All ITV articles – Page 147
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NewsITV to boost drama to halt ratings slump
ITV is to boost its spend on drama to tackle its worst ratings performance in 15 years.
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NewsAdam Crozier: BBC entertainment must be distinctive
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has revealed he is comfortable with the BBC producing and airing entertainment formats such as Strictly Come Dancing so long as they are “distinctive”.
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NewsITV profit soars by 30%
ITV’s pre-tax profits mushroomed by 31% in the first half of 2015, bolstered by another strong performance from its expanding production arm.
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VideoVIDEO: Drama on ITV
A peek at some of ITV’s autumn dramas including Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and the final series of Downton Abbey.
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NewsITV Studios America hires scripted boss
ITV Studios America has hired former Endemol Studios chief executive Philippe Maigret as it continues to boost its scripted arm.
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The Broadcast InterviewJulian Bellamy, ITV Studios
Fresh from welcoming Mammoth Screen and Twofour Group into the ITV Studios family, Julian Bellamy talks to Matthew Campelli about building a creative powerhouse - and the importance of getting the chemistry right
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VideoVIDEO: BBQ Champ, ITV
Watch the trailer for the Whizz Kid Entertainment and County of Kings co-production
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NewsIn brief: The Wonder of Britain; Attenborough; Big Star's Little Star
ITV reschedules Julia Bradbury’s The Wonder of Britain and recommissions Big Star Little Star, while Sir David Attenborough will front BBC doc The Hunt.
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NewsYou’re Back in the Room to return for ITV
ITV has ordered a second series of Tuesday’s Child hypnosis format You’re Back in the Room.
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RatingsRookies beats Bookies to win the 9pm slot
MONDAY: The terrestrial channels went head-to-head in a 9pm battle of the ob docs last night – with ITV’s Rookies coming out on top.
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NewsITV renews The Americans for Encore
ITV has picked up series three and four of The Americans for Encore seven months after it decided against renewing the show for its main channel.
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RatingsJoanna Lumley topples The Outcast
SUNDAY: The second part of Joanna Lumley’s Trans-Siberian Adventure steamed to a primetime slot lead as The Outcast’s finale lost 700,000 viewers.
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NewsFormer ITV controller installed as Objective boss
All3Media has installed former ITV entertainment controller Layla Smith as chief executive of Objective Productions with immediate effect, replacing Andrew Newman after six years in the role.
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NewsRugby hands ITV male boost
ITV is set to benefit from a boost in lucrative male viewers as well as an overall audience uplift after securing half of the TV rights to the Six Nations.
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NewsITV US president steps down
ITV Studios America president Orly Adelson has stepped down, prompting a restructure at the US business.
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RatingsRookies arrests 3.3m
MONDAY: ITV police documentary Rookies won the slot despite recruiting an audience below slot average, while Hair’s migration to BBC2 failed to result in an uplift.
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NewsBentley wins supernatural ITV drama
Bentley Productions has landed its first non-Midsomer Murders drama for ITV since Ultimate Force – a two-hour special based on Neil Spring’s The Ghost Hunter novel.
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VideoVIDEO: Rookies, ITV
A sneak peek at the Plum Productions documentary following 24 ordinary people - from a wide variety of backgrounds including lorry drivers and travel agents - as they become police officers.