All ITV articles – Page 242
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NewsPaul Buccieri to lead ITVS international
Paul Buccieri, ITV Studios America’s president and chief executive, is to become the production company’s new international supremo.
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NewsITV to launch online micropayments in January
ITV will launch its micropayments system for online content in January 2012 with Coronation Street and The Only Way is Essex being lined up for trials.
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NewsITV hails first steps on transformation plan
ITV’s five-year transformation plan is starting to make progress after the broadcaster posted revenues of more than £1bn.
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NewsITV Player launches on Freesat
ITV Player has rolled out on Freesat as the broadcaster continues to strike on-demand distribution deals.
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NewsITV to report stable start to year
ITV is set to report steady trading for the first half of the year and will be handed an advertising boost by Red or Black? in the autumn.
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NewsITV1 crime dramas to return
ITV has ordered second series of Scott & Bailey and Monroe as part of a slew of drama recommissions.
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NewsKate Little to leave ITV Studios
ITV Studios’ director of business affairs Kate Little has become the second senior manager to announce their departure from the company in recent weeks.
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NewsITV Fred West drama to air in US
Appropriate Adult, the forthcoming ITV drama based on serial killer Fred West, is to air in the US on Sundance Channel.
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NewsITVS lures Holby City producer
ITV Studios has snared Holby City series producer Myar Craig-Brown as it continues to bolster its drama team.
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NewsSTV to air Downton Abbey
STV is to broadcast the first and second series of Downton Abbey this autumn after opting out of the drama when it aired on ITV1 last year.
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NewsPSB spend on original content drops 12%
Spend on original programmes by public service broadcasters has dropped by 12% over the last four years, with Channel 5’s contribution almost halving in that time, an Ofcom report has found.
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NewsITV1 to explore social history in Parallel Lives
ITV1 is eyeing a factual series that will explore the different lives of people born on the same day.
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NewsITV in talks over paid-for Facebook voting
ITV is in discussions to introduce paid-for Facebook voting across its entertainment brands, with The X Factor being lined up to spearhead the online interaction push.
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NewsChiles cuts Daybreak hours
Adrian Chiles will only present Daybreak four days a week as part of a planned change to the show later this year.
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NewsWill Young to star in ITV special
Pop star Will Young is to front an ITV1 special produced by Sony Pictures Television-owned indie Victory Television.
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NewsBritish talent scores Emmy nods
British talent is well represented at this year’s Emmy awards with Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Luther and Upstairs, Downstairs all in the running.
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NewsRTS unveils Cambridge line-up
The chief executives of ITV, Sky, Channel 4 and the director general of the BBC are to share a platform at the 2011 Cambridge Convention.
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NewsITV2 to give modelling school the Pineapple ob doc treatment
ITV2 is to take a tongue-in-cheek look at The London School of Modelling for a Pineapple Dance Studios-style ob doc series.
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NewsComedy tops wishlists for kids commissioners
Comedy, drama and factual are top of kids commissioners’ shopping lists, and “stealth learning” is a major attraction for public service broadcasters keen to replicate the success of Horrible Histories.
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Behind The ScenesSingle-Handed, ITV1
Despite a great response to Single-Handed, plans for a second series were going nowhere until ITV came on board, says Rob Pursey and Clare Alan.