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    X Factor tops the charts with 9.4m

    2008-08-24T14:10:51Z

    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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    ITV2 may become a nursery for ITV1

    2008-08-24T14:06:04Z

    Edinburgh 08: ITV2 controller Zai Bennett has outlined his ambitions to use ITV2 as a feeding ground for ITV1.

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    Frostrup: More women needed on panel shows

    2008-08-24T13:59:22Z

    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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    TV critics 24 August ‘08

    2008-08-24T13:52:01Z

    “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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    Iannucci proposes HBO-style BBC channel

    2008-08-24T12:36:00Z

    Edinburgh 08: Armando Iannucci, the satirist and producer behind Alan Partridge and The Thick of It, has proposed the launch of a pay-TV BBC channel that would emulate the values of US subs station HBO.

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    Alternative MacTaggart: Armando Iannucci

    2008-08-24T12:30:00Z

    Edinburgh 08: The full Alternative MacTaggart speech by comedian, writer and satirist Armando Iannucci at the Edinbugh TV festival 2008.

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    Day Two at Edinburgh

    2008-08-23T19:02:09Z

    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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    BBC sweeps Edinburgh TV awards

    2008-08-23T18:50:00Z

    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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    Chris Evans returning to TV

    2008-08-23T18:33:20Z

    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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    Highfield: 20% of all viewing will be online by 2013

    2008-08-23T18:10:57Z

    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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    Bebo orders freshers' week show

    2008-08-23T17:59:03Z

    Edinburgh 08: Bebo has commissioned a series revealing what students get up to in freshers' week.

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    Richard and Judy 'knew nothing' of phone scandal

    2008-08-23T17:50:55Z

    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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    BBC1 planning Reginald Perrin remake

    2008-08-23T17:33:50Z

    BBC1 is considering the resurrection of Reginald Perrin, controller Jay Hunt has revealed.

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    Calls to scrap Cultural Diversity Network

    2008-08-23T17:17:17Z

    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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    ITV1 hunting drama for 9pm

    2008-08-23T17:09:36Z

    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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    Doctor Who's Moffat to pen modern Sherlock Holmes

    2008-08-23T16:33:24Z

    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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    BBC will extend online catch-up to whole series

    2008-08-23T16:00:47Z

    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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    Bragg: Lift restrictions or watch ITV collapse

    2008-08-23T15:36:56Z

    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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    Granny Bangers wins Dragons' Den prize

    2008-08-23T14:45:34Z

    Edinburgh 08: A pitch for a documentary entitled Granny Bangers was the overall winner of the Dragon's Den: Factual & Documentaries session, with producer/director Sarah Cronin-Stanley securing an opening with Channel 4 to explore the idea further and£1,000 in funding.

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    C4 exec warns of 'meaningless' PSB stance

    2008-08-23T14:35:01Z

    Edinburgh 08: The TV industry is at risk of adopting a “meaningless” definition of public service broadcasting, Channel 4 head of programmes Julian Bellamy has warned.