All ITV articles – Page 268

  • The Whole 19 Yards
    News

    ITV snaps up Endemol physical game show

    2009-08-11T08:39:00Z

    ITV is poised to add Endemol’s The Whole 19 Yards to its stable of primetime shiny-floor quiz shows.

  • Simon Fox
    News

    Fox out of ITV CEO race

    2009-08-10T10:01:00Z

    Simon Fox, the chief executive of music and DVD retailer HMV, has ruled himself out of the race to be the next chief executive of ITV.

  • Michael Grade
    News

    Analysis: Grade's final results show positive signs

    2009-08-07T13:14:00Z

    Following a headline-grabbing set of financial results from ITV, Broadcast highlights what ITV bosses had to say about the loss of Friends Reunited, the growth of ITV Studios, a new chief executive, its international focus and how Michael Grade will handle his role as non-executive chairman. Kate McMahon reports.

  • David Blunkett
    News

    Five's Blunkett series in running for Griersons

    2009-08-07T10:30:00Z

    Five has received a record three nominations for the Grierson Trust’s prestigious documentary awards.

  • Kingdom
    News

    ITV strikes deal with BBC for Freeview HD

    2009-08-07T10:10:00Z

    ITV will roll out a new ITV1 HD service on Freeview in time for the 2010 World Cup, after agreeing the final carriage terms with the BBC.

  • X Factor
    News

    ITV shares rally back to January high

    2009-08-06T15:38:00Z

    ITV share price rallied 7% today on the back of its half-yearly results to 44.96p – its highest price since January.

  • The Bill
    News

    Grade slams STV opt outs

    2009-08-06T13:01:00Z

    Executive chairman Michael Grade has lifted the lid on ITV’s “tense” relationship with Scottish franchisee STV, claiming its decision to opt out of key network dramas is damaging the ITV brand.  

  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl
    News

    ITV digital channels may leave Freeview

    2009-08-06T11:24:00Z

    ITV bosses have declared they would be open to putting their digital channels ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 exclusively on Sky and Virgin Media, if a higher carriage fee for the channels could be negotiated.

  • The Colour of Money
    News

    In-house production falls at ITV

    2009-08-06T10:01:00Z

    ITV Studios generated significantly more revenue from rival UK broadcasters during the first half of the year – but significantly less from the ITV channels themselves.

  • BBC iPlayer
    News

    iPlayer doubles its reach

    2009-08-06T09:05:00Z

    BBC iPlayer has more than doubled its reach in the past year and is five times more popular than ITV’s catch-up service, Ofcom’s annual communications market report has revealed.

  • Friends Reunited
    News

    ITV suffers as it sells Friends Reunited for £25m

    2009-08-06T08:36:00Z

    ITV made a loss of £104m in the six months to 30 June and has sold Friends Reunited to DC Thomson company Brightsolid for £25m – taking a hit of £145m.

  • watching tv
    News

    Record viewing figures for commercial TV

    2009-08-05T09:21:00Z

    UK viewers have set a new record for watching commercial TV viewing an average of 16.7 hours each week for the first six months of the year.

  • bruce robertson
    Comment

    ITV deserves diversity credit

    2009-08-03T12:57:00Z

    ITV’s Bruce Robertson reveals the broadcasters’ progress on diversity and why Pat Younge’s criticism was a mistake

  • Britain's Got Talent
    News

    ITV shares hold up despite pension problems

    2009-08-03T11:22:00Z

    ITV’s share price held up well today despite reports that the broadcaster’s pension deficit has surged to around £500m.

  • New Tricks
    Ratings

    ITV soaps night pays off, but New Tricks nicks The Bill

    2009-07-31T11:00:00Z

    ITV1’s new Thursday night soaps strategy continued to perform for the commerical broadcaster last night, but The Bill was still no match for BBC1’s 9pm drama New Tricks.

  • Taggart
    News

    Taggart rocked by staff cuts

    2009-07-30T12:50:00Z

    Taggart’s executive producer of seven years has been made redundant as speculation about the future of the long-running drama grows.

  • Ladies of Letters
    News

    ITV tackles pension shortfall

    2009-07-30T08:21:00Z

    ITV has taken a significant step to address its £178m pension black hole by capping increases to its contributions to its defined benefits scheme at 1% a year.

  • law & order UK
    News

    Chibnall to leave Law & Order UK showrunner role

    2009-07-30T08:00:00Z

    Torchwood and Life on Mars writer Chris Chibnall will not return as showrunner on the second series of ITV1’s Law & Order UK, and plans to concentrate on other projects.

  • News

    ITV's Cole joins ITN's Diagonal View

    2009-07-29T14:59:00Z

    ITN’s quirky video clips channel Diagonal View has appointed ITV’s former online sales director Gary Cole to the newly created position of commercial director.

  • Michael Grade
    News

    HMV and Apple execs in race to be next ITV CEO

    2009-07-29T09:43:00Z

    HMV chief executive Simon Fox and Apple’s most senior executive in Europe, Pascal Cagni, are understood to be frontrunners in the race to become the next chief executive of ITV.