All ITV articles – Page 285

  • The X Factor
    News

    Pact predicts ITV red tape tangle

    2009-09-24T07:00:00Z

    Steps to introduce double compliance on ITV shows risk tying up indies in red tape, Pact and franchisee Channel TV have warned.

  • Lesley Douglas
    News

    Ex-R2 'Sachsgate' boss to exec ITV talent show

    2009-09-23T13:54:00Z

    Former Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas has revealed her first project with Universal’s Globe productions – co-executive producing a new ITV singing contest.

  • Benidorm
    News

    ITV1 'unlikely' to want half-hour comedies

    2009-09-23T13:35:00Z

    BROADCAST TV COMEDY FORUM: ITV1 is unlikely to go for 30-minute comedies for the foreseeable future, ITV comedy commissioning editor Michaela Hennessy-Vass has warned.

  • The Bill
    News

    ITV sues STV for £38m

    2009-09-23T00:01:00Z

    ITV has launched legal proceedings to recover £38m of debt from Scottish franchise STV.

  • Taggart
    News

    STV fights back over ITV debts

    2009-09-22T16:49:00Z

    STV has vowed to fight ITV’s legal bid over £38m in unpaid bills, and has said it will now be pursuing its own claims against the network.

  • ITV News
    News

    ITV wins International Emmy for China earthquake coverage

    2009-09-22T12:37:00Z

    ITV News has won an International Emmy Award for its coverage of last year’s earthquake in China.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.