All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 171
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NewsITV in talks over paid-for Facebook voting
ITV is in discussions to introduce paid-for Facebook voting across its entertainment brands, with The X Factor being lined up to spearhead the online interaction push.
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NewsLocal TV plan sparks cherry-picking fears
Local TV bidders are set to scramble to win licences in London, Birmingham and Manchester, but regions without major cities could be left underserved.
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NewsITV1 to explore social history in Parallel Lives
ITV1 is eyeing a factual series that will explore the different lives of people born on the same day.
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RatingsMurdoch attack draws 1.2m
TUESDAY: The attack on Rupert Murdoch during his select committee hearing drew a peak of 1.2m viewers to BBC2, as more than 3m flocked online to watch the action.
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Ten Alps TV names development chief
Ten Alps has promoted a Blakeway Productions executive to head of development for its entire television and radio division.
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NewsLabour attacks local TV plans
The shadow culture secretary has hit out at Jeremy Hunt’s revised local TV plans, questioning whether the secretary of state “has got his priorities right”.
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RatingsMurdoch Panorama draws 3.6m
MONDAY: A Panorama investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in the wake of the phone hacking debacle attracted more than 3.6m viewers to BBC1.
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NewsHunt unveils new local TV plans
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has today set out a fresh vision for local TV after finally scrapping plans for a national “spine” network for the service.
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RatingsITV1 struggles despite Harry Potter magic
SATURDAY: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone conjured up ITV1’s biggest audience of the day as its trio of Saturday night entertainment vehicles continued to underperform.
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NewsChiles cuts Daybreak hours
Adrian Chiles will only present Daybreak four days a week as part of a planned change to the show later this year.
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RatingsApprentice final hires 10.7m
SUNDAY: The Apprentice bowed out with the biggest audience for a final in the show’s six-year history.
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RatingsMillionaire special draws 4.6m
FRIDAY: ITV’s first new episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in nearly four months proved that the format still has legs.
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NewsRTS unveils Cambridge line-up
The chief executives of ITV, Sky, Channel 4 and the director general of the BBC are to share a platform at the 2011 Cambridge Convention.
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RatingsApprentice fires competition
WEDNESDAY: The penultimate instalment of The Apprentice continued its march for BBC1, recording another series high as the candidates were whittled to four finalists.
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NewsSeeSaw saved by Bebo buyer
Online TV service SeeSaw has been rescued by a group of investors led by Criterion Capital Partners and including former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson.
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NewsFremantleMedia to resurrect Through The Keyhole
Sir David Frost’s cult gameshow Through The Keyhole could be revived as a Cribs-style format after the worldwide rights were bought by FremantleMedia.
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NewsTen Alps invests in TV to reverse group’s fortunes
Ten Alps’ TV division has been handed a cash boost to spearhead its parent group’s revival after the latter posted a disappointing set of results last week.
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NewsAll3 sets challenge to bidders
All3Media has challenged a potential buyer to match its aggressive growth ambitions after the super-indie revealed its profits will increase by a quarter in 2011.
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NewsITV2 to give modelling school the Pineapple ob doc treatment
ITV2 is to take a tongue-in-cheek look at The London School of Modelling for a Pineapple Dance Studios-style ob doc series.
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NewsPensioner prank show set for BBC1
A pensioner prank show is the latest international entertainment format set for BBC1.