All ITV articles – Page 273

  • News

    ITV Wales veteran latest cuts casualty

    2009-05-18T01:45:00Z

    ITV Wales national director Elis Owen will leave the broadcaster after 30 years of service, following a restructure of the Wales and English regions commissioning team.

  • News

    Primeval movie deal confirmed

    2009-05-15T23:32:00Z

    Warner Bros. has confirmed it has signed a “high six-figure” deal for the screen rights to ITV1 sci-fi series Primeval and revealed some of the key people involved with the project.

  • News

    UTV revenue drops 9%

    2009-05-15T23:30:00Z

    UTV Media, owner of the Northern Ireland ITV franchise, said revenue fell 9% in the four months through April as advertisers cut budgets.

  • News

    ITV forecasts 19% drop in ad revenue

    2009-05-14T23:37:00Z

    ITV AGM: ITV is predicting its advertising revenues will fall 19% this quarter as the recession continues to wreak havoc with the television ad market - and says it will “move away” from red button, interactivity and gaming.

  • News

    ITV shareholders voice anger at Grade

    2009-05-14T23:34:00Z

    ITV AGM: Angry shareholders frustrated at ITV’s underperformance aimed their frustrations squarely at ITV executive chairman Michael Grade in the commercial broadcaster’s AGM today (14 May).

  • News

    Grade: Canvas won't fail like Kangaroo

    2009-05-14T23:29:00Z

    ITV AGM: ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has staunchly defended the commercial broadcaster’s investment into its VOD joint venture with BT and the BBC - Project Canvas.

  • News

    ITV company secretary resigns

    2009-05-14T23:16:00Z

    ITV AGM: ITV company secretary James Tibbitts has resigned after five years in the post.

  • News

    ITV programming budget slashed by £20m

    2009-05-14T22:45:00Z

    ITV AGM: ITV is to cut its programming budget by a further £20m - part of measures to save £40m at the commercial broadcaster.

  • News

    ITV names chief exec headhunter

    2009-05-14T22:41:00Z

    ITV AGM: ITV has tasked Russell Reynolds Associates with finding its new chief executive.

  • News

    ITV to cut an extra £40m

    2009-05-14T22:39:00Z

    ITV will make an extra £40m in cost savings over the next two years after profits fell by 14% in the first quarter of this year.

  • News

    Freeview HD plans in doubt

    2009-05-14T21:49:00Z

    Free-to-air HD could become the latest victim of the crisis in TV funding as ITV and Channel 4 reconsider plans to launch HD channels on Freeview.

  • News

    Sky 1 bids to lure Harry Hill's TV Burp from ITV1

    2009-05-14T21:46:00Z

    Sky 1 has mounted an audacious bid to swipe Harry Hill’s TV Burp from ITV1 as part of a strategy to buy must-see shows established by rival broadcasters.

  • News

    'Radical' Ball's past ITV criticisms

    2009-05-14T21:39:00Z

    Former BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball, hotly tipped to become the next chief executive of ITV, has previously slammed the broadcaster for failing to embrace new technology, capitalise on its programmes or develop ITV Studios into a world-leading producer.

  • News

    STV opts out of ITV teatime schedule

    2009-05-14T21:15:00Z

    STV is to opt out of ITV’s schedule for a full hour between 5pm and 6pm on weeknights, by revamping and extending its teatime magazine programme, The Five Thirty Show.

  • Ratings

    The tricky drama series mix

    2009-05-14T01:16:00Z

    Channels need quietly steady performers to balance out their risky big hitters.

  • News

    Canvas partners hit back at critics

    2009-05-13T00:42:00Z

    Project Canvas’s partners, the BBC, ITV and BT, have fought back against critics of the IPTV joint venture, saying that the initiative will transform the TV industry.

  • News

    Katy Brand returning to ITV2 for third series

    2009-05-13T00:33:00Z

    Comedian Katy Brand will be returning to ITV2 this autumn with a third instalment of Katy’s Brand’s Big Ass Show.

  • News

    Sky airs Project Canvas objections

    2009-05-12T23:42:00Z

    BSkyB has attacked the BBC Trust’s decision to not carry out a full market review on the BBC, ITV and BT broadband joint venture Project Canvas.

  • News

    Wild at Heart wins fifth series

    2009-05-12T23:40:00Z

    ITV has commissioned a fifth series of Wild at Heart, scotching rumours that the Africa-based drama could be axed.

  • News

    Split won't affect ITV2's Katie and Peter Stateside

    2009-05-11T23:04:00Z

    ITV has no plans to pull Katie Price and Peter Andre’s fly on the wall series Katie & Peter: Stateside, despite the couple announcing their separation today.