All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 48
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NewsITV4 on look-out for UK's Ax Men
ITV4 controller Dave Fewings is scouting for Britain's answer to Ax Men as part of his commissioning wish list for the channel.
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NewsFive revives Going for Gold with 50-episode order
Five is to revive classic 1990s quiz show Going for Gold - but has ditched the European contestants.
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NewsITV regions attack ‘the enemy within'
Furious ITV regional news staff have rounded on their employer after it announced plans to slash 429 jobs from the division, claiming they and their viewers have been “steamrollered” by the commercial broadcaster.
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Corrie's alternative murders to air online
ITV.com will release two alternative versions of how Coronation Street love rat Liam Connor dies later this month, as part of the broadcaster's enhanced commitment to 360-degree content.
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NewsCosgrove Hall boss quits
Cosgrove Hall Films managing director Anthony Utley has resigned to pursue “a new challenge”.
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ITV1 to chart singing priests' rise to fame
Three singing priests from rural Northern Ireland who landed a£1m recording contract with Sony BMG will star in a one-off documentary for ITV1 in the run-up to Christmas.
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NewsBBC2 to examine 80 faiths
Part-time Anglican vicar Peter Owen Jones is to explore 80 of the world's faiths in a major new religious series for BBC2.
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NewsITV aquires German indie
ITV-owned Granada Germany has acquired a majority stake in the Berlin-based indie Imago as part of its global expansion strategy.
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NewsNUJ: Industrial action at ITV is inevitable
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared it will lead the fight against ITV's plans to cut 430 jobs from regional news rooms and strikes are now “inevitable”.
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NewsITV regional news guaranteed until 2012
ITV has guaranteed the provision of its regional news until “at least 2012” - despite announcing that 430 jobs would be cut from its services this morning.
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NewsITV to axe 1,000 jobs by February
ITV plans to have slashed 1,000 jobs by February next year, nearly 20% of its workforce. This includes 430 jobs across its news services - 40% of regional news staff.
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NewsITN boss quits
Mark Wood, chief executive of ITN, is to step down from the news broadcaster early next year to “pursue opportunities outside the company”.
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NewsBrook Lapping hires Dangerous producer
Ten Alps owned indie Brook Lapping has appointed Kate Botting as its new executive producer, replacing Phil Craig.
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NewsFincham buys ITV shares
ITV director of television Peter Fincham has bought up 350,000 shares in ITV plc - his first stake in the company.
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NewsBBC could follow ITV out of regions, warns NUJ
The NUJ has warned that ITV's plans to scale back its regional news output could clear the way for the BBC to follow suit.
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NewsITV share price soars
ITV's share price soared more that 8% this morning, after Ofcom's revealed it would back reductions in the commercial broadcaster's PSB commitments.
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NewsITV poised to bring back The Krypton Factor
ITV is on the brink of reviving “television's toughest quiz show”, The Krypton Factor, after 13 years. It is understood the commercial broadcaster is close to ordering a new series of the show from ITV Productions within weeks.
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NewsITV in£100k boost for regionals
ITV has handed more than£100,000 in development deals to three regional indies - just as it gears up to have much of its regional news obligations relaxed.
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NewsTV producers should ‘ape movie industry'
TV producers will have to ape the piecemeal funding model of the film industry in order to survive, Ingenious Media founder and chief executive Patrick McKenna has warned.
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NewsNo Place Like Home moves to ITV daytime
ITV is resurrecting one of its most successful peaktime factual shows from last year as a stripped daytime format.