All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 36
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ITV to cut a third of top staff
ITV will cut 30% of its highest ranking staff as part of its cost-saving measures, Broadcastnow can reveal.
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ITV will scrap 70 unfilled roles
ITV will leave 70 vacancies unfilled on top of cutting 600 posts as part of its swingeing cost-saving measures.
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Grade vows to 'spend better'
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has vowed viewers “won't notice” the£135m it will cut from its programming budget over the next three years - but has warned producers to expect more tough negotiations.
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Brook Lapping to uncover Skippy's story
Factual heavyweight Brook Lapping is making a BBC documentary on iconic Australian TV show Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
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ITV1 seeks Endemol magic with daytime quiz
ITV1 has ordered a long-running tea-time quiz show from the super-indie behind Goldenballs and Deal or No Deal, in which three strangers will work together for a share of a cash prize.
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ITV share price hits record low
ITV shares slumped to a new record low today on the back of its annual results.
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Bectu: Grade must go
Bectu general secretary Gerry Morrissey has called on ITV chief executive Michael Grade to step down following the commercial broadcaster's annual results, claiming he has lost the confidence of viewers and staff.
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ITV Consumer cuts 80 jobs
ITV1's long running late night show Bingo Night Live has effectively been axed as part of wide-ranging cuts across the commercial broadcasting business.
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ITV2 imports restaurant show in Granada US deal
ITV2 has bought a Marco Pierre White-fronted reality format that Granada America has made for NBC.
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ITV Yorkshire staff cut by 25%
ITV will close its main television centre building at its site in Leeds, making 180 permanent staff redundant and moving Countdown to Manchester.
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ITV to lay off 600 staff as profits tumble
ITV will begin cutting 600 jobs from across the business this week and will remove£135m from its previously untouchable£1bn programming budget over the next three years.
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ITV staff braced for cuts
ITV staff are bracing ahead of tomorrow's annual results, which are expected to announce over 500 job cuts across the business and a reduction in the previously untouchable£1bn programming budget.
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Bectu: ITV management has lost its way
Bectu has condemned ITV's management as having “seriously lost its way”, and warned the broadcaster against closing its Leeds studio.
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Billie Piper in talks for new ITV drama
Secret Diary of a Call Girl actress Billie Piper is in talks to star in a new Tiger Aspect drama being developed for ITV1 about a struggling single mum.
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Profits double at Fuller's 19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment, the indie owned by Pop Idol mogul Simon Fuller, has defied the economic gloom to post a profit of $92m (£65.4m) - almost double that posted in 2007.
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Corden and Horne to front Comic Relief clip show
Gavin and Stacey stars James Corden and Mathew Horne have signed up to host the annual Comic Relief clip show for BBC1.
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Heartbeat heading to Oz
Heartbeat will be saying “G'day” to Australia in the upcoming summer series on ITV1.
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Video: Laura Mackie, ITV director of drama
ITV director of drama Laura Mackie talks to Broadcastnow about upcoming shows, axing long-running series such as Wire in the Blood and what to expect from the forthcoming remake of The Prisoner.
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Piers to interview Jade for ITV1
Piers Morgan will interview Jade Goody in a one-off 60min programme for ITV1 next month.
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The Simpsons strikes Guinness deal
Homer will swap his Duff for a Guinness in a St Patrick's Day episode of The Simpsons, in time for the Irish stout's 250th birthday.