All ITV articles – Page 166
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RatingsSaturday Night Story entertains 2.4m
SATURDAY: ITV’s The Saturday Night Story and Channel 5’s Football League Tonight remained steady as part of a quiet evening’s entertainment.
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NewsTwofour attempts 'time travel' transformation for ITV
Twofour has landed a six-part series with ITV in which Davina McCall will meet individuals who are attempting to change their lives.
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NewsITV in talks to buy UTV
UTV has confirmed that it is in talks over a potential sale following reports ITV is to acquire the Northern Irish broadcaster.
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NewsBen Fogle to front ITV 'whale-fall' experiment
Ben Fogle will front an ambitious ‘whale-fall’ experiment for ITV which will lure large sea creatures – including sharks – to the carcass of a whale.
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RatingsThe Wonder of Britain transports 1.6m average
THURSDAY: ITV’s The Wonder of Britain recovered from last week’s low to bow out with a series average of 1.6m (7.7%).
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RatingsITV edges BBC2 in school doc battle
TUESDAY: ITV’s School Swap: The Class narrowly triumphed over BBC2’s Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School in the battle of the school documentaries.
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NewsITV to refund votes for BGT winner
ITV will refund viewers who paid to vote for the winner of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent after Ofcom found the show had misled the audience.
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RatingsSaturday night ITV retrospective entertains 2.5m
SATURDAY: ITV entertainment retrospective The Saturday Night Story raised the curtain in front of an audience of 2.5m.
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RatingsAbducted unable to locate 6% share for ITV
TUESDAY: ITV one-off documentary Abducted scraped just over 1m viewers to place last in the 9pm terrestrial slot.
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NewsITV takes stake in YouTube network for mums
ITV has taken a minority stake in Channel Mum, the YouTube multichannel network aimed at mothers.
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NewsThe X Factor live director exits
Bafta-winning director Phil Heyes is to leave The X Factor ahead of its 12th series.
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RatingsRipper Street and BBQ Champ suffer declines
FRIDAY: Ripper Street continued on BBC1 with 300,000 fewer viewers than tuned in for last week’s opener – as ITV’s BBQ Champ lost half a million people.
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NewsSport and films drive TV spend to £6.4bn
Total broadcaster spend on UK content grew by 9% in 2014 to £6.4bn, with an 18% surge in film and sport responsible for the rise.
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NewsJoanna Lumley explores Elvis for ITV
Joanna Lumley is to travel to Graceland to explore the life of Elvis Presley in a one-off documentary for ITV.
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The Broadcast InterviewAlan Clements, STV Productions
Alan Clements talks to Matthew Campelli about delving into different genres to find the next show that, like Antiques Roadtrip, nails the three Rs: rights, returnability and reputation
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NewsLiberty Global boss: ITV a content 'case study'
Liberty Global chief executive Mike Fries has revealed that the cable giant is using its ITV investment as a “case study” for its content strategy and underlined it had “no intention” of launching a full takeover.
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RatingsCilla tribute lifts ITV audience
TUESDAY: ITV’s tribute film The One and Only Cilla Black touched a solid audience following the star’s death on Sunday. Elsewhere Hair was unable to grow its audience despite jumping to BBC2 from BBC3.
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VideoVIDEO: The Trials of Jimmy Rose, ITV
ITV Studios and GroupM Entertainment’s co-production tells the story of the notorious armed robber
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VideoVIDEO: The X Factor, ITV
ITV has unveiled the futuristic trailer for the forthcoming series of its entertainment juggernaut The X Factor