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Edinburgh TV Festival Takeaways: YouTube’s Rise, Commissioning Landscape and Move to Manchester

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Edinburgh TV Festival Takeaways: YouTube’s Rise, Commissioning Landscape and Move to Manchester
Aug 28, 2026 8:07am PT Edinburgh TV Festival Takeaways: YouTube’s Rise, Commissioning Landscape and Move to Manchester

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This year’s Edinburgh TV Festival was one of the buzziest, a somewhat ironic fact given it’s also the last. From next year the TV festival, which first originated in the Scottish city fifty years ago, is moving to Manchester.

The move was inevitably the talk of this year’s edition, with many genuinely emotional at the close of such a significant chapter. But with the TV business under more pressure than ever, it wasn’t the main topic of conversation. Read on for Variety’s top takeaways from this year’s fest.

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