All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 192
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NewsTennant's extra duties at ITV
Emma Tennant has become ITV’s acting director of digital channels and acquisitions as the commercial broadcaster hunts a replacement for Zai Bennett.
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RatingsStargazing Live sparkles for BBC2
MONDAY: BBC2 rocketed a million above its usual audience figures for the debut of astronomy show Stargazing Live.
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RatingsEric and Ernie bring sunshine to BBC2
NEW YEAR’S DAY: BBC2’s drama about the formative years of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise peaked with nearly 6.5m viewers - believed to be the highest rating non-BBC1/ITV1 drama since Our Friends in the North in 1996.
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NewsX Factor magazine closed
The X Factor’s spin-off magazine has been closed after the seventh series of the hit ITV show ended last week.
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RatingsBBC1's Nativity debuts with 5.21m
MONDAY: Tony Jordan’s reimagining of the birth of Jesus helped raise an audience of more than 5m viewers for BBC1.
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NewsITV orders choir doc
ITV1 viewers are to get exclusive access into contemporary music organisation Rock Choir as part of a new documentary series.
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NewsTarget senior executives leave to set up indie
Two senior executives are to leave distributor Target Entertainment to set up their own indie.
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NewsBBC’s Moore appeals for one-off doc ideas
The BBC’s head of documentaries Charlotte Moore has made a clarion call to producers for more single docs.
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NewsITV could settle dispute with STV out of court
The long-running legal dispute between ITV and its Scottish franchise holder STV could yet be settled out of court.
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NewsAll3 indies win first joint order
Peep Show creators Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain are to oversee a major new Channel 4 comedy drama that marks the first full collaboration between two All3Media production companies.
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NewsITV1+1 gets January launch date
ITV has confirmed that it is to launch the catch-up service for its flagship channel in January.
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NewsLocal TV challenges revealed
An advisory body has delivered a sobering account of the commercial viability of culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s local TV agenda.
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RatingsITV's Savoy doc welcomes 5.4m
MONDAY: Unprecedented access to London’s famous hotel The Savoy helped attract more than 5.4m viewers to ITV.
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News'Raunchy' X Factor draws 2,000 complaints
Raunchy performances during The X Factor final on Saturday have attracted around 2,000 complaints.
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NewsITV axes The Whole 19 Yards
ITV has axed Vernon Kay’s Saturday night entertainment show The Whole 19 Yards after just one series.
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NewsSunday scores record TV audience
The biggest X Factor final on record and bumper ratings for Strictly Come Dancing helped TV to its biggest Sunday night audience in nearly 20 years.
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NewsX Factor phone votes gross £5.4m
The X Factor stakeholders are likely to have grossed at least £5.4m from telephone voting during this year’s series.
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RatingsX Factor scores Saturday record
SATURDAY: The X Factor final weekend kicked off with a massive peak audience of more than 15m – helping the show to its best Saturday night ratings of the series.
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RatingsX Factor final peaks with 19.4m
SUNDAY: A massive peak audience of more than 19.4m viewers watched Matt Cardle crowned this year’s X Factor champion.
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NewsChiles to host ITV1 chatshow
Adrian Chiles is to host a weekly topical chatshow for ITV1 next year that will see the Daybreak anchor round-up the biggest news stories of the week.