All ITV articles – Page 178
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NewsITV prepares £13m legal battle against Mediaset
ITV is taking legal action to recover £13m (€17m) from Mediaset after the Spanish broadcaster aired its game show format The Alphabet Game for five years without any rights.
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RatingsGrantchester outperforms New Tricks
MONDAY: ITV drama Grantchester outperformed New Tricks on its debut – as BBC2’s Gogglebox-style format The Kitchen served up less than 1m viewers.
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NewsITN launches diverse apprentice scheme
ITN is to strengthen its diversity credentials with an internship scheme targeting candidates from socially and ethnically diverse backgrounds.
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NewsOfcom probes BBC and ITV Isis coverage
The BBC and ITV are to be investigated over their coverage of the growing threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis).
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Behind The ScenesGrantchester, ITV
Producers of the ITV crime drama are hoping it will do for Cambridgeshire what Morse did for Oxford
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NewsITV signs Grantchester vicar up to Twitter
The crime-fighting vicar in ITV’s forthcoming 1950s drama Grantchester is to get his own Twitter account as part of a social media experiment from producer Lovely Day.
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NewsITV2 picks up Scorpion
ITV2 has acquired US action drama Scorpion after striking a deal with CBS Studios International.
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NewsITV Be buys Bridezillas
ITV Be has beefed up its launch schedule with a number of US wedding formats from DCD Rights.
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NewsITV expands diversity scheme to Coronation Street
ITV is to extend its Original Voices diversity initiative to Coronation Street as it expands the scheme into the north west.
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RatingsPlebs and Release The Hounds boost ITV2
MONDAY: ITV2 enjoyed a strong night with the return of Roman sitcom Plebs and horror gameshow Release The Hounds - as Cilla won the 9pm slot.
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CommentTrainees: a risk worth taking
We started The Garden’s trainee scheme out of desperation - but now can’t imagine life without it
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NewsITV gains access to Sussex Police
Renegade Pictures has secured access to Sussex Police for a three-part series.
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Behind The ScenesPlebs, ITV2
As ITV2’s Roman era sitcom returns, Jake Kanter discovers how producer Rise Films raised the bar for series two
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RatingsDownton Abbey returns on low
SUNDAY: Downton Abbey returned with its lowest series launch audience in four years, but still thrashed Our Girl on BBC1.
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NewsDCI Banks gets fourth series
DCI Banks is to return for a fourth series next year after becoming one of ITV’s most bankable crime dramas.
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NewsBBC condemns attack on journalists in Russia
The BBC has made a formal complaint to Russian authorities following an attack on a group of its Moscow-based journalists this week.
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NewsDoctor Who bumped by Strictly Come Dancing
Doctor Who is to be moved to a later slot to make way for Strictly Come Dancing in a BBC scheduling move that will see the sci-fi series finish after 9pm.
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RatingsCelebrity Squares slips below 3m
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s Celebrity Squares failed to impress viewers after losing 20% of its audience following last week’s opener.
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NewsITV backs US digital indies
ITV has moved quickly into digital content production after purchasing minority stakes in two burgeoning US multiplatform indies.