All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 29
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ITV and UTV defend £100m budget for regional news
ITV and UTV have stepped in to defend Ofcom’s proposed £100m budget for regional news, after the BBC dismissed the figure as “fantasy”.
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NewsBGT sparks 350 complaints
Nearly 350 complaints were lodged with Ofcom last weekend over Britain’s Got Talent – but less than 16 of them were about the treatment of singing sensation Susan Boyle.
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NewsNorthern screen agencies launch online database
North England’s regional screen agencies have teamed up to launch an online database listing everything from crew to facilities in a bid to maximise jobs for freelance production staff.
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NewsOfcom considers Britain's Got Talent investigation
Britain’s Got Talent could be facing investigation by Ofcom after the watchdog revealed viewers complained about the Saturday results show.
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NewsMcVay: BGT proves ITV should not change terms of trade
Britain’s Got Talent is a “shining example” of why ITV should not look to tear up the terms of trade, according to Pact.
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NewsNo kickback for indies from an ITV-Sky deal
Indies would be unlikely to get any financial kickback if ITV switched its Freeview digital channels ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 to BSkyB according to Pact.
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NewsGranada America rebranded as ITV Studios
ITV’s North American production arm Granada America has been re-branded as ITV Studios.
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NewsITV’s Bennett on the lookout for US drama series at LA Screenings
ITV’s newly appointed director of multichannels and acquisitions Zai Bennett will be on the hunt for a US drama series for ITV1’s primetime schedule at the LA Screenings this week.
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Spall to star in Aherne’s ITV1 obesity drama
Timothy Spall is to don a fat suit for an ITV1 comedy drama by Caroline Aherne about a man so obese he cannot leave his chair.
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ITV takes Holden and Lumley on factual journeys
ITV1 is to continue its run of celebrity-led factual journeys, with actresses Joanna Lumley and Amanda Holden fronting two documentary series.
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NewsVictim's son to front Madoff doc
The son of a British soldier who killed himself after his family’s life savings were swallowed up in Bernie Madoff’s $50bn swindle is to front a BBC2 doc on the subject.
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ITV plans double dose of The X Factor
ITV is in talks to deliver a double whammy of X Factor during the live finals, with a separate results show on Sunday nights.
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Channels agree five-year ban on revisiting Kangaroo
Project Kangaroo partners the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV have made a five-year agreement with the Competition Commission that they will not try to acquire any part of their rivals video-on-demand activities.
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STV to launch new daily show The Hour
STV has revealed plans for its new daily magazine show The Hour - set to launch next Tuesday.
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iTunes Festival returns to ITV2
Kasabian, Oasis and Snow Patrol are set for ITV2 this summer, with commissioners ordering a second dose of the iTunes Live: London Festival.
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T4 orders celeb eye-view doc
Channel 4 has ordered a showbiz pilot from Whizz Kid Entertainment where a pin-hole camera fixed at eye-level follows celebrities for a day to see how they really live.
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NewsITV's future technology department faces axe
The man behind ITV’s push to embed adverts in online content and develop its technological abilities is facing redundancy as part of ITV’s cost-cutting measures.
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NewsITV cuts overtake £150m of Fincham's warning
ITV director of television, multi-channels and online Peter Fincham warned last year that ITV1’s schedule would be decimated if £150m was pulled from its programming budget – £10m less than the total cuts now pledged across ITV’s channels by the end of 2011.
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Suchet on board Orient Express for ITV1 history doc
Life will imitate art for Poirot actor David Suchet as he takes the Orient Express across Europe for an ITV1 documentary.
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NewsMannion questions Ofcom's plans for news
ITV News editor-in-chief David Mannion has questioned whether independent regional news consortia could produce stories to a network standard, and believes that ITN is best placed to take over any new regional news contracts.