More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3503
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NewsNew Tricks comes up trumps with 7.8m
BBC1's police drama series New Tricksmade a successful return last night with a peak audience of 7.8 million (34%) at the end.
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NewsITV dumps Celebrity Wrestling
ITV1 has confirmed it has axed its high profile Saturday evening show Celebrity Wrestlingafter viewers shunned the show in favour of BBC1's Doctor Who.
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NewsNTL offloads Irish divison
NTL has sold its Irish division for Euro325m (£220.6m), increasing speculation that the cable firm is poised to enter into merger talks with rival Telewest.
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NewsITV unions accept new pay terms
ITV's£2.5m offer to striking workers has paid off after union members voted to end industrial action and accept improved pay conditions.
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NewsTWG sale ends MacKenzie reign
Kelvin MacKenzie is set to leave TalkSport-owner The Wireless Group if ITV broadcaster Ulster Television's£98.2m bid is successful.
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NewsAardman animates Roddy Doyle book
Wallace and Gromitproducer Aardman is making a stop motion TV adaptation of Roddy Doyle's children's book The Giggler Treatment.
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NewsOfcom clears Springer Opera
Ofcom has backed the BBC's decision to broadcast Jerry Springer - The Opera, rejecting complaints about bad taste, swearing and blasphemy.
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NewsCeleb Wrestling draws just 2.6m
ITV1's show Celebrity Wrestlingsuffered its lowest audience so far with a mere 2.6 million (14%) tuning in from 6.30pm-7.45pm on Saturday.
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NewsVE Day celebrations bring 6.4m to BBC1
BBC1's VE Day celebrations went off with a bang as its coverage of A Party to Remembermanaged a peak audience of 6.4 million (26%) at the end.
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NewsMore Baftas for Sex Traffic
Sex Trafficswept the board at the Bafta Craft Awards last night winning six of its seven nominated categories.
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NewsBBC religious shows 'lack impact'
BBC governors and executives are to hold a seminar on how to deal with religious programming, in the wake of a scathing governors report into the issue.
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NewsITV revisits old classics
ITV has commissioned more than 30 hours of primetime television to celebrate its 50th anniversary later this year.
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NewsCapital shelves Party in the Park
Capital FM has iced plans to run its annual Party in the Park charity event this year to allow Bob Geldof to stage his much-rumoured Live 8 event.
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NewsUTV offers£98m for TWG
ITV broadcaster Ulster Television has made a£98.2m bid for The Wireless Group, owners of TalkSport radio station.
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NewsCable duo prepare for merger
Telewest has asked Deutsche Bank to sound out potential buyers for its content arm Flextech, as the company gears up for a£5.5bn merger with fellow cable operator, NTL.
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NewsBrits dominate rose D'Or awards
British broadcasters cleaned up at the Rose D'Or festival this weekend, picking up all the awards in the comedy and sitcom performance categories.
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NewsBBC to open Birmingham drama centre
The BBC will tomorrow push ahead with plans to boost production outside London, by opening a major TV drama hub in Birmingham.
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Interview: John Keeling - The glass half full
Being able to repeat the best of the BBC's programming is something to be proud of, says UKTV controller John Keeling, but that hasn't stopped him upping original programming every year.
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Production - ITV at 50 - A happy 50th birthday for ITV?
ITV this year celebrates its 50th birthday. Here five former executives explore the challenges facing the UK's big gest commercial channel as it prepares for its second half century in a rapidly changing broadcasting environment.
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Commissioner's Q & A - Glenwyn Benson
The controller of BBC factual TV is proud to be part of the broadcasting team that helped to raise audience figures for factual shows, and is keen to deliver a follow-up to Supervolcano.