All ITV articles – Page 146
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Ratings
Ripper Street and BBQ Champ suffer declines
FRIDAY: Ripper Street continued on BBC1 with 300,000 fewer viewers than tuned in for last week’s opener – as ITV’s BBQ Champ lost half a million people.
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News
Sport and films drive TV spend to £6.4bn
Total broadcaster spend on UK content grew by 9% in 2014 to £6.4bn, with an 18% surge in film and sport responsible for the rise.
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News
Joanna Lumley explores Elvis for ITV
Joanna Lumley is to travel to Graceland to explore the life of Elvis Presley in a one-off documentary for ITV.
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The Broadcast Interview
Alan Clements, STV Productions
Alan Clements talks to Matthew Campelli about delving into different genres to find the next show that, like Antiques Roadtrip, nails the three Rs: rights, returnability and reputation
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News
Liberty Global boss: ITV a content 'case study'
Liberty Global chief executive Mike Fries has revealed that the cable giant is using its ITV investment as a “case study” for its content strategy and underlined it had “no intention” of launching a full takeover.
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Ratings
Cilla tribute lifts ITV audience
TUESDAY: ITV’s tribute film The One and Only Cilla Black touched a solid audience following the star’s death on Sunday. Elsewhere Hair was unable to grow its audience despite jumping to BBC2 from BBC3.
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Video
VIDEO: The Trials of Jimmy Rose, ITV
ITV Studios and GroupM Entertainment’s co-production tells the story of the notorious armed robber
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Video
VIDEO: The X Factor, ITV
ITV has unveiled the futuristic trailer for the forthcoming series of its entertainment juggernaut The X Factor
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News
Dragonfly boosts factual slate with ITV & C4 docs
Dragonfly has expanded its specialist factual slate by winning two one-off documentaries – exploring Cleopatra’s tomb for Channel 4 and hedgehogs for ITV.
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News
Bear Grylls lands CITV series
Bear Grylls will teach a group children about survival in the wilderness in a 12-part series for CITV.
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Ratings
Ripper Street slays BBQ Champ
FRIDAY: Ripper Street returned to BBC1 with a slot-winning audience, grilling ITV’s BBQ Champ at 9pm.
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News
ITV threatens DCMS over closure of iPlayer loop-hole
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has written to government ministers raising concerns that proposals to close the iPlayer loophole would result in consumers being charged to access ITV Player.
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Video
VIDEO: ITV Rugby World Cup 2015
Watch the trailer for the tournament which kicks off on 18 September at Twickenham with a clash between hosts England and Fiji.
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Ratings
Flock Stars rounds up 2.5m
THURSDAY: ITV’s shepherding format Flock Stars rounded up a crowd below slot average, as a Prince Philip doc helped C4 to an audience of 2m.
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News
Liberty Global increases stake in ITV
Liberty Global has increased its stake in ITV to almost 10% but confirmed that it does not intend to make an offer to fully acquire the broadcaster.
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Comment
Adam Crozier’s King Canute strategy
ITV boss cannot ignore the rising digital tide, writes Kate Bulkley
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News
Deal Or No Deal banker’s indie wins first order
Possessed, the ITV Studios label set up by Deal Or No Deal banker Glenn Hugill, has won its first series commission and has assembled an executive team to create risk-taking formats.
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Comment
ITV faces factual balancing act
Under pressure to evolve but heartland subjects seem to work best
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News
ITV bids to calm indie fears as in-house spend surges
Adam Crozier has moved to quell indie concerns about vertical integration at ITV, after its in-house spend jumped 11% in the first half of 2015.
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News
Infographic: Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
View consolidated data for the first episode of ITV’s three-part travelogue from Burning Bright