All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 196
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NewsITV revenue surges on 'strong' ad recovery
ITV has benefited from a “strong” recovery in the television advertising market to post an 11% increase in revenue to £1.45bn.
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NewsITV to report bolstered ad revenues
ITV is tomorrow expected to report a stronger than anticipated second half of the year, benefiting from improved advertising revenues.
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RatingsI’m A Celebrity ensnares 11m
SUNDAY: The new series of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! got off to a barnstorming start, entertaining more than 11m viewers.
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NewsDavid Young leaves 12 Yard
12 Yard Productions founder David Young, who sold the indie to ITV in a £35m deal, is leaving the company after almost 10 years.
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RatingsTake That doc draws 4.8m
SATURDAY: A documentary special marking the full reunion of Take That lit up the ITV schedule on Saturday night after another bumper The X Factor.
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RatingsNew Tricks bows out with 6.9m
FRIDAY: BBC1’s New Tricks proved it has still got the magic after series seven made its final bow in front another big audience.
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NewsITV2 lines up Kerry Katona series
Kerry Katona has been lined up to feature in a new ITV2 ob doc and could go on to become a long-term replacement for Katie Price.
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NewsITV already drawing up plans for Salford
Granada Reports has scoped out a space at MediaCityUK in Salford and Coronation Street is believed to have agreed a site near the hub as ITV edges closer to relocating its north-west operations.
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NewsFerguson to front C4 series on the rise of Western civilisation
The Ascent Of Money historian Niall Ferguson is to return to Channel 4 for a new series charting the rise of Western civilisation.
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NewsC4 sends chefs to cookery school for daytime series
Channel 4 has ordered 50 episodes of a new daytime cookery series starring Cook Yourself Thin chef Gizzi Erskine.
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NewsBBC2 targets access doc
BBC2 is on the hunt for a major access documentary after being turned down by British Airways, as part of a raft of factual opportunities at the corporation.
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NewsX Factor ‘fix’ draws 900 complaints
More than 900 viewers have complained to Ofcom over Cheryl Cole’s refusal to vote on Sunday night’s The X Factor.
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NewsBBC launches diversity consultation
The BBC has launched an independent consultation into its diversity strategy to help shape future policy.
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RatingsThe Zoo claws in 3.4m
TUESDAY: ITV’s new documentary series on London Zoo failed to win the lion’s share of the audience.
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RatingsDuckworth’s death draws 11.6m
MONDAY: Jack Duckworth’s emotional reunion with late wife Vera in his dying moments helped Coronation Street reach one of its highest audiences of the year.
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NewsC4's Britdoc calls for nature pitches
The Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation is teaming with the National Trust to back a documentary examining humans’ current relationship with nature.
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CommentWhy Seven Days matters
It may have failed to blaze a trail with audiences, but Seven Days dominated discussion at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, writes Jake Kanter.
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RatingsDownton Abbey ends on 10m
SUNDAY: Downton Abbey bowed out with its highest ever audience on a strong night for ITV that saw The X Factor reach a peak of 16.7m viewers.
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RatingsSusan Boyle interview draws 6.5m
SATURDAY: Susan Boyle’s appearance on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories helped the show pull its second best audience ever.
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RatingsFirst Life dawns with 2.6m
FRIDAY: David Attenborough’s new two-part series exploring the origins of life gave rise to an audience of more than 2.6m.