All ITV articles – Page 253
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RatingsGood innings for ITV4 Flintoff debut
TUESDAY: ITV4’s new extreme sports series with Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff smashed the channel’s usual audience figures on its first outing.
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NewsITV rapped over X Factor guest promotions
Ofcom has censured ITV for promoting downloads of guest performers on The X Factor and for broadcasting flashing images.
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NewsITV online commissioner latest departure
Kate Bradshaw, ITV.com’s deputy managing director and head of online commissioning, has left the commercial broadcaster as it continues a restructure of its commercial and digital divisions.
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NewsCountrywise gets an hour
Countrywise is to be extended into hour-long episodes and receive a budget boost as ITV looks to capitalise on the show’s popularity.
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NewsDuos launch ent/drama indies
Two former ITV Studios execs have set up an entertainment indie and the exec producer of ITV1’s The Children and writer of BBC2’s First Light have formed a drama producer.
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Behind The ScenesFreddie vs the World, ITV4
The brief was to take Freddie out of his comfort zone - and the extreme sports he was asked to try out certainly did that, says Dominic Sharman.
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NewsOnline Corrie spin-off to air on ITV2
An online Coronation Street spin-off series is to be shown for the first time on ITV2 later this month.
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NewsITV2 to pick up US Jeremy Kyle
ITV2 is close to agreeing a deal that will see it acquire the US version of The Jeremy Kyle Show.
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NewsSTV launches Edinburgh news service
STV has launched a pilot Edinburgh-based news service as it aims to bolster its localised current affairs content.
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NewsITV to pilot Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref with Jo Brand
Jo Brand is to host a pilot for ITV1 based on Jerry Seinfeld’s US reality show The Marriage Ref.
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ITV's head of online sales exits
ITV’s head of online sales Richard Parboo has left the broadcaster as part of its restructure.
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NewsITV orders Fred West drama
ITV has commissioned a two-part drama about the untold story of how serial killers Fred and Rosemary West were brought to justice.
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NewsITV orders Downton Abbey Christmas special
ITV has commissioned a Christmas special of hit period drama Downton Abbey.
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NewsITV names new comms chief
ITV has appointed former Royal Mail corporate affairs chief Mary Fagan as its new head of communications.
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NewsC5’s Gill to head ITV interactive commissioning
Channel 5 commercial development manager Paul Gill is set to join ITV as its head of interactive commissioning as it beefs up its multiplatform team.
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NewsSimon Pitts to oversee ITV transformation
ITV has promoted Simon Pitts to oversee the company’s five-year transformation plan, in a move that sees Carolyn Fairbairn leave.
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NewsITV given hope in CRR battle
ITV has been given hope in its fight to abolish the Contract Rights Renewal scheme after culture secretary Jeremy Hunt revealed he has been handed the power to reform the ad selling restrictions.
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NewsCelebs centre stage in ITV factual orders
Bill Bailey is to track baboons in South Africa and Ronnie Corbett will embark on a tour of Britain as part of a raft of celebrity-led factual commissions for ITV1.
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NewsWorld Cup 2018 controversy
The BBC and ITV were set to join forces to battle a secret government decision that could have handed Sky the chance to air the 2018 World Cup.
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The Broadcast InterviewDiana Howie, factual, ITV
ITV’s factual commissioning editor is keen to explore ideas beyond the countryside-based series she introduced in early evening slots, such as Countrywise and The Lakes.