All ITV articles – Page 145
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NewsFamily Guy to help launch ITV2 comedy
ITV2 will use US animation Family Guy as a springboard to launch original scripted commissions.
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NewsFincham: ITV not under threat from Netflix
Peter Fincham has played down the threat of losing out on major shows to VoD services and claimed that Netflix’s £100m commission of The Crown and Amazon’s deal with Jeremy Clarkson were “exceptional things”.
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NewsRichard Klein defends ITV factual performance
ITV commissioner Richard Klein has defended the broadcaster’s factual performance and highlighted the growing challenges faced by mainstream broadcasters.
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NewsFincham: BBC uses Strictly to 'clip X Factor wings'
ITV’s Peter Fincham has made a public plea to the BBC not to schedule this autumn’s Strictly Come Dancing directly against The X Factor.
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RatingsEducating Cardiff sees off School Swap
TUESDAY: Educating Cardiff registered 1.8m viewers on Channel 4, more than 500,000 ahead of its ITV rival School Swap.
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FeaturesJekyll & Hyde, ITV
Talk of budgets often put a damper on your imagination when writing. On our ITV drama, that talk never happened, says Charlie Higson
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NewsITV2 orders diverse comedies ahead of Mobos
ITV2 wants to make its mark in diverse content by ordering four comedies featuring and produced by black, Asian and minority ethnic talent.
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NewsITV lining up Cold Feet reunion
ITV is in talks with the stars of Cold Feet about a potential reunion more than a decade after the drama was axed.
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RatingsSaturday Night Story entertains 2.4m
SATURDAY: ITV’s The Saturday Night Story and Channel 5’s Football League Tonight remained steady as part of a quiet evening’s entertainment.
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NewsTwofour attempts 'time travel' transformation for ITV
Twofour has landed a six-part series with ITV in which Davina McCall will meet individuals who are attempting to change their lives.
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NewsITV in talks to buy UTV
UTV has confirmed that it is in talks over a potential sale following reports ITV is to acquire the Northern Irish broadcaster.
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NewsBen Fogle to front ITV 'whale-fall' experiment
Ben Fogle will front an ambitious ‘whale-fall’ experiment for ITV which will lure large sea creatures – including sharks – to the carcass of a whale.
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RatingsThe Wonder of Britain transports 1.6m average
THURSDAY: ITV’s The Wonder of Britain recovered from last week’s low to bow out with a series average of 1.6m (7.7%).
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RatingsITV edges BBC2 in school doc battle
TUESDAY: ITV’s School Swap: The Class narrowly triumphed over BBC2’s Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School in the battle of the school documentaries.
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NewsITV to refund votes for BGT winner
ITV will refund viewers who paid to vote for the winner of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent after Ofcom found the show had misled the audience.
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RatingsSaturday night ITV retrospective entertains 2.5m
SATURDAY: ITV entertainment retrospective The Saturday Night Story raised the curtain in front of an audience of 2.5m.
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RatingsAbducted unable to locate 6% share for ITV
TUESDAY: ITV one-off documentary Abducted scraped just over 1m viewers to place last in the 9pm terrestrial slot.
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NewsITV takes stake in YouTube network for mums
ITV has taken a minority stake in Channel Mum, the YouTube multichannel network aimed at mothers.
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NewsThe X Factor live director exits
Bafta-winning director Phil Heyes is to leave The X Factor ahead of its 12th series.