All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 24

  • Louis Theroux
    Ratings

    Louis Theroux deals with 2.7m

    2009-08-10T11:50:00Z

    The return of documentary-maker Louis Theroux as he explored a city’s addiction to crystal meth delivered 2.7m viewers (11.7% share) to BBC2 at 9pm last night

  • Simon Fuller
    News

    19 Entertainment acquires model agency Storm

    2009-08-10T10:57:00Z

    Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller’s company 19 Entertainment has acquired a controlling stake in Storm, the modelling agency that represents Kate Moss, to increase its hold in the fashion industry.

  • 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.

  • The Bill
    Ratings

    The Bill loses nearly 1m viewers

    2009-08-07T11:22:00Z

    ITV1’s reinvention of The Bill continued to lose ground last night, shedding almost a million viewers since its launch in a post-watershed slot.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 16: Too Young to Vote
    Ratings

    Viewers fail to register vote for BBC3 doc

    2009-08-05T13:10:00Z

    BBC3 struggled to attract viewers to its youth documentary 16: Too Young to Vote?, fronted by EastEnders actress Melissa Suffield, at 9pm last night.

  • Desperate Romantics
    Ratings

    Desperate Romantics woo 2m

    2009-08-05T12:19:00Z

    BBC2’s pre-Raphaelite costume drama Desperate Romantics wooed back its 2m audience last night, but was unable to temp any of the 500,000 viewers it lost last week.

  • 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.

  • Bang Goes the Theory
    Ratings

    Bang Goes the Theory fizzles

    2009-08-04T11:30:00Z

    BBC1’s new science series Bang Goes the Theory fizzled last night while Five enjoyed bumper ratings with The Hotel Inspector later in the evening.

  • Psychoville
    Ratings

    Psychoville finishes with 1.3m

    2009-07-31T11:41:00Z

    BBC2’s critically acclaimed but creepy comedy Psychoville came to a close last night, drawing an average audience of 1.3m (6.2%) between 10pm and 10.30pm.

  • 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.

  • Neighbours
    News

    Fremantle hires Wiffen to lead global drama efficiency drive

    2009-07-30T08:00:00Z

    Fremantle Media has appointed Donna Wiffen to head a new worldwide drama team and immediately tasked her with leading a global efficiency review of the company’s scripted output.

  • 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.