All ITV articles – Page 136

  • UTV
    News

    UTV rebrands to match ITV

    2016-10-14T12:47:00Z

    Northern Irish broadcaster UTV is to be rebranded to become more consistent with its parent broadcaster ITV.

  • In the Club
    News

    Polly Hill reveals first ITV drama commissions

    2016-10-13T09:30:00Z

    ITV head of drama Polly Hill has ordered her first major original commissions since joining the broadcaster, unveiling a slate that she believes will deliver “drama with real authorship”.

  • McKenzies
    News

    ITV2 orders four BAME commissions

    2016-10-12T10:25:00Z

    ITV2 has ordered four BAME-friendly comedy and entertainment specials, commissioned by recently appointed digital channels boss Rosemary Newell and entertainment commissioning editor Asif Zubairy.

  • The Job Interview
    News

    Dickson and Charker-Phillips to leave ITV Studios

    2016-10-12T09:00:00Z

    Simon Dickson and Lorraine Charker-Phillips are to leave ITV Studios to establish Label 1 in the indie sector.

  • prime-suspect
    News

    US network PBS boards Prime Suspect prequel

    2016-10-11T13:10:00Z

    US public broadcaster PBS has boarded ITV’s Prime Suspect prequel Tennison.

  • Diversity
    News

    Princess choreographs ITV dance extravaganza

    2016-10-11T12:56:00Z

    ITV head of entertainment Siobhan Greene has ordered her first commission – a one-off primetime dance entertainment format starring Ashley Banjo.

  • Victoria
    Ratings

    Victoria closes with 5.5m

    2016-10-10T10:50:00Z

    WEEKEND: Victoria came to a close 300,000 ahead of ITV’s slot average and up on BBC1’s Poldark, which continued with 4.9m

  • Robozuna
    News

    ITVS UK scores first Netflix original

    2016-10-07T12:56:00Z

    ITV Studios UK has scored its first original commission for Netflix with the animated kids series Robozuna. 

  • gold_rings
    News

    ITV lines up 5 Gold Rings

    2016-10-03T17:35:00Z

    ITV Studios indie Possessed has partnered with John De Mol’s Talpa on a physical gameshow for ITV – the Big Brother creator’s first original show for the network.

  • Meet The Parents
    News

    ITVS bolsters entertainment team

    2016-10-03T12:00:00Z

    ITV Studios entertainment boss Angela Jain has bolstered her senior team, appointing a creative director of development and director of entertainment in the north.

  • ITV Weather
    News

    ITV and Met Office extend 25-year partnership

    2016-10-03T11:34:00Z

    ITV has agreed a five-year extension to its contract with the Met Office, continuing a 25-year partnership between the channel and the national weather service.

  • Strictly Balls
    Ratings

    Strictly extends lead over X Factor

    2016-10-03T10:43:00Z

    WEEKEND: Strictly Come Dancing extended its lead over The X Factor, while Gogglebox failed to recover from last week’s launch.   

  • The Missing
    News

    Two Brothers scores debut ITV drama

    2016-09-30T12:50:00Z

    The Missing writers Harry and Jack Williams have scored the first ITV commission for their indie Two Brothers Pictures – a six-part thriller about the consequences of deceit.

  • The Fall
    Ratings

    The Fall knocks Paranoid

    2016-09-30T11:57:00Z

    THURSDAY: The return of The Fall dented the audience for ITV’s crime drama Paranoid by over 1m.

  • The Level, ITV
    Behind The Scenes

    The Level, ITV

    2016-09-30T11:17:00Z

    Having finally won the commission after seven years of trying, dive-bombing seagulls and disruptive jet-skiers were just some of the challenges we faced, say Polly Leys and Kate Norrish

  • The Durrells
    News

    ITV restructures drama team

    2016-09-28T13:19:00Z

    ITV has restructured its drama team, making two of its scripted commissioners redundant.

  • Walk the Line
    News

    ITV pilots Lambert challenge format

    2016-09-28T12:43:00Z

    Gogglebox indie Studio Lambert is developing a factual entertainment format for ITV in which teams will have one day to walk between two well-known landmarks.

  • Steve Burke
    News

    NBCU boss cool on ITV acquisition

    2016-09-27T12:34:00Z

    NBC Universal chief executive Steve Burke has poured cold water on rumours that the US giant was planning to acquire ITV.

  • corden
    News

    Can ITV learn from Corden?

    2016-09-26T12:08:00Z

    Stephen Arnell weighs up the chances of Kevin Lygo pulling off the ‘holy grail’ of a successful late-night talk show.

  • Strictly Come Dancing
    Ratings

    Strictly beats X Factor as Gogglebox struggles

    2016-09-26T10:43:00Z

    WEEKEND: Strictly Come Dancing outperformed The X Factor on Saturday – while Gogglebox slumped to halve its audience from the previous series opener.