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Channel 4, MTV2 bring Rockfeedback back UK terrestrial Channel 4 has commissioned Rockfeedback.tv Productions to deliver a third season of alternative music show Rockfeedback (6x30'), with cabsat MTV2 in talks with the prodco about licensing a second run.  C4 began airing the show's second season, which runs at 01.25 on Saturday mornings, on March 29, and will air the show's third season after a one-off special in August. The second and third seasons will feature live performances and interviews with artists such as Iggy Pop, Mystery Jets, The Young Knives and Justice, with specials at live events that Rockfeedback is partnered with, such as the Underage festival and the Field Day festival. The show's first season (6x30') originally ran on MTV2 in 2006, before being picked up by Channel 4. "We're speaking to MTV2 about licensing back the second and third series," Rockfeedback exec producer Toby Langley told C21. "After putting on our first series and repeating it, C4 put out our specials, and then commissioned the second and third series blindly, based on what we'd done in the past, which was very flattering. "It's quite cool because we've been doing this series really off our own back, and people are approaching us wanting to partner with us. It started off as a real hobby, but now it's something much wider." The show is edited by Hugh Hughes, produced by Rebecca Denton and exec produced by Langley, with Nick Abbott onboard as sound editor. "That's pretty much the nucleus of the team," explained Langley, adding that music video directors Chris Sweeney and Ollie Evans have also directed for the show. The TV show forms part of Rockfeedback/Transgressive brand, which also comprises the website www.rockfeedback.tv, two London club nights, the Transgressive record label and the Transgressive artist management company. Langley said the prodco is in talks with "a number of international broadcasters" to screen the show outside of the UK, and added that a special online show of the brand's club nights is in the pipeline. "We would be interested in finding some kind of income for that, something like an iTunes deal for them to have and sell the shows," said Langley. "There's the whole YouTube thing of people filming music at gigs with their mobiles in the air, which is great, but I think people will still always want a more considered selection of music with some critical authority and intelligence." Adam Benzine 3 Apr 2008 © C21 Media 2008 
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