More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3519
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NewsFive bags Vaughan's Top Buzzer
Five has bagged exclusive terrestrial rights to MTV's comedy drama series, Top Buzzer, written by Johnny Vaughan.
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NewsHell's Kitchen serves up 6.8m
ITV1's Hell's Kitchen, the culinary reality TV show, returned with a peak audience of 6.8 million (30%) at the start.
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NewsITV's shares boosted on Dyke rumours
ITV's was among the best performers on the stock-market yesterday on the back of reports that Greg Dyke and private equity group Apax Partners are lining up a bid for ITV.
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NewsBBC pledges extra£61m for programmes
The BBC has pledged to plough an extra£61m into programme making this year, as it unveiled its blueprint to take it through to its next charter renewal.
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NewsUTV close to buying Wireless Group
Ulster Television (UTV) is close to buying Talksport-owner The Wireless Group in a deal worth£100m that could see chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie step down.
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NewsCNN changes worldwide news team
CNN has announced major changes in its news gathering team with new appointments within its Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East and Africa operations.
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NewsMTV launches 'Made to Vote' campaign
MTV is launching a pre-election campaign to encourage its young viewers to vote.
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NewsUK dramas lead Monte Carlo nominations
Dramas Shamelessand Life Beginslead the UK nominations at this year's Monte Carlo television festival.
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NewsAllen declines BBC comedy role
The BBC's comedy commissioning structure has been left in limbo after comedy editor Kenton Allen turned down the top commissioning job.
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NewsBBC News 24 staff 'work to rule'
Staff at BBC News 24 have announced a 'work to rule' protest against job cuts in the department which could affect the channel's election coverage and next month's FA Cup final.
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News5.8m see Radcliffe win marathon
A peak of 5.8 million viewers (61%) at 11.15am tuned in to watch Paula Radcliffe win the London Marathonon Sunday.
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NewsBBC1's Doctor defeated by Ant and Dec
The battle for Saturday night viewing intensified this week as BBC1's Doctor Whowas narrowly defeated by ITV1's duo Ant and Dec with an average 7.1 million (36%) 6.45pm.
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NewsHazlitt joins SMG
Virgin Radio-owner SMG has confirmed the appointment of Fru Hazlitt, the managing director of Yahoo! UK and Ireland, as its new chief executive of radio.
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NewsVisual Voodoo appoints Ford
ITN-owned production arm Visual Voodoo, the producer behind Channel 4's X-Rated: The Pop Videos They Tried to Banand ITV1's Dumb Britain, has appointed Rapido co-founder Mark Ford as its head of development.
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NewsSky on track with HDTV
BSkyB has said it is on track to launch High-Definition Television (HDTV) in the UK and Ireland next year, following a series of deals with technology and equipment suppliers.
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NewsThatcher demands damages from the BBC
Lady Thatcher is demanding damages from the BBC after it used one of her most famous quotes without permission.
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NewsBBC3 launches VOD service
BBC3 has made its first moves towards offering a video-on-demand service, splitting the channel into four as part of a new experiment.
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NewsSex Traffic scoops two Baftas
Channel 4 scooped nine prizes last night at the Bafta Television Awards, with human slavery drama Sex Trafficwinning in the best actress and best serial drama categories.
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News6.6m join BBC1's 20th Century Roadshow
BBC1's new 20th Century Roadshowwas the most popular of the channel's new line-up for Thursday nights with a peak audience of 6.6 million (32%) at the start.
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NewsNewsnight drops weather reports
Weather reports are to be axed from Newsnightafter viewers voted to reinstate the news round-up of the financial markets.