All ITV articles – Page 241
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ITV News to poll nation on spending cuts
ITV News is to provide viewers with year-long analysis of how the government’s spending cuts are affecting the nation.
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ITV seals X Factor mega deal
ITV has secured The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent for a further three years as part of a deal that will also see it air the US versions of both shows.
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ITV orders tribute for Corrie's Duckworth
ITV is to air a special tribute show to Coronation Street character Jack Duckworth when he leaves the soap this year.
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CRR drags down programming budgets, says ITV
ITV has claimed that Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) is having an “unintended” and “damaging” impact on programming budgets across the industry.
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ITV boosts police line-up with crime novel drama
ITV is to bolster its slate of new detectives by turning Sophie Hannah’s crime novel The Point Of Rescue into a two-part drama, featuring a male and female investigative double act.
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New kids on the ITV beat
A clutch of detective dramas are vying to become long-running ITV franchises as the commercial broadcaster replenishes its schedules. Jake Kanter rates their chances.
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Downton Abbey to return for second series
ITV’s lavish period drama Downton Abbey has been speedily recomissioned following critical and ratings success.
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Ratings
Apprentice move proves mixed bag
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice’s move from spring to autumn had mixed results as its return went up against Grand Designs and Midsomer Murders.
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Maddigan takes commissioning position at ITV1
A former producer on some of BBC1’s biggest Saturday-night shows has joined ITV1 as an entertainment commissioner.
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ITV2 Essex show offers barcodes for extra content
Viewers of ITV2 reality series The Only Way Is Essex will be able to download mobile content using barcodes that will feature in the show itself.
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CITV orders first animation in five years
Kids channel CITV has commissioned its first animated series in five years from children’s publishers Walker Books.
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Quentin follows in ex’s footsteps with ITV India tour
Tiger Aspect is to take actress Caroline Quentin on a tour of India for ITV - two years after it took her ex-husband Paul Merton to the same country for Channel 5.
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Producer flies flag for Corrie’s move to Salford
Coronation Street producer Phil Collinson has thrown his weight behind moving the soap to Salford.
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Execs go on tour to brief staff on ITV transformation
ITV’s top executives have been touring the country building momentum behind the company’s transformation programme.
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Wild goes behind scenes at London Zoo for ITV
ITV has asked the indie that opened the doors to British prisons Holloway and Wormwood Scrubs to turn its attentions to London Zoo.
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The Broadcast Interview
Jo Clinton-Davis, popular factual, ITV
Popular factual is a sweet spot for ITV, with celebrity authored docs in particular winning high ratings. But its controller is also looking for bolder commissions, she tells Jake Kanter.
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The Bill studios given new life
Merton Studios, home to The Bill since 1983, has been sold along with 45,000 costume pieces and sets including a pub and police cells, to property investment company Panther Securities for £4.75m.
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ITV will charge for online exclusives
ITV plans to introduce premium content such as previews, additional scenes and alternative endings for its top shows, according to chief executive Adam Crozier.
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ITV sells Screenvision stake
ITV has offloaded its 50% stake in cinema advertising business Screenvision in an $80m (£50m) deal with US private equity fund Shamrock Capital.
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Jeremy Hunt outlines local TV plans
UK broadcasters will be able to win a higher slot on the EPG if they engage with the government’s local TV agenda.