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The BBC said Wednesday that record numbers of people watched coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival on-demand through its dedicated festival Web site and through its BBC Red Button interactive TV service. According to the corporation, the site--which offered highlights of around 60 acts playing on the festival's main stages--received 7.2 million video requests. Lady Gaga's performance proved the biggest draw, the BBC says, with 1.3 million requests, followed by Lily Allen's with 762,000 requests, and Blur's with 538,000 requests.

The BBC said Wednesday that this year's "Radio 1's Big Weekend" event, an annual free music festival produced by the corporation's flagship rock and pop station, was "the most interactive to date," with record numbers accessing the corporation's coverage of the event via the Internet, mobile phones and the red button.