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NewsDay One at Edinburgh
Edinburgh 08: A round-up of the best stories from the biggest sessions on the first day of the Edinburgh TV festival.
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NewsJay Hunt Interview: Q&A extra
Additional questions and answers from Broadcast's interview with BBC1 controller Jay Hunt.
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NewsBaz: Indies may have to give up IP rights
Edinburgh 08: The Pact terms of trade have a limited lifespan and broadcasters could force a return to retaining programme rights, Peter Bazalgette has warned.
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NewsTV critics 23 August ‘08
“[An] impressive directorial debut.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsFincham relieves indie commissioning fears
Edinburgh 08: The door at ITV is ‘absolutely wide open' for business with indies, according to ITV's director of television, Peter Fincham.
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NewsUKTV calls for new wave of property formats
Edinburgh 08: Indies need to reinvent property shows to appeal to a new demographic according to Jane Rogerson, head of commissioning at UKTV.
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NewsIT Crowd creator urges self-censorship in sitcoms
Edinburgh 08: A lack of censorship is stifling creativity in TV comedy, according to Father Ted and The IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan.
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NewsOlympics watched by two-thirds of UK
Over two-thirds of the UK's population have watched at least 15-minutes of the coverage of the Beijing Olympics, making it the most popular sporting event on TV so far this year.
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VideoVideo: Tim Hincks on the Edinburgh TV festival
Tim Hincks, chairman of the Edinburgh TV festival, talks about this year's event, choosing Peter Fincham as the MacTaggart and the two-tiered social scene that has emerged around old favourite the George and Channel 4's Soho House.
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NewsC4 exec warns of 'meaningless' PSB stance
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.
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NewsGranny Bangers wins Dragons' Den prize
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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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.