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NewsCohen looking for a Friday night banker
Edinburgh:BBC3 controller Danny Cohen is lining up a Friday Night Livestyle entertainment show, as part of his strategy to attract a younger demographic to the channel. [ALL]
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NewsHorrocks: Sky News is 'irresponsible'
Edinburgh:BBC News head Peter Horrocks has launched a stinging attack on Sky News after its editor John Ryley told an audience at Edinburgh that he would be prepared to broadcast live footage of a hostage situation, even if it resulted in the hostage's death. ...
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NewsMore4 to scale down drama
Edinburgh:Budget cuts have forced More4 to scale back original drama in favour of more talk shows and current affairs, channel controller Peter Dale has announced. [ALL]
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NewsITV drops Marchioness drama
Edinburgh:ITV drama consultant Nick Elliott has confirmed that the network will not air a controversial drama about The Marchioness riverboat disaster because there are creative concerns about the film. [ALL]
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NewsMcCann: scale back Madeleine coverage
Edinburgh:The father of Madeleine McCann has called for the media to scale back its coverage of the investigation into his daughter's disappearance. [ALL]
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News7up director adds voice to Storyville campaign
Edinburgh:The director behind the 7upseries Michael Apted is the latest industry figure to throw his weight behind the 'Save Storyville'campaign. [ALL]
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NewsWoolfe admits Sky One is confused
Edinburgh:Sky One controller Richard Woolfe has admitted that viewers are confused about what the channel stands for, but hopes that with the forthcoming autumn schedule 'the message is getting there'. [ALL]
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NewsPaxman: industry is obsessed with money
Edinburgh:Jeremy Paxman has blamed the television industry's obsession with money for the current crisis in trust. [ALL]
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NewsShaps: ITV Play doesn't damage our brand
Edinburgh:ITV director of television Simon Shaps today insisted that the broadcaster's reputation was not being damaged by ITV Play's continued presence on the main channel. [ALL]
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NewsRosencrantz: Living rebrand a success
Edinburgh:Virgin Media TV director of television Claudia Rosencrantz has insisted the re-branding of female-skewing Living has been a success, despite seeing its audience share drop from 0.8% to 0.7%. [ALL]
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NewsC4 to up spend with smallest indies
Edinburgh:Channel 4 is planning to send more business the way of the UK's smallest independents by ensuring that 20% of indies producing content for it have an annual turnover of less than£2m. [ALL]
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NewsTV bosses call 'trust' meeting
Edinburgh:Michael Grade, Mark Thompson, Jane Lighting and Andy Duncan have agreed to meet in the next two to three weeks to discuss the issue of trust in TV. [ALL]
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NewsFive unveils autumn line-up
Edinburgh:A crime show with Donal MacIntyre, a comedy by Sharon Horgan and an edgy US drama starring X-Filesactor David Duchovny make up part of Five's autumn schedule, as unveiled today by managing director of content Lisa Opie. [ALL]
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NewsC4 goes back to PSB roots for autumn
Channel 4 will underline its public service credentials this autumn with a raft of shows about social issues, led by a week-long season highlighting unacceptable levels of illiteracy amongst children. [ALL]
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NewsC4 headquarters to get giant logo
A 48-foot steel Channel 4 logo will be constructed on the steps of Horseferry Rd as part of the channel's Big Artproject in November. [ALL]
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Paxman to attack industry greed
Edinburgh:Newsnightpresenter Jeremy Paxman is expected to attack the television industry's obsession with money in tonight's MacTaggart lecture. [ALL]
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NewsEdinburgh blog: diary of a festival virgin
Edinburgh:Framework Television's managing director Rachel Carter will write a daily blog on her experiences of attending her first Edinburgh conference. Here she sets out what she hopes to get out of the festival. [ALL]
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NewsWelcome to Edinburgh from Broadcastnow
Welcome to the Edinburgh Television Festival from Broadcastnow.co.uk.Our festival coverage will be available to both subscribers andnon-subscribers over the weekend. [ALL]
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NewsBBC mulls CBeebies radio station
Controller of BBC children's programmes Richard Deverell is lobbying for a CBeebies radio station. [ALL]