MGEITF Announces Channel of the Year Nominees

LONDON: BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five are in the running for the Best Terrestrial Channel of the Year award at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF), with the winner to be named at a ceremony on August 28.

BBC Four, BBC Three, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, E4, Five USA, Sky1 and Sky News have been shortlisted in the Best Non-Terrestrial Channel of the Year category. The winner of Best Terrestrial and Best Non-Terrestrial Channel will be decided by a 50-percent live audience vote and 50-percent festival executive committee vote.

Dr Who (BBC One), The X Factor (ITV1), Harry Hill’s TV Burp (ITV1), Outnumbered (BBC One) and Flash Forward (Five) are nominated in the Best Terrestrial Programme of the Year category. The nominees for Best Non-Terrestrial Programme are 30 Rock (Comedy Central), Glee (E4), Newswipe with Charlie Brooker (BBC Four), Pineapple Dance Studios (Sky1) and The Inbetweeners (E4). These awards will be decided solely by an audience of industry peers on the night of the awards.

Winners will be determined during a live vote at an awards ceremony hosted by comedian and television presenter Jack Whitehall on August 28.