All ITV articles – Page 264
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NewsSTV hires new commercial director
Scottish broadcaster STV has hired a former ITV sales exec as its new commercial director.
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NewsITN launches Dubai bureau
ITN is to open an ITV News Dubai bureau under the leadership of new international correspondent John Irvine.
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CommentKilling off The Bill was a crime
As ITV finally pulls the plug on The Bill, after 26 years and 2,400 episodes, location manager Malcolm Treen wants to know why.
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NewsUTV profits rise 17%
ITV’s Northern Irish licence holder UTV has reported a 17% rise in pre-tax profits in the first half of 2010, underpinned by an improvement in the advertising market.
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NewsITV to air final Bill tonight
The final episode of long-running police drama The Bill will be shown tonight.
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NewsITV to get tough with indies
EDINBURGH: ITV will become more hard-nosed in negotiations with indies to secure a greater stake in secondary content value, according to director of television Peter Fincham.
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NewsITV unveils new crime dramas
ITV has signed up heavyweight writers Anthony Horowitz, Peter Morgan and Sally Wainwright to pen a hat trick of gritty crime dramas.
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NewsITV to get fresh factual Perspectives
EDINBURGH: ITV has finally revealed details of its strategy for serious factual - unveiling a strand called Perspectives.
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NewsGovernment moves to relax CRR
EDINBURGH: The government has moved to relax the ITV Contract Rights Renewal scheme and indicated that it could support a full review of the television advertising market.
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NewsCorrie "returning to its roots"
EDINBURGH: Coronation Street producer Phil Collinson wants the famous soap to return to its roots for its 50th anniversary.
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NewsMulville: ITV bosses should give talent space
EDINBURGH: Hat Trick boss Jimmy Mulville has questioned whether new ITV chiefs Adam Crozier and Archie Norman can turnaround the fortunes of the commercial broadcaster, warning that they’re “not simply dealing with tins of beans”.
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NewsITV reveal Van Damme doc details
EDINBURGH: ITV4 has revealed details of its forthcoming ob doc with Hollywood action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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NewsX Factor axes auto-tuning
X Factor contestants will no longer have their voices manipulated using specialist sound technology, Talkback Thames has confirmed.
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NewsITV and STV dispute goes to court next May
The legal dispute between ITV and its Scottish licence holder STV is set to come to a head in spring next year.
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Behind The ScenesDownton Abbey, ITV1
ITV1’s lavish new period drama will be a major weapon in the Sunday night ratings war. Robin Parker meets its creators.
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CommentC4 looks best option for UKTV
A sale of Virgin Media’s 50% stake to Sky or ITV is hard to imagine.
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NewsHat Trick adapts Victorian crime story for ITV
Paddy Considine is to star in an ITV adaptation of award-winning period crime book The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher.
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NewsITV2 invests £1m in major off-air marketing push
ITV2 is gearing up to splash more than £1m on its first major marketing campaign in about two years.
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NewsITV offers X Factor fans dual-screen interactivity
ITV and Talkback Thames Digital are to use the dual-screen ITV Live platform that was debuted for the World Cup for the live shows of The X Factor, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsTalkback defends X Factor care
Talkback Thames has hit back over criticisms that it failed to protect the welfare of ejected X Factor contestant Shirlena Johnson.