All ITV articles – Page 230
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NewsOfcom clears raunchy X Factor performances - just
Ofcom is to revise the rules governing family entertainment shows after ruling that The X Factor final performances by Rihanna and Christina Aguilera were “at the very margin of acceptability”.
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NewsNBCU’s Beale to head ITVS global formats
NBC Universal’s Mike Beale is to become ITV Studios’ new international formats supremo as the production arm targets overseas expansion.
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NewsThe Cube returns to ITV1
The Cube has been recommissioned for a fourth series on ITV1, with Objective Productions set to start filming later this year.
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NewsBroadcasters and indies rally against relaxing IP laws
The UK’s biggest commercial broadcasters and Pact have argued that relaxing intellectual property (IP) laws could “seriously undermine” investment in content.
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NewsThe Killing, Essex up for Bafta Audience Award
BBC4’s Danish crime drama The Killing has been nominated alongside ITV2’s constructed reality show The Only Way Is Essex for this year’s YouTube Audience Award, which will be announced at the Bafta Awards on 22 May.
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NewsCowell bows out as weekly X Factor judge
ITV has confirmed that Simon Cowell will not be a main judge on the next series of The X Factor.
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RatingsSpitfire Women commands 230,000
SUNDAY: BBC4’s Spitfire Women, which told the story of the trailblazing female pilots of the Air Transport Auxillary, drew an audience of 227,800 (1.5%) from 10.20pm.
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RatingsBritain’s Got Talent returns with 9.9m
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent returned with its third biggest launch audience to date.
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RatingsPaul O'Grady returns to prime time with 3.9m
FRIDAY: Paul O’Grady returned to ITV1 with an audience of 3.9m viewers (17.25%) tuning in across the 9pm hour.
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NewsBenidorm writer changes mind over fifth series
ITV1 has commissioned a fifth series of popular comedy drama Benidorm, with creator Derren Litten staying on with the show as one of a team of writers.
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NewsC5 and ITV mull digital solution to tape crisis
ITV and Channel 5 are accelerating plans for file-based delivery of HD programmes if Sony’s HDCam SR tape runs low following the Japan earthquake.
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Behind The ScenesLong Lost Family, ITV1
Tracking down and persuading families to reunite for TV was harder than expected for Duncan Coates - and doubled the production schedule.
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NewsITV poaches C4 marketing boss
ITV has lured Channel 4 marketer Rufus Radcliffe to become the company’s new group marketing and research director.
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NewsITN returns to profit
ITN returned to profit last year, despite posting a 2% fall in revenue amid “challenging” operating conditions.
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RatingsSky1’s dogumentary debuts to 143,000
WEDNESDAY: Sky1’s new “dogumentary” A Different Breed debuted to 143,400 viewers (0.6% share), just below the year to date slot average.
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NewsSecurity Men marks Aherne’s ITV1 return
ITV1 has greenlit Caroline Aherne’s first comedy series in a decade as part of a concerted scripted comedy push.
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NewsITV writes off Carbon and Crackit indie investment
ITV is to close down Carbon Media and write off its stake in Crackit Productions.
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NewsITV bets on Cowell gameshow
Simon Cowell and ITV are creating an epic gameshow in which thousands of contestants compete to win a million pounds - on the spin of a roulette wheel.
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NewsCast unveiled for Titanic TV series
Linus Roache and Geraldine Somerville are to head the cast of Julian Fellowes’s epic dramatisation of the Titanic story.
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NewsITV royal wedding to be 'ad free'
Ofcom rules will prevent ITV from running commercial breaks during the royal wedding, it has emerged.