All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 162
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NewsITV backs retransmission fee review
ITV has said it would back a review into whether public service broadcasters should be compelled to pay premium platforms to carry their channels.
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NewsMammoth hires dealmaker to boost international output
Drama specialist Mammoth Screen has appointed James Penny as its first commercial director as part of plans to build its international output.
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NewsDyke takes aim at Hunt's local TV plans
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has led a stinging attack on a key element of Jeremy Hunt’s local TV vision.
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NewsMinghella to make Du Maurier classic for ITV1
Doc Martin creator Dominic Minghella is to turn Daphne du Maurier novel The Scapegoat into a single drama for ITV1.
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FeaturesBen Hur, Channel 5
Broadcast shines the spotlight on an updating of a swords and sandals classic that is understood to have been picked up by Channel 5.
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NewsTom Bradby lands ITV1 topical chat show
ITV News’ political editor Tom Bradby is to host a new ITV1 topical discussion show.
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RatingsJeremy Kyle's High Stakes debuts with 2.2m
TUESDAY: ITV1’s new big money gameshow hosted by Jeremy Kyle got off to a shaky start - beaten by Scotland’s defeat by Spain on BBC2.
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NewsITV restructures online team
ITV has restructured its online division as it enters the next stage of its digital transformation.
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NewsITV hires former X Factor exec
ITV has appointed a former X Factor executive producer as a temporary entertainment commissioner.
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New drama from Monarch of the Glen creator
Monarch of the Glen creator Michael Chaplin is developing a drama for ITV Studios.
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NewsOfcom to probe ITV1 IRA gaffe
Ofcom has launched an investigation into the high-profile error that saw video game footage mistakenly feature in a hard-hitting ITV1 documentary about the IRA.
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RatingsLive X Factor underperforms
SATURDAY: The X Factor live rounds sprung into action with a peak of just over 12 million viewers - more than 1.5m down on the equivalent episode last year.
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RatingsDownton continues domination
SUNDAY: Downton Abbey continued its Sunday night domination for ITV1, despite press and viewers criticising its volume of commercial breaks.
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RatingsAutumnwatch returns with 2.2m
FRIDAY: Autumnwatch returned to BBC2 with more than 2m viewers as ITV1’s DCI Banks suffered mixed fortunes against BBC1’s comedy hour.
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NewsITV1 serves fresh Dinner Date
ITV1’s hit cookery dating show Dinner Date is to return for its biggest serving ever.
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NewsHMRC simplifies Lunn disclosure process
TV freelancers caught up in the Christopher Lunn & Company (CLAC) tax investigation could be saved thousands of pounds after HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) agreed to simplify the disclosure process.
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RatingsBBC1's Hidden finds 5.2m
THURSDAY : BBC1’s new conspiracy thriller starring Philip Glenister launched with more than 5m viewers.
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NewsBBC1 to boost drama and comedy amid cuts
BBC1 has emerged relatively unscathed from dramatic cuts to the corporation’s services and will be a major beneficiary of higher than needed savings from across the corporation.
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NewsBBC3 braced for Salford move and drama cuts
BBC3 will be moved to Salford by 2016 and around a third of the station’s drama budget will be transferred to BBC1.
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NewsC4 exec joins Ukrainian broadcaster
A Channel 4 factual entertainment executive producer has left to join a prominent Ukrainian broadcaster.