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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 25, 2007
- Mind Your Language. More like too much language....
Charley from Big Brother doesn't stop talking at MGEITF. - 'Celeb BB' boss admits learning lessons
Angela Jain admits that Channel 4 fell short with its handling of Celebrity Big Brother. - Dale wants less drama on More4
More4 head Peter Dale will take away money from original dramas to combat proposed budget cuts. - McCann: Stop reporting speculation
Father of Madelaine McCann says he wishes the media coverage of his daughter's abduction would die down. - "V1" is open for business
Highlights of the controller session with Claudia Rosencrantz and Celia Taylor. - 'Peep Show's' style stops it being more successful
Andrew O'Connor, chief executive of Objective Productions, says the show's shooting style had stopped it from doing better in the ratings. - A peep inside 'Peep Show'
The makers of Peep Show reveal some inside info on the creation of the Channel 4 show. - In full: Paxman's MacTaggart Lecture
DS presents Jeremy Paxman's MacTaggart Lecture in full. - Terrifying terror tapes
Was laughter the intended response to this morning's terror tapes session? - Paxman questions future of television
Jeremy Paxman says television will only find its way out of the trust quagmire when it determines what it is for. - 'The Culture Show' moving closer to peak
BBC Two's Culture Show is moving closer to peak time. - Heroes "fills missing part" of BBC Two
BBC Two controller Roly Keating says that Heroes "fills a missing part" of the channel's brand. - Keating looks to secure Two's future
BBC Two controller Roly Keating outlines his plans to secure the channel's place in a mature multichannel market. - BBC's Keating worries on trust overreaction
BBC Two controller Roly Keating is worried that a cultural overreaction over the trust in TV issue may occur. - Consensus on how to restore trust emerges
A panel discussion arrives at consensus on how to rebuild viewer trust in television. - Paxman doesn't attack the licence fee
Jeremy Paxman prepares public serving broadcasting and specifically the BBC for 21st Century survival.
Aug 24, 2007
- Virgin 1 boss is inspired by orange juice
Celia Taylor looks to an Innocent fruit drink for inspiration in branding her new channel. - 'B*****ks to Africa'
Just one of the slightly ridiculous fact-ent ideas that former editor of The Sun Kelvin Mackenzie proposed at MGEITF today. - Goodwin: 'People like fairy stories'
A session on factual entertainment provokes some lively debate about the success of shows that change people's behaviour. - Mackenzie: Sugar 'much nastier in real life'
Former Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie says The Apprentice doesn't show what Sir Alan Sugar is really like.
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