All ITV articles – Page 143
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ITV acquires UTV Television for £100m
ITV has snapped up the television division of Northern Irish broadcaster UTV Media for £100m.
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ITVS looks north east for talent
ITV is to expand the volume of partnerships it forges with regional indies – with a focus on those based in the north east.
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Bedell, Tyler, Watsham and Taylor on hunt for Next Big Thing
Elaine Bedell, Alan Tyler, Richard Watsham and Celia Taylor will debate the Next Big Thing in Entertainment in a key session of Broadcast’s Commissioning Forum next month.
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Hat Trick lands killer dentist drama from ITV
James Nesbitt will play a real-life dentist-turned-killer in ITV’s latest drama produced by Hat Trick Productions.
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ITV outlines vision for news
ITV’s Michael Jermey is hunting for “reputation-enhancing” primetime current affairs after refreshing the News At Ten bulletin and luring Robert Peston to the commercial broadcaster.
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Leftfield staff vote to join WGAE union
Writers and producers working at ITV Studios’s Leftfield Entertainment have voted to unionise as tension grows between the UK broadcaster and the Writers Guild of America (WGAE).
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ITV rules out Peston versus Marr clash
Peston on Sunday will avoid a head-to-head clash with BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show when the ITV political format launches next year.
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Unforgotten grips 4.7m
THURSDAY: ITV drama Unforgotten got underway with a healthy audience that won the 9pm slot.
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ITV orders Titchmarsh antiques gameshow
Alan Titchmarsh has signed up to present his first-ever gameshow – a competitive antiques format for ITV Daytime.
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Whittingdale mulls regulatory boost for kids’ and current affairs
John Whittingdale has asked Ofcom to consider whether production sector regulation could be introduced that would promote investment in genres such as children’s and current affairs.
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ITV confirms Peston hire
ITV has confirmed that Robert Peston has made the switch from the BBC to become its political editor and host of his own Sunday morning political talkshow.
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South African SVoD service strikes ITV deal
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold over 100 hours of scripted content to South Africa as exports to the continent continue to grow.
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A&E swoops for Frankenstein Chronicles
A&E Network has picked up ITV’s crime drama The Frankenstein Chronicles to air in the US.
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Behind The Scenes
Glitchy, ITV2
With spoof programmes like Sun, Sea And Sex With My Parents, we wanted to gently send up the contemporary TV landscape, says executive producer James Longman
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ITVS inks format deal with Korean firm
Raw TV’s The Secret Life of Students and Come Date with Me are set to be re-made for the South Korean market following a deal between ITV’s distribution arm and local broadcaster CJ E&M.
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ITVS plans major US scripted push
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has revealed plans for a major US scripted push as he continues to expand the broadcaster’s production empire.
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ITV pilots playalong quiz
ITV is piloting a playalong gameshow from NBC Universal International Studios based on popular app QuizUp.
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England crash out of RWC in front of 11m
SATURDAY: England were knocked out of the Rugby World Cup in front of the second-biggest crowd of the tournament.
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ITV swoops for Robert Peston
ITV has swooped to hire BBC journalist Robert Peston as political editor and the host of a new political talk show.
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ITV2’s Almost Impossible Gameshow struggles
THURSDAY: ITV2’s Almost Impossible Gameshow started slowly, while Chris Tarrant went back on his travels for Channel 5.