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NewsBragg: Lift restrictions or watch ITV collapse
Edinburgh 08: Melvyn Bragg has warned that ITV faces collapse unless it is freed of CRR and other restrictions, labelling the broadcaster a 'whipping boy'.
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NewsBBC sweeps Edinburgh TV awards
Edinburgh 08: The BBC has swept the board at the 2008 Channel of the Year awards, winning the top prize in every single category.
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NewsBBC will extend online catch-up to whole series
Viewers will be able to watch any episode of some BBC series for the entire duration of the series, following the introduction of a new “stacking” feature on iPlayer next month.
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NewsDoctor Who's Moffat to pen modern Sherlock Holmes
Edinburgh 08: Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has teamed up with The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss for a contemporary update of Sherlock Holmes.
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NewsITV1 hunting drama for 9pm
Edinburgh 08: Peter Fincham has outlined his plan to reinvigorate the schedule of ITV1, starting with finding hit dramas to fill the 9pm slot and expanding the channel's factual programming.
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Calls to scrap Cultural Diversity Network
Edinburgh 08: Veteran broadcaster Pat Younge, president and general manager of Travel Channel Media, has called for the Cutural Diversity Network to be scrapped.
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NewsBBC1 planning Reginald Perrin remake
BBC1 is considering the resurrection of Reginald Perrin, controller Jay Hunt has revealed.
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NewsRichard and Judy 'knew nothing' of phone scandal
Edinburgh 08: Husband and wife presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan have spoken out about the TV fakery scandal that hit the You Say We Pay section of the C4 show.
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Bebo orders freshers' week show
Edinburgh 08: Bebo has commissioned a series revealing what students get up to in freshers' week.
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NewsHighfield: 20% of all viewing will be online by 2013
Watching archive shows online will account for a fifth of all TV viewing within five years, Project Kangaroo chief operating officer Ashley Highfield has claimed.
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NewsChris Evans returning to TV
Edinburgh 08: Chris Evans is returning to television after a three-year absence to stand in for Adrian Chiles on The One Show.
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NewsDay Two at Edinburgh
Edinburgh 08: A round-up of the best stories from the biggest sessions on the second day of the Edinburgh TV festival.
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NewsAlternative MacTaggart: Armando Iannucci
Edinburgh 08: The full Alternative MacTaggart speech by comedian, writer and satirist Armando Iannucci at the Edinbugh TV festival 2008.
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NewsTV critics 24 August ‘08
“It will be weird not having these two on my telly.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsFrostrup: More women needed on panel shows
Edinburgh 08: Broadcaster and writer Mariella Frostrup has called for positive discrimination on panel shows so that women are better represented on screen.
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NewsITV2 may become a nursery for ITV1
Edinburgh 08: ITV2 controller Zai Bennett has outlined his ambitions to use ITV2 as a feeding ground for ITV1.
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NewsX Factor tops the charts with 9.4m
ITV1's hit entertainment show The X Factor took the top slot yesterday (23 August) at 7.30pm with an average audience of 9.4m (45%).
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News'Serious doubts' over BBCW's Lonely Planet deal
Edinburgh 08: Some members of the BBC Trust had “serious doubts” about approving BBCW's acquisition of travel publisher Lonely Planet, Time Out chairman Tony Elliott has claimed.
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NewsFive eyes Milkshake channel
Edinburgh 08: Five is investigating the launch of a dedicated kids channel under its pre-school Milkshake brand.
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NewsBennett: BBC2 unhurt by digital channels
Edinburgh 08: Jana Bennett, director of BBC Vision, has rejected the argument that BBC3 and BBC4 have weakened BBC2.