All ITV articles – Page 268
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ITV deserves diversity credit
ITV’s Bruce Robertson reveals the broadcasters’ progress on diversity and why Pat Younge’s criticism was a mistake
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News
ITV shares hold up despite pension problems
ITV’s share price held up well today despite reports that the broadcaster’s pension deficit has surged to around £500m.
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ITV soaps night pays off, but New Tricks nicks The Bill
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.
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Taggart rocked by staff cuts
Taggart’s executive producer of seven years has been made redundant as speculation about the future of the long-running drama grows.
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ITV tackles pension shortfall
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.
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Chibnall to leave Law & Order UK showrunner role
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.
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ITV's Cole joins ITN's Diagonal View
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.
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HMV and Apple execs in race to be next ITV CEO
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.
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Younge slams diversity in TV industry
Pat Younge, incoming head of BBC Vision Productions, has claimed the TV industry is still disproportionately dominated by the white, middle and upper classes - and singled out ITV for criticism.
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ITV3's Ladies of Letters to return
ITV3’s first original comedy drama, Ladies of Letters, will be returning for a second series.
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X Factor boot camp to be filmed with live audience
X Factor bosses at Talkback Thames and Syco will be shaking up the format further, by holding the “boot-camp” in front of a live audience.
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Ant and Dec developing new variety show
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s indie Gallowgate is developing a new Saturday night variety show aimed at ITV1.
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John Sergeant to front ITV1 travel show
ITV1 AUTUMN LAUNCH: John Sergeant will star on ITV1 this autumn, travelling to England’s tourism hotspots to uncover the “gems and eccentricities” of the UK for a new factual series.
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The Bill: watch the opening minutes and new titles
The Bill returns to ITV1 tonight (23 July) in a new post-watershed slot and with a revamped opening title sequence.
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Living secures rights to US drama Supernatural
US drama Supernatural is to move from ITV2 to Living after Virgin Media secured the first-run UK TV rights to series five.
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BBC Wales may be 'only news option' by 2010
Welsh MPs have warned the government that viewers in the nation may have no alternative choice of English-language news by next year.
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PSB kids' output halved since 2004
Homegrown children’s output on free-to-air broadcasters has more than halved over four years, Ofcom research has revealed.
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Comment
Will STV share fans joy for The Bill's Scottish salvation?
Scottish fans of The Bill will be over the moon when they hear they will not have to bid farewell to Sun Hill, but STV may not be so thrilled by ITV’s benevolence, writes Kate McMahon.
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The Bill saved in Scotland
Viewers in Scotland will be able to watch the new 9pm version of The Bill, despite ITV licence holder STV deciding to opt out of network programming at that time.
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ITV calls for more football on protected TV list
ITV is pushing the government to add all World Cup and European Championship qualifying games involving home nations to be added to the list of sporting events protected for free-to-air television.