All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 28
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STV and ITV see legal teams over disputed £22m fee
ITV is considering legal action against its Scottish licence holder STV Group, after accusing it of failing to pay a £22m fee for being part of the ITV network.
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NewsPremier League looks to sell Setanta matches
The Premier League has announced it will sell off Setanta’s 46 live matches for the next season, if the Irish pay TV company does not make it’s payment to organisation by next Friday.
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Ten Alps up despite economic slump
Ten Alps, the factual indie owned by Bob Geldof, has recorded a pre-tax profit of £3.3m for the financial year to 31 March - an increase of 5%.
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NewsPrimeval axed as ITV focuses on 9pm drama
ITV has axed Impossible Pictures’ dinosaur drama Primeval to focus on drama aired after 9pm.
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NewsOFT: Commission needs to relax ITV's CRR
The Office of Fair Trading has written to the Competition Commission, urging them to make drastic changes to remedy ITV’s Contract Rights Renewal scheme.
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NewsAutumnwatch extended to cash in on web appeal
Autumnwatch will no longer be stripped over two weeks as BBC2 moves to cash in on the series’ multiplatform credentials.
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Talkback celebrate Monte Carlo success
Talkback Thames swept the board at last night’s 49th Monte Carlo Television Festival – taking home four of the top awards for its television film, The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall.
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NewsSky News to launch in HD
Sky News will launch a high definition channel in Spring next year to run alongside it’s current 24-hour news channel – making it the first broadcaster to air news in both formats.
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NewsSetanta woe could boost ITV
ITV is rubbing its hands at the prospect of picking up eight England matches at a knockdown price if Setanta Sports collapses.
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NewsWhizz Kid wins ABC order for celebrity dance show
Whizz Kid Entertainment is remaking its Comic Relief celebrity dance format Let’s Dance for America’s ABC1 as a primetime show.
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NewsITVS takes I’m a Celebrity to India in format debut
ITV Studios has struck its first Indian format deal and will coproduce a version of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! for Sony Entertainment Television.
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NewsITV slashes Royal Variety budget
ITV will spend half a million pounds less on entertaining the Queen this year after it chopped the budget for the Royal Variety Performance almost in two.
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NewsSetanta bosses launch 11th hour rescue bid
Setanta bosses are making an 11th hour dash to save the Irish pay-TV company from collapse.
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ITV4 secures rights to England v Germany clash
ITV4 has secured the rights to the Sir Bobby Robson Testimonial Match from Toast Entertainment, allowing it to broadcast the England v Germany friendly in July.
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NewsRamsay's mum sparks Aussie apology
Gordon Ramsay has apologised for calling Australian current affairs show host Tracy Grimshaw a pig after receiving a punishing phone call from his mother.
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NewsITV brings in UBS to run sale of SDN
ITV has appointed Swiss investment bank UBS to run the sale of its Freeview channel operator SDN.
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NewsGrade: don't blame BGT execs for Boyle breakdown
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has rejected claims that executives on Britain’s Got Talent did not do enough to protect runner up Susan Boyle, saying that blaming production staff is “simplistic”.
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NewsSweden to adapt I'm a Celebrity...
ITV Studios has sold I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! to Scandinavian broadcaster TV4.
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NewsC4 pilots Come Dine with Me follow-up
Channel 4 is lining up a new cookery format from ITV Studios, the producer of global smash Come Dine with Me.
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Alan Titchmarsh springs into ITV1 seasonal show
Alan Titchmarsh is to front an ITV1 series on the seasons and climate change for ITV1.