All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 178
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NewsAntiques Road Trip moves to peak with added celebs
A celebrity version of BBC2’s daytime hit Antiques Road Trip is to be pushed into primetime for a special series later this year.
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NewsWild to take ITV1 viewers into premature baby unit
The indie behind Strangeways will take viewers inside the neo-natal unit of a Liverpool hospital for ITV1’s next access documentary.
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RatingsITV homeless series struggles
TUESDAY: ITV1’s celebrity homelessness series was trumped by both Channel 4 and Channel 5 in the primetime slot.
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NewsChristopher Lunn: "Charge me or clear my name"
Christopher Lunn, the founder of embattled TV accountancy firm Christopher Lunn & Company (CLAC), has called on HM Revenue & Customs to “leave me alone or charge me”.
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NewsTalkSport ad revenue to drop
TalkSport’s advertising revenue is set to decrease by as much as 9% over the next two months, reflecting similar falls in income across the UK broadcasting industry.
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RatingsBBC street experiment struggles
MONDAY: BBC1 experiment The Street That Cut Everything was roundly beaten by the second part of ITV1’s unflinching prison documentary Strangeways.
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NewsX Factor auditions postponed; Minogue leaves
Auditions for The X Factor have been postponed as Simon Cowell aims to take on a greater role behind the scenes.
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RatingsVera sunk by Pirates of the Caribbean
SUNDAY: ITV1 detective drama Vera recorded it best audience of the series, but was still sunk by Jack Sparrow’s first outing in Pirates of the Caribbean.
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RatingsEurovision best in a decade
SATURDAY: The Eurovision Song Contest recorded its best performance in a decade, but was still beaten by Britain’s Got Talent over the 8pm hour.
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NewsClive Jones: local TV plans 'not dead'
Former ITV managing director Clive Jones is to chair the Channel 6 bid to run the government’s local TV network and claimed that rumours of the plan’s demise are “exaggerated”.
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RatingsShadow Line loses 1m
THURSDAY: BBC2 crime drama The Shadow Line lost nearly a million viewers but remained above slot average, as ITV1’s Long Lost Family recorded its second best audience of the series.
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RatingsNational Movie Awards lack sparkle
WEDNESDAY: The National Movie Awards failed to sparkle for ITV1 and was thrashed by The Apprentice and Channel 4’s new fixed camera show, 24 Hours in A&E.
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Prime Suspect heads to the US
ITV’s seminal crime drama Prime Suspect is to be adapted for US audiences for the first time.
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NewsHopkinson in ITV Studios return
Left Bank Pictures co-founder Francis Hopkinson is returning to ITV Studios to establish a new drama unit.
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NewsITV to call time on Taggart
ITV has pulled the plug on Taggart after 28 years, forcing STV to go it alone on the murder drama.
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NewsNorman: we had to break old ITV culture
ITV bosses have had to break down a stagnant culture internally to set the company on the path to transformation, chairman Archie Norman has told the company AGM.
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NewsThis Morning to push interactive boundaries
ITV is ramping up viewer influence on This Morning by introducing viewer votes on cookery items, live cook-along features via Skype and interactive interviews.
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NewsITVS America ups stakes with first order for ITV1
ITV Studios America is to make its first show for ITV1 as part of a raft of entertainment commissions won by the in-house production business.
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NewsCrozier: product placement revenues "negligible"
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has admitted that product placement revenues will be “negligible” as the advertising tool finds its feet in the UK.
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NewsITV fires ad market warning
ITV has reported an 11% growth in revenue after outperforming the advertising market - but faces “tough” conditions heading into the summer.