All ITV articles – Page 189
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RatingsLong Lost Family bows out 1m down
MONDAY: ITV’s Long Lost Family concluded with a series average over 1m viewers down on last year’s run - as 1m tuned in to Sky Sports News HQ to watch the Premier League transfer deadline unfold.
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NewsITV shares hit 13-year high amid takeover talk
ITV’s share price hit a 13-year high on Monday as speculation about a Liberty Global takeover persisted.
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NewsITV hires planning and research boss
Neil Mortensen has been reappointed by ITV as director of planning and research to provide insight and analytics to divisions across the broadcaster.
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RatingsThe X Factor wobbles on second outing
SUNDAY: The X Factor faltered in its second outing after making a promising start on Saturday evening.
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RatingsThe X Factor underway with 9.5m
SATURDAY: Simon Cowell’s return to The X Factor helped add around 300,000 viewers to last year’s opener as the competition got underway with 9.5m viewers.
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NewsCTBF to host Downton premiere
The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF), the charity best known for its Royal Film Performance, is to premiere the series five opener of ITV drama Downton Abbey at Leicester Square.
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VideoVIDEO: Bad Bridesmaid trailer
Click to view the trailer for Bad Bridesmaids, ITV2’s comedy-reality hybrid produced by Fresh One Productions and GroupM Entertainment.
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NewsSimon Cowell slams Strictly scheduling
The BBC has been criticised by Simon Cowell following its decision to schedule Strictly Come Dancing against The X Factor.
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NewsITV mulls stripping Rising Star
ITV is considering stripping Rising Star, its real-time voting entertainment format, across a single week following a disappointing ratings performance in the US.
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Behind The ScenesThe Suspicions Of Mr Whicher, ITV
Hat Trick takes a bold approach on the first episode of the new series, using almost entirely natural light
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NewsStrictly Come Dancing set for clash with The X Factor
The launch of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing is to go head-to-head with ITV’s The X Factor after both shows were scheduled in a Sunday evening slot.
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NewsWorld Cup boosts UTV profits 62%
UTV has reported a 62% boost in profits as a result of an improving advertising market driven partly by the World Cup 2014.
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NewsPeter Fincham predicts US-style pitching
ITV director of television Peter Fincham believes the consolidation of the British indie sector could lead to the introduction of US-style beauty parade pitching.
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NewsDavid Abraham takes aim at Sky and US studios
MacTaggart: Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has demanded that Sky pay to carry its services and argued that it should be handed the chance to strike “more flexible deals” with the rapidly consolidating indie sector.
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NewsITV2 orders Keith Lemon sketch show
ITV2 has ordered a brand new sketch show starring Leigh Francis’ Keith Lemon produced by Fremantle Media’s Talkback.
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RatingsTrawlermen’s Lives nets 2.4m
WEDNESDAY: Ben Fogle-fronted fishing documentary Trawlerman’s Lives halved ITV’s slot average as BBC1’s The Great British Bake-Off rose to a series high of almost 7.5m.
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NewsITV brings back hypnotism and Harry Hill
ITV is to mix the old with the new by resurrecting Stars In Their Eyes “with a twist” and ordering the first hypnotism format on British TV for several years.
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NewsTV a ruder place to work
Television has become a ruder and more frustrating place to work for UK indies over the past 12 months, with commissioning standards at the BBC in particular going backwards.
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NewsEntertainment shows fail diversity test
The vast majority of primetime entertainment shows are failing to refl ect the diversity of the British population, according to the first findings of a major Broadcast-backed study.
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The Broadcast InterviewElaine Bedell, ITV
Outgoing chair Elaine Bedell recalls her favourite moments and tells Chris Curtis why ITV’s revival strategy works