All ITV articles – Page 273

  • The Vampire Diaries
    News

    Vandermeer appointed ITV controller of acquisitions

    2009-09-22T11:03:00Z

    ITV has promoted its head of legal and business affairs for acquisitions Jonathan Vandermeer to the new role of controller of acquisitions.

  • ITV
    News

    Ofcom: ITV could lose £64m a year on regional news

    2009-09-22T09:51:00Z

    Ofcom has warned that the ITV network will be facing a loss of up to £64m a year by 2012, if it has to continue providing regional news bulletins.

  • Tony Ball
    News

    Pay hampers hunt for new ITV boss

    2009-09-21T08:37:00Z

    Wage concerns are reportedly stalling ITV’s attempt to hire a new chief executive.

  • The Jeremy Kyle Show
    News

    Indies to absorb cost of ITV double compliance

    2009-09-18T12:54:00Z

    ITV has told indies they are likely to shoulder most of the costs for having their programmes go through a double compliance process, following Ofcom’s decision to ramp up the amount the broadcaster can be fined for breaches of its rules.

  • Mark Austin
    News

    STV to opt out of 6.30pm ITV network news

    2009-09-18T00:01:00Z

    RTS CAMBRIDGE: STV will tomorow reveal plans to introduce a one-hour Scottish news programme at six o’clock that would mean it opting out of the 6.30pm ITV national news bulletin.

  • Coronation Street
    News

    Ball poised to overhaul ITV

    2009-09-17T07:00:00Z

    ITV insiders are bracing themselves for Tony Ball to rip up the rule book if he is appointed as chief executive of the commercial broadcaster.

  • Alison Sharman
    News

    ITV1 goes for Hat Trick’s Dinner Date

    2009-09-17T07:00:00Z

    Hat Trick Productions is moving away from its comedy roots with a dating-meets-cookery show pilot for ITV1.

  • Michael Grade
    News

    Mixed CRR outcome for ITV

    2009-09-15T08:49:00Z

    ITV will have to keep its Contract Rights Renewal mechanism in place for advertisers, but it will be relaxed to make it more flexible.  

  • Jeremy Kyle
    News

    Kyle show rapped over c-word exchange

    2009-09-14T11:08:00Z

    Ofcom has censured ITV for including the c-word in an edition of daytime talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show.

  • The X Factor
    News

    ITV advertising sales verdict delayed

    2009-09-11T11:36:00Z

    The provisional solution on how to handle the current capping of ITV’s advertising sales has been subject to a “slight delay”, the Competition Commission has announced.

  • X Factor
    News

    Channel TV slams ITV compliance move

    2009-09-11T00:01:00Z

    Channel TV has criticised ITV’s decision to bring in a “double compliance” system, with chairman Mick Desmond claiming the broadcaster is taking a “cynical advantage” of Ofcom’s decision to increase the network’s fines for breaches of the broadcasting code.

  • Whitechapel
    News

    Whitechapel to return to ITV

    2009-09-10T17:35:00Z

    Rupert Penry-Jones will return to the East End of London for ITV1 next year, starring in a second series of Whitechapel.

  • Britain's Got Talent
    News

    ITV aims to avoid fines with 'double compliance '

    2009-09-10T17:33:00Z

    Independent producers commissioned by ITV will have their content vetted for compliance by the commercial broadcaster, following moves by Ofcom which beef up the fines the network faces for breaches of the broadcasting code.

  • Saturday Night Takeaway
    News

    Ofcom toughens fine limits for ITV

    2009-09-10T16:09:00Z

    Ofcom could fine ITV more than £3m for any future breaches of the broadcasting code, after a review concluded the broadcaster’s fines over the TV fakery scandal were not hefty enough.

  • The Saint
    News

    The Saint set to be resurrected by major Canadian producer

    2009-09-10T10:04:00Z

    A Canadian production company is remaking iconic ITV thriller The Saint but has yet to approach UK broadcasters about the project.

  • Divided
    News

    ITV plots overhaul of daytime quiz line-up

    2009-09-10T09:17:00Z

    ITV1 is poised for a daytime quizshow shake-up, with a pair of new shows set for lengthy orders and Goldenballs likely to be shelved.

  • Road Warriors
    News

    Twofour and Shiver win factual orders from ITV

    2009-09-10T07:00:00Z

    A series on the troops who take supplies to frontline soldiers in Afghanistan will be contrasted with a docu-soap about the busy holiday season in the Lake District in two factual commissions set for ITV1.

  • Michael Grade
    News

    ITV's hopes to rejoin FTSE 100 fall short

    2009-09-09T12:56:00Z

    ITV has to wait a while longer to rejoin the FTSE 100, after hopes it could be in line for a promotion back to blue-chip status fell short today.

  • The South Bank Show
    News

    Bragg: South Bank Show was effectively "cancelled"

    2009-09-08T09:38:00Z

    Melvyn Bragg said he was left with no choice but to walk away from The South Bank Show, after ITV director of television Peter Fincham slashed his programming budget.

  • Mel B
    News

    Spice Girl to go on the breadline for ITV

    2009-09-07T10:31:00Z

    Spice Girl Mel B, Trinny Woodall, Keith Allen and rugby star Austin Healey will move into impoverished households in Leeds as part of a new three-part series for ITV1.