Einar Thorsen

Professor of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University

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Election debate seen by 50,000 online – Broadcast

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    Election debate seen by 50,000 online – Broadcast

    Online viewing figures for first (main) party leaders election debate:

    "Nearly 50,000 people watched a live stream of the debate on itv.com, while a further 200,000 users expressed their views on the showdown in the commercial broadcaster’s biggest ever online chat. The web page hosting the stream received over 600,000 hits in total.

    […]

    The UK’s first television election debate peaked with 10.3m viewers (40% share) – with ITV1 holding on to an audience of more than 9m for almost all of its 90-minute running time from 8.30pm.

    The First Election Debate between Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron averaged 9.5m (37.3%), according to overnight figures from Attentional.

    It was well ahead of the slot average of 5.5 million (22%)."

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Election 2010: who gets the media vote? – The Guardian

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Manifestos support the BBC … for now – The Guardian

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    Manifestos support the BBC … for now – The Guardian

    Steve Hewlett on party manifestos promises on the BBC:

    "So there you have it. One of the few specific media proposals to be found anywhere in manifestoland (also supported by both Labour and the Lib Dems, although they haven't put it in theirs) and, for all the reassuring pre-election talk of a robust and independent BBC, it is quite likely to result in the opposite. Throw in Labour's known predilection for top-slicing and the categorical commitment (in an interview on last week's The Media Show on Radio 4) by Jeremy Hunt, the shadow culture secretary, that the Conservatives will abolish the BBC Trust as soon as charter renewal allows, and it looks as if the BBC is in for quite a fight whoever wins."

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