All ITV Studios articles – Page 101
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NewsBBC4 orders more Dirk Gently
BBC4 has commissioned a mini-series of the Douglas Adams adaptation Dirk Gently after a successful TX pilot last December.
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NewsITVS poaches Million Pound Drop exec
ITV Studios has appointed Million Pound Drop Live co-developer and executive producer Nic McNeilis.
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NewsITV eyes US event format deal
ITV is looking to one of the biggest live event companies in the US to end its five-year search for a homegrown entertainment mega hit.
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NewsLevi leaves ITVS to head up Iambic entertainment
Former DCD boss Chris Hunt has hired ITV Studios’ Jonathan Levi to head up his new entertainment formats business.
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NewsITV's Titanic drama sets sail
US network ABC has boarded a forthcoming ITV1 drama about the Titanic, written by Downton Abbey scribe Julian Fellowes.
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NewsITVS deals with Shine and 19 Entertainment fail to bear fruit
ITV Studios’ co-development deals with Shine Group and US indie 19 Entertainment have ended without resulting in a single commission.
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NewsEmmerdale names new boss
A new series producer has been appointed to ITV soap Emmerdale, following the death of Gavin Blyth.
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NewsSarah Caplin departs ITVS
Sarah Caplin, ITV Studio’s long-standing head of features & factual entertainment, has left the business as part of its strategic shake-up.
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CommentITV’s real challenge begins
ITV may be some way to being “fixed” but the real work begins now, writes Jake Kanter
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NewsDavid Young leaves 12 Yard
12 Yard Productions founder David Young, who sold the indie to ITV in a £35m deal, is leaving the company after almost 10 years.
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News12 Yard forced to re-shoot BBC2 quiz
12 Yard Productions has been forced to junk more than three-quarters of its footage for new BBC2 daytime gameshow Perfection after it discovered some contestants may have had an advantage during production.
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NewsMammoth adds Pie Factory base
Ealing Studios’ Mammoth Graphics has opened an office within The Pie Factory at MediaCityUK in Salford.
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NewsMammoth Screen to adapt Fear of Flying
Wuthering Heights indie Mammoth Screen is set to adapt Erica Jong’s iconic novel Fear of Flying, with backing of ITV Global and US broadcaster the Sundance channel.
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NewsShiver series to showcase houseproud Brits
ITV1 plans to take a look behind the doors of Britain’s proudest homeowners in a Come Dine With Me-style daytime gameshow.
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NewsTwofour and Shiver win factual orders from ITV
A series on the troops who take supplies to frontline soldiers in Afghanistan will be contrasted with a docu-soap about the busy holiday season in the Lake District in two factual commissions set for ITV1.
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NewsSo TV lands CBBC 360 order
So Television has landed a CBBC order for almost 20 hours of scripted comedy, including a third run of sketch show Sorry I’ve Got No Head and a new sitcom spin-off.
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NewsCrackit links with Mammoth in bid to optimise skills
Crackit Productions and Mammoth Screen have formed an unlikely partnership to share production tips, ideas and ways of working.
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NewsNorton chatshow heads to BBC1
Graham Norton’s BBC2 chatshow will move to BBC1 in the autumn as part of a plan to make him one of the principle faces of the channel.
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NewsGraham Norton heads 12 Yard slate
With broadcasters turning their attention away from big outdoor reality events, London-based producer and distributor 12 Yard is taking a new slate of entertainment formats to Mipcom.