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Brits chairman Tony Wadsworth remains upbeat about this year's Brits TV viewing figures, despite the fact that its pre-video 7.5m audience was down by nearly 1m on 2001's total.

The Thursday night ITV1 programme grabbed an average audience share of 32% across its two hours, dropping slightly on last year but far less steeply than other event programmes such as the British Comedy Awards and the National TV Awards. Last year, an average of 8.4m viewers watched the show.

"Our share is only down by 1%, which is very strong given the current state of the television market," says Wadsworth.

The show was pitted against BBC 1's DIY SOS programme and Winter Olympics coverage on BBC2, featuring the British gold medal victory in the ...


    
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