TV Festival Unveils Dates, Venues & Advisory Chair for First-Ever Greater Manchester Edition
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The TV Festival, previously known as the Edinburgh TV Festival, has unveiled the first details of its inaugural event in Manchester, Variety reported. Variety’s report states: “Set to be held for the first time in the northern city next year, the festival will keep its four-day schedule but will take place later in the month than usual.”
Deadline, which describes the event as the UK’s biggest TV Festival, reports that the festival “has revealed the dates it will officially launch in Greater Manchester for the first time.” Deadline also reports that the festival “will move one week back from its traditional Edinburgh slot,” a timing shift consistent with Variety’s account that the Manchester edition will take place later in the month than the festival was used to.
Sony international productions boss Wayne Garvie joins the festival as advisory chair, Deadline reported, which writes that Garvie comes “aboard as advisory chair” for the Greater Manchester launch. Deadline’s headline for its report reads “TV Festival Unveils Dates, Venues & Advisory Chair For First-Ever Greater Manchester Edition,” and Variety’s headline for its report reads “TV Festival Manchester Sets Dates, Venues and Advisory Chair,” indicating both outlets’ announcements cover the event’s dates, venues and advisory leadership.
The headshot published with Deadline’s report shows Garvie, a smiling middle-aged man with short graying hair and rectangular glasses, in a white collared shirt, seated before bright windows in a modern office.
The festival’s association with Edinburgh is reflected in the former name Variety reports it previously carried, as well as in what Deadline calls the event’s “traditional Edinburgh slot.” The Greater Manchester edition announced by both outlets is the first the festival will hold in that region, with Variety reporting the four-day schedule is retained for next year’s event and Deadline reporting the one-week shift from the slot the festival traditionally occupied.