All ITV articles – Page 117
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Curve secures raft of orders
Factual indie Curve Media has marked its second anniversary with a raft of commissions across the BBC and Channel 4 and is on the cusp of winning a major ITV primetime pilot.
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Clunes outmuscles Lumley
TUESDAY: Martin Clunes’ ITV travelogue outmuscled Joanna Lumley’s recent effort as BBC2 failed to muster 1m for Our Dancing Town.
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Sister Pictures lands debut ITV drama
Jane Featherstone’s indie Sister Pictures has landed its first ITV commission - a high-stakes drama series starring Sheridan Smith.
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Speculation mounts over ITV
The future of ITV is in the spotlight after comments from Liberty Global chief executive Mike Fries sparked a fresh wave of speculation over a potential takeover deal.
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ITV Hub hosts refugee football film
A documentary about a refugee football tournament is to feature on ITV Hub following a tie-up between the broadcaster and youth brand Copa90.
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ITV Encore drama snares all-female team
Alison Owens and Debra Hayward’s forthcoming brothel drama for ITV Encore is to offer a “female gaze”, helped by its all-female writing and directing team.
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Let It Shine & The Voice UK share the honours
SATURDAY: Let It Shine and The Voice both made solid starts in the entertainment battle as BBC1’s drama gamble with Taboo paid off.
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ITV to 'sprinkle showbiz' onto Voice
ITV has unveiled plans to reinvent The Voice by preserving “the show the audience loves” but “with even more show business sprinkled on it”.
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The Chase outruns BBC1
WEDNESDAY: ITV gameshow The Chase gripped an audience of almost 4m viewers – enough to beat every single show on BBC1 apart from its news bulletins.
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ITV prepares for Adam Crozier exit
ITV has kicked off a recruitment process to find a successor for Adam Crozier.
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Britbox faces distribution dilemma
BBC Worldwide and ITV Studios will have to think increasingly strategically about the way in which they distribute shows digitally following the launch of US SVoD service Britbox, according to digital distributors.
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Harry doc informs 2.5m
MONDAY: ITV’s Prince Harry film proved no match for the channel’s recent interview with Prince Philip.
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Vicious finale fails to bite
FRIDAY: An hour-long send-off for ITV comedy Vicious sank to its lowest performance yet.
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Bear Grylls returns to CITV
CITV has recommissioned a second series of Bear Grylls’ Survival School despite recent cuts to the channel’s original commissioning budget.
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Linear viewing holds ground
Linear viewing remained steady this year in the face of increased competition from digital rivals such as Netflix and Amazon, while the battle for youth eyeballs intensified following the closure of BBC3.
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The battle for Saturday nights
ITV’s The Voice and BBC1’s Let It Shine set for high-profile shiny floor entertainment clash
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New low for Royal Variety Performance
TUESDAY: ITV’s Royal Variety Performance sunk to a new low and failed to dent the final episode of BBC1’s serial killer drama Rillington Place.
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BBC1 scores a right royal hit
BBC1’s Who Do You Think You Are? returned on Thursday 24 November at its new time of 8pm, consolidating to 5.5 million/22% after 1.2 million recorded and watched.