All ITV articles – Page 169

  • Downton Abbey
    News

    Now TV turns on ITV Encore

    2014-09-03T09:47:00Z

    ITV Encore, the broadcaster’s dedicated drama channel, has expanded its reach after launching on Sky’s IPTV service Now TV.

  • Long Lost Family
    Ratings

    Long Lost Family bows out 1m down

    2014-09-02T12:20:00Z

    MONDAY: ITV’s Long Lost Family concluded with a series average over 1m viewers down on last year’s run - as 1m tuned in to Sky Sports News HQ to watch the Premier League transfer deadline unfold.

  • The X Factor
    News

    ITV shares hit 13-year high amid takeover talk

    2014-09-02T10:04:00Z

    ITV’s share price hit a 13-year high on Monday as speculation about a Liberty Global takeover persisted.

  • Neil Mortenson
    News

    ITV hires planning and research boss

    2014-09-01T16:33:00Z

    Neil Mortensen has been reappointed by ITV as director of planning and research to provide insight and analytics to divisions across the broadcaster.

  • The X Factor
    Ratings

    The X Factor wobbles on second outing

    2014-09-01T11:33:00Z

    SUNDAY: The X Factor faltered in its second outing after making a promising start on Saturday evening.

  • The X Factor
    Ratings

    The X Factor underway with 9.5m

    2014-09-01T10:05:00Z

    SATURDAY: Simon Cowell’s return to The X Factor helped add around 300,000 viewers to last year’s opener as the competition got underway with 9.5m viewers.

  • DOWNTON_ABBEY_EP8_03
    News

    CTBF to host Downton premiere

    2014-08-29T17:31:00Z

    The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF), the charity best known for its Royal Film Performance, is to premiere the series five opener of ITV drama Downton Abbey at Leicester Square.

  • Bad Bridesmaid
    Video

    VIDEO: Bad Bridesmaid trailer

    2014-08-29T12:52:00Z

    Click to view the trailer for Bad Bridesmaids, ITV2’s comedy-reality hybrid produced by Fresh One Productions and GroupM Entertainment.

  • Simon Cowell
    News

    Simon Cowell slams Strictly scheduling

    2014-08-29T09:36:00Z

    The BBC has been criticised by Simon Cowell following its decision to schedule Strictly Come Dancing against The X Factor.

  • Rising Star
    News

    ITV mulls stripping Rising Star

    2014-08-28T11:13:00Z

    ITV is considering stripping Rising Star, its real-time voting entertainment format, across a single week following a disappointing ratings performance in the US.

  • The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher
    Behind The Scenes

    The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher, ITV

    2014-08-28T07:24:00Z

    Hat Trick takes a bold approach on the first episode of the new series, using almost entirely natural light

  • Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly
    News

    Strictly Come Dancing set for clash with The X Factor

    2014-08-27T17:35:00Z

    The launch of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing is to go head-to-head with ITV’s The X Factor after both shows were scheduled in a Sunday evening slot.

  • UTV
    News

    World Cup boosts UTV profits 62%

    2014-08-26T10:19:00Z

    UTV has reported a 62% boost in profits as a result of an improving advertising market driven partly by the World Cup 2014.

  • Peter Fincham
    News

    Peter Fincham predicts US-style pitching

    2014-08-22T14:26:00Z

    ITV director of television Peter Fincham believes the consolidation of the British indie sector could lead to the introduction of US-style beauty parade pitching.

  • David Abraham
    News

    David Abraham takes aim at Sky and US studios

    2014-08-21T19:15:00Z

    MacTaggart: Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has demanded that Sky pay to carry its services and argued that it should be handed the chance to strike “more flexible deals” with the rapidly consolidating indie sector.

  • Keith Lemon
    News

    ITV2 orders Keith Lemon sketch show

    2014-08-21T18:02:00Z

    ITV2 has ordered a brand new sketch show starring Leigh Francis’  Keith Lemon produced by Fremantle Media’s Talkback.

  • Trawlermens Lives
    Ratings

    Trawlermen’s Lives nets 2.4m

    2014-08-21T12:05:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: Ben Fogle-fronted fishing documentary Trawlerman’s Lives halved ITV’s slot average as BBC1’s The Great British Bake-Off rose to a series high of almost 7.5m.

  • Harry Hill
    News

    ITV brings back hypnotism and Harry Hill

    2014-08-21T07:26:00Z

    ITV is to mix the old with the new by resurrecting Stars In Their Eyes “with a twist” and ordering the first hypnotism format on British TV for several years.

  • W1A
    News

    TV a ruder place to work

    2014-08-21T07:11:00Z

    Television has become a ruder and more frustrating place to work for UK indies over the past 12 months, with commissioning standards at the BBC in particular going backwards.

  • All-star-mr-and-mrs
    News

    Entertainment shows fail diversity test

    2014-08-21T07:07:00Z

    The vast majority of primetime entertainment shows are failing to refl ect the diversity of the British population, according to the first findings of a major Broadcast-backed study.