All ITV articles – Page 182
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RatingsThe X Factor live launch hits low note
SATURDAY: The X Factor endured its worst live show launch in seven years, as Strictly Come Dancing remained on top.
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NewsITV calls for more Catchphrase
STV Productions’ revived classic gameshow Catchphrase has been recommissioned for a third series.
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NewsUS digital indie lifts lid on ITV’s investment
US digital indie Indigenous Media plans to use investment from ITV to create fresh online scripted channels and secure greater international exposure for its content.
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RatingsTOWIE boosts ITV Be launch
WEDNESDAY: The Only Way Is Ibiza helped ITV Be pull in some of the biggest channel launch night ratings in more than a decade – but the scripted reality brand was well down on its last series opener on ITV2.
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Behind The ScenesThe Great Fire, ITV
Using real flames was key to recreating the biggest disaster in British history.
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NewsMackie and Haynes indie wins first order
Mainstreet Pictures, the indie established last year by former ITV drama chiefs Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes, has won its first commission: a cold-case police drama for ITV.
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NewsITV reveals digital strategy
ITV plans to supercharge ITV Player as a live-streaming proposition after a number of high-profile outages during major events, according to its online boss.
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NewsOpen newsroom day hosted by CDN
Broadcasters will open up their newsrooms to 500 budding journalists and news producers from under-represented backgrounds in an event organised by the Creative Diversity Network (CDN).
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CommentCan newbie ITV Be match the staying power of ITV3?
Tonight’s channel launch can help boost network’s Freeview offering, says Stephen Arnell
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RatingsPride Of Britain captures 5m
TUESDAY: ITV’s Pride Of Britain Awards dominated the 8pm slot as Brian Cox’s return to BBC2 with Human Universe resulted in a strong performance.
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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.