations in the US, Europe and the Middle East. The leading provider of insight for the media and other private clients, YouGov has been acclaimed as the most quoted research company in the UK and the country’s most accurate opinion pollster. YouGov is considered the pioneer of online market research and continues to revolutionise the industry through innovative methodologies. yougov.com
Sponsors
BBC News 24
BBC Scotland
BBC Worldwide
Deloitte
Diva TV
Shine
Stv
talkbackTHAMES
Warner Bros. Intl. Television
Virgin Media
Virgin Media Television
Sponsors In Kind
Broadcast
ESD
Fujifilm
Highland Spring
TVYP Sponsors
4Talent
Avid
BBC
BBC Training & Development
Blitz
CBBC
Endemol
The Farm
Film and Digital Media Exchange (FDMX)
Hammerhead TV
ITV2
Kudos
Magic Lantern
Met Film and TV
Nickelodeon
Northern Film and Media
Scottish Screen
Skillset
Sub TV
Taylor Herring
With special thanks to
EICC
The George Hotel
Heritage Portfolio
Magic Lantern Productions
McEwan Hall
Our Dynamic Earth
Perton Signs
Stanmore Travel
Taylor Herring
