All ITV articles – Page 164
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RatingsITV2’s Almost Impossible Gameshow struggles
THURSDAY: ITV2’s Almost Impossible Gameshow started slowly, while Chris Tarrant went back on his travels for Channel 5.
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NewsEsquire Network picks up Beowulf
ITV’s upcoming teatime drama Beowulf has been picked up by Esquire Network to air in the US.
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RatingsBear Grylls ITV doc series informs 1.5m
TUESDAY: ITV’s Britain’s Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls drew to a close on the summit of Ben Nevis with a series average of just under 1.5m viewers.
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RatingsEngland defeat peaks with 50% share
SATURDAY: ITV’s coverage of England’s Rugby World Cup match against Wales peaked with a near 50% share, denting Doctor Who which fell by almost 1m viewers from last week’s low.
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VideoVIDEO: Unforgotten, ITV
Mainstreet Pictures’ six-part crime drama focusing on a 39-year old ‘cold’ case.
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RatingsCoronation Street live takes a bite out of Bake Off
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s live Coronation Street special took a chunk out of The Great British Bake Off as it peaked with almost 9m viewers.
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NewsMidwinter of Spirit shifted from Encore
ITV has bumped Midwinter of the Spirit, its first original commission for pay-TV channel Encore, onto its main channel.
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RatingsThe Choir drowns out ITV’s 60th celebrations
TUESDAY: BBC2’s The Naked Choir spoiled ITV’s 60th birthday celebrations after outperforming the commercial channel by 1m viewers.
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NewsFamily Guy leads ITV VoD revamp
ITV is to replace its website and VoD player with ITV Hub, a single destination which will become the first broadcaster service to offer online access to Family Guy in the UK.
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NewsYouView prepares rich data for partners
YouView is to begin providing rich data from its set-top boxes to stakeholders – offering them a level of information similar to that mined by Sky.
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NewsITN Productions closes YouTube channel
ITN Productions has closed down its YouTube-backed citizen journalism channel Truthloader after three years and is understood to be focusing its digital work on branded content.
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NewsBroadcasters raise concerns over EE TV
ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have raised major concerns about an innovative catch-up tool on fledgling television service EE TV.
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RatingsDownton draws lowest audience ever
SUNDAY: Downton Abbey’s final series got underway with its lowest overnight audience on record.
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RatingsRugby World Cup kicks off with 9m
FRIDAY: The opening match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, in which hosts England beat Fiji, peaked with just over 9m viewers.
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NewsEmmerdale producer to take over Coronation Street
Days before Coronation Street is to celebrate its 60th anniversary with a live special, it has emerged the soap’s producer will leave his role at the end of the year.
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NewsITV wants Olympics but rejects BBC Studios
ITV plans to go toe-to-toe with the BBC to win Olympics rights from Discovery and has warned the corporation has massively underestimated the task of creating BBC Studios.
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RatingsFlockstars and Stephen Fry average 2m
THURSDAY: ITV’s Flockstars and Stephen Fry in Central America both bowed out with less than 2m viewers as Channel 4’s Hunted lost 400,000 viewers.
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NewsDiscovery eyes UK broadcasters
Discovery Communications is open to the prospect of buying a major UK broadcaster according to president David Zaslav – but he remained cool on the prospect of bidding for Premier League rights.
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NewsSolid start for Saturday Night Takeaway US
The US version of Saturday Night Takeaway has become NBC’s biggest non-scripted launch since gameshow Take It All three years ago.
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RatingsBear Grylls struggles for ITV
TUESDAY: ITV’s latest Bear Grylls format failed to beat competition from Channel 4 and Channel 5, while BBC2’s Grand Theft Auto drama The Gamechangers hijacked fewer than a million viewers.