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Welcome to Digital Spy's live coverage of the 2007 MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival!
The DS team are in Edinburgh reporting on the world's top TV festival. Look out for up-to-the-minute blog posts, in-depth news features and video reports from Edinburgh all festival long.
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Edinburgh International TV Festival
Aug 30, 2007
- Friday-night entertainment for BBC Three
BBC Three controller Danny Cohen says he wants a Friday night entertainment show to pull viewers in.
Aug 27, 2007
- It's time for answers
Television is moving on from beating itself up over trust cock-ups and is getting serious about the more fundamental challenges it faces. - ITV's Shaps admits to making "similar" shows
ITV's director of television admits that the network is guilty of being "inspired" by rival formats. - The Eco Bags
What's in this year's festival goodie-bags? - Police complaints on 'Mosque' "bizarre"
A senior Channel 4 figure calls the police complaints over Undercover Mosque "bizarre". - C4's Bellamy wants new drama era
Channel 4 chief programmer Julian Bellamy is looking for a new era in series drama. - C4's Bellamy expresses current affairs fear
Channel 4's Julian Bellamy warns that indy consolidation could impact current affairs production.
Aug 26, 2007
- Bellamy seeks "campaign edge" for C4
Channel 4 head of programmes Julian Bellamy calls for Channel 4 to adopt a "campaigning edge". - Q&A: ITV's Paul Jackson
DS spoke to ITV's director of entertainment and comedy, Paul Jackson, following his TVYP session at MGEITF. - Davina McCall shocked by CBB axe
Davina McCall is furious that she was left in the dark about Celebrity Big Brother being axed. - "How's about that then?"
Sir Jimmy Savile fixes-it for some TV execs, and then fixes his attention on me.
Aug 25, 2007
- What do young people want to watch?
A session at MGEITF sees established indies pitch to a panel from the Television and Young People forum. - Worst channel of the year awards ever?
Could this have been the most disappointing Channel of the Year Awards ceremony ever? - BBC One named Channel of the Year
BBC One and ITV2 triumph at this year's Channel of the Year awards. - Opie: Five's factual progs 'better than ITV's'
Five's managing director of content Lisa Opie talks up Five's new content for autumn 2007. - Root: Discovery clear on its purpose
At a festival consumed by debate over what public service broadcasting means, Jane Root says Discovery has a clear idea. - CBB hopefuls disappointed by show's axe
Hairdressers Nick Malenko and Royston Blythe are disappointed that the show isn't going ahead. - Channel 4's on trial
Channel 4's Andy Duncan and Kevin Lygo are put on trial for everything ranging from CBB to 'You Say, We Pay'. - Charley: Emily should have been ejected
Charley Uchea from Big Brother says that it was right for Channel 4 producers to eject Emily Parr from the series. - Gene Hunt's language 'toned down'
Life on Mars character was originally even more racially offensive in the first scripts.