All ITV articles – Page 274
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The Broadcast InterviewZai Bennett, ITV digital channels
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.
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NewsUKTV waiting to snap up STV’s Taggart for Alibi
UKTV wants Taggart for its crime channel Alibi if ITV drops the long-running show.
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ITV1 to test out musical tribute format for series
Amanda Holden and Ronan Keating will front a new music tribute format from ITV1 that could become a series.
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NewsBlethyn to star in Hidden Depths
Crime writer Ann Cleeves’ novel Hidden Depths is to be made into an ITV murder mystery starring Brenda Blethyn.
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RatingsFew turn out for night at The Office
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.
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NewsITV mulls micropayment plans
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.
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NewsFincham defends treatment of BGT hopefuls
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.
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Factual shift for ITV3
EDINBURGH: Digital channel ITV3 is to broadcast more factual programming, reflecting the reduced amount of drama on the commercial broadcaster.
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NewsITV's Mackie defends Bill move
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.
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NewsClock ticking on Lloyd Webber ITV deal
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.
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NewsSTV report 84% pre-tax profit drop
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.
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Behind The ScenesWuthering Heights, ITV1
Radford Neville reveals the difficulty in finding the perfect Yorkshire location to recreate Emily Brontë’s period masterpiece, Wuthering Heights.
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NewsFellowes pens ITV1 drama series
Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning writer of Gosford Park, is writing a seven-part Edwardian country house drama for ITV1.
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NewsITV tries out new Blind Date
ITV has tasked The X Factor producer Talkback Thames with making the successor to Blind Date - speed-dating format Take Me Out.
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NewsSTV to boost drama - without ITV
STV plans to acquire more dramas from the likes of RTE and gradually develop more drama in-house after opting out of airing almost all of ITV’s autumn drama line-up.
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NewsAnt and Dec in US Takeaway talks
Ant and Dec have revealed they are in talks to take their hit ITV1 format Saturday Night Takeaway in the US.
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RatingsX Factor back with 11.7m
The X Factor was back with its second highest launch show to date on Saturday night – peaking at 11.7m (54%) just after 8pm.
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NewsITV.com revenue may soar to £34m
Revenues from ITV.com are on course to more than triple this year, making as much as £34m according to a new analyst report
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CommentBroadcast on... The X Factor
As the new series of The X Factor prepares to launch, ITV has provided a first look to a select gathering. Broadcast’s Kate McMahon was there to see the good, the bad and the downright awful.