All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 153
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NewsITV confirms African football deal
ITV has swiped free-to-air UK broadcast rights to the African Cup of Nations from the BBC.
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NewsDoctor Who tops BBC Xmas chart
Doctor Who was the most watched of the BBC’s Christmas Day offerings, according to new figures released by the broadcaster.
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NewsITV1 eyes Lloyd-Webber talent show
ITV1 is close to luring Lord Lloyd-Webber away from the BBC to front a fresh musical talent show.
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NewsBritain’s Got Talent introduces YouTube voting
ITV is to give viewers the opportunity to vote for Britain’s Got Talent acts on YouTube for the first time.
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NewsITV in repeat fees dispute with Corrie cast
ITV is locked in a dispute with the cast of Coronation Street as a result of shifting the soap’s Saturday omnibus to ITV2.
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RatingsPublic Enemies debuts with 4m
WEDNESDAY: The debut of BBC1’s gritty drama Public Enemies was outclassed by ITV1’s second showing of film Mamma Mia! within a year.
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NewsCan ITV deliver on its stable base?
ITV is in a confident mood after a stable, if not spectacular year, and chief executive Adam Crozier’s rhetoric suggests the broadcaster is progressing ahead of schedule with its five-year transformation plan.
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NewsFremantleMedia UK hires factual boss from Ricochet
FremantleMedia UK, the company formally known as Talkback Thames, has recruited a Ricochet Television producer to head up its factual division.
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NewsDes Lynam returns to ITV with Muhammad Ali series
Des Lynam is to front a new ITV series charting Muhammad Ali’s greatest fights - his first major show for the broadcaster since leaving eight years ago.
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RatingsStephen Lawrence Panorama draws 2.6m
TUESDAY: A Panorama special on the Stephen Lawrence case could not prevent BBC1 from being outmanoeuvred by rivals in the primetime slot.
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NewsITV refreshes Daybreak
Daybreak has been refreshed for its 2012 return with new branding and further set changes.
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RatingsEndeavour arrests 6.5m
MONDAY: Inspector Morse returned to UK television with more than 6.5m viewers - the highest audience for a new one-off ITV1 drama in five years.
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NewsCowell returns to revamped Britain’s Got Talent
Simon Cowell is to return to the Britain’s Got Talent judging panel and plough his own money into the cash prize as part of the show’s revamp.
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News'Offensive' Torchwood repeats pulled from Watch
UKTV has pulled repeats of Torchwood from the Watch schedule after it was rapped for broadcasting episodes with violence and offensive language in a pre-watershed slot.
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RatingsBritish Comedy Awards amuses 1.7m
FRIDAY: The British Comedy Awards were no laughing matter after losing nearly a million viewers to post one its worst audiences on record.
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RatingsStrictly final peaks with 13.3m
SATURDAY: The Strictly Come Dancing finale waltzed off with the show’s biggest audience of the series - but could not match last year’s record ratings.
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NewsBlue Peter cut to one show a week
Blue Peter will air just once a week and premiere on CBBC as part of efforts to keep the show running across the year.
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NewsThis is Jinsy gets second series
Sky Atlantic has ordered a second series of surrealist comedy This is Jinsy.
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RatingsWithout You loses 1m
THURSDAY: The second part of ITV1 drama Without You lost more than a million viewers.