All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 168
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RatingsDavid Starkey controversy draws nearly 1m
FRIDAY: David Starkey’s controversial comments on Newsnight helped the current affairs show to a peak of nearly a million viewers.
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NewsScripps buys UKTV stake for £339m
Scripps Networks Interactive has acquired Virgin Media’s 50% stake in UKTV in a deal worth £339m.
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NewsITV to mark Butlin's 75th
ITV1 is to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Butlin’s with a special documentary on the holiday resort company.
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NewsKing’s Speech producer lines up TV drama
The indie behind Oscar-winning The King’s Speech has started work on a TV drama about a group of female Spitfire pilots.
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NewsC5 gets Soho Blues again
Channel 5 has ordered a second series of emergency services series Soho Blues.
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NewsTalkSport to air in US
TalkSport shows are to broadcast across America after the station struck a partnership with US satellite radio company Sirius XM Radio.
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RatingsQuestion Time riots special draws 3.5m
THURSDAY: Question Time drew its second biggest audience of the year with a special debate on the breakout of riots across the UK.
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RatingsITV1's Tonight scores year-high ratings with riots special
WEDNESDAY: A special live edition of Tonight helped the ITV1 current affairs strand to its biggest audience of the year on a night when rioting calmed across the UK.
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NewsDaybreak drafts in This Morning exec
This Morning executive producer Karl Newton has been parachuted in to help oversee Daybreak’s transition to ITV Studios, and has been tipped to lead the breakfast show full time.
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NewsBBC Daytime orders WWII docs
BBC Daytime has ordered two factual formats commemorating Britain’s war efforts, for BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsRenegade asks ITV house-hunters to Drive To Buy
ITV1 is to pit house-hunters against each other on a touring bus as part of a raft of new daytime commissions.
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NewsITV1 suffers ratings drought
ITV1 is enduring one its worst summers on record after some of its new entertainment formats underperformed.
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NewsITVS inks development deal with Bienstock Young Media
ITV Studios America has signed a first look development deal with two of the creative forces behind US shows The Apprentice and Survivor.
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RatingsSTV launches online deals service
STV has launched a new digital service that will offer viewers deals in their local areas.
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RatingsNews audiences rise as riots spread
TUESDAY: News audiences continued to swell as the riots and unrest spread to cities including Manchester and Nottingham.
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NewsITV1's Tonight to go live amid riots
ITV1 is to broadcast its current affairs strand Tonight live for only the second time on Wednesday as it examines the quickly evolving UK riots.
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NewsLocal TV locations revealed
The government has named 65 UK towns and cities in the running to host a local TV channel.
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RatingsRiots draw 7.1m to BBC News
MONDAY: The rioting and unrest in London and other cities around the UK helped the 10pm BBC News bulletin to its biggest audience of the year.
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RatingsNature’s Giants spouts 1.5m
SUNDAY: A special focus on the sperm whale helped Inside Nature’s Giants spout its best ratings in more than a year, as Dragons’ Den continued to breath fire into BBC2’s schedule.
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RatingsWest Ham v Cardiff peaks with 2.7m
SUNDAY: West Ham’s first clash on the road back to the Premier League scored the biggest crowd for a sporting event at the weekend.