All ITV articles – Page 266

  • Saturday Night Takeaway
    News

    Ofcom toughens fine limits for ITV

    2009-09-10T16:09:00Z

    Ofcom could fine ITV more than £3m for any future breaches of the broadcasting code, after a review concluded the broadcaster’s fines over the TV fakery scandal were not hefty enough.

  • The Saint
    News

    The Saint set to be resurrected by major Canadian producer

    2009-09-10T10:04:00Z

    A Canadian production company is remaking iconic ITV thriller The Saint but has yet to approach UK broadcasters about the project.

  • Divided
    News

    ITV plots overhaul of daytime quiz line-up

    2009-09-10T09:17:00Z

    ITV1 is poised for a daytime quizshow shake-up, with a pair of new shows set for lengthy orders and Goldenballs likely to be shelved.

  • Road Warriors
    News

    Twofour and Shiver win factual orders from ITV

    2009-09-10T07:00:00Z

    A series on the troops who take supplies to frontline soldiers in Afghanistan will be contrasted with a docu-soap about the busy holiday season in the Lake District in two factual commissions set for ITV1.

  • Michael Grade
    News

    ITV's hopes to rejoin FTSE 100 fall short

    2009-09-09T12:56:00Z

    ITV has to wait a while longer to rejoin the FTSE 100, after hopes it could be in line for a promotion back to blue-chip status fell short today.

  • The South Bank Show
    News

    Bragg: South Bank Show was effectively "cancelled"

    2009-09-08T09:38:00Z

    Melvyn Bragg said he was left with no choice but to walk away from The South Bank Show, after ITV director of television Peter Fincham slashed his programming budget.

  • Mel B
    News

    Spice Girl to go on the breadline for ITV

    2009-09-07T10:31:00Z

    Spice Girl Mel B, Trinny Woodall, Keith Allen and rugby star Austin Healey will move into impoverished households in Leeds as part of a new three-part series for ITV1.

  • Zai Bennett
    The Broadcast Interview

    Zai Bennett, ITV digital channels

    2009-09-03T08:34:00Z

    ITV’s digital man has used the pulling power of celeb-led shows to bolster the UK’s top two multichannels. He tells Kate McMahon about his strategy to draw in even bigger crowds.

  • Taggart
    News

    UKTV waiting to snap up STV’s Taggart for Alibi

    2009-09-03T07:00:00Z

    UKTV wants Taggart for its crime channel Alibi if ITV drops the long-running show.

  • News

    ITV1 to test out musical tribute format for series

    2009-09-03T07:00:00Z

    Amanda Holden and Ronan Keating will front a new music tribute format from ITV1 that could become a series.

  • The X Factor
    News

    ITV to launch time-shift channel

    2009-09-02T11:32:00Z

    ITV is to launch catch-up station ITV+1 on 1 October.

  • Brenda Blethyn
    News

    Blethyn to star in Hidden Depths

    2009-09-01T11:52:00Z

    Crime writer Ann Cleeves’ novel Hidden Depths is to be made into an ITV murder mystery starring Brenda Blethyn.

  • The Office
    Ratings

    Few turn out for night at The Office

    2009-09-01T10:50:00Z

    A repeat of the entire first series of The Office failed to spark much interest for BBC2 on Sunday night while a repeat of Lewis scored bigger numbers than the opening instalment of ITV’s lavish new drama Wuthering Heights.

  • The X Factor
    News

    ITV mulls micropayment plans

    2009-08-30T13:58:00Z

    ITV is yet to fully commit to a micropayment strategy for some online content and is wrestling with where to pitch charges and agreeing a common payment system with other players.

  • Britain's Got Talent: Susan Boyle
    News

    Fincham defends treatment of BGT hopefuls

    2009-08-29T18:49:00Z

    EDINBURGH: ITV director of television Peter Fincham has defended the treatment of contestants on Britain’s Got Talent, and said the network would have faced a barrage of criticism if it had not allowed participants like Susan Boyle to take part.

  • News

    Factual shift for ITV3

    2009-08-29T16:44:00Z

    EDINBURGH: Digital channel ITV3 is to broadcast more factual programming, reflecting the reduced amount of drama on the commercial broadcaster.

  • The Bill
    News

    ITV's Mackie defends Bill move

    2009-08-29T11:33:00Z

    EDINBURGH: ITV director of drama Laura Mackie has defended the decision to move long-running police show The Bill to 9pm, saying that the show’s new format will need time to bed in.

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber
    News

    Clock ticking on Lloyd Webber ITV deal

    2009-08-28T17:25:00Z

    Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is fighting to extricate himself from his BBC contract so he can move to ITV before his rights to stage the Wizard of Oz expire in 2010.

  • Made in Scotland
    News

    STV report 84% pre-tax profit drop

    2009-08-27T10:16:00Z

    ITV’s Scottish licence holder STV has reported an 84% fall in pre-tax profit year-on-year for the first six months of 2009, but chief execuitve Rob Woodward told Broadcast that the broadcaster’s underlying business model was well placed to ride out the recession.

  • Wuthering Heights
    Behind The Scenes

    Wuthering Heights, ITV1

    2009-08-27T09:57:00Z

    Radford Neville reveals the difficulty in finding the perfect Yorkshire location to recreate Emily Brontë’s period masterpiece, Wuthering Heights.