All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 204
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NewsITV to get tough with indies
EDINBURGH: ITV will become more hard-nosed in negotiations with indies to secure a greater stake in secondary content value, according to director of television Peter Fincham.
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NewsITV unveils new crime dramas
ITV has signed up heavyweight writers Anthony Horowitz, Peter Morgan and Sally Wainwright to pen a hat trick of gritty crime dramas.
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NewsGrade: C4 should fight for licence fee
EDINBURGH: Former ITV chairman Michael Grade has called for Channel 4 to compete for licence fee funding.
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NewsGovernment moves to relax CRR
EDINBURGH: The government has moved to relax the ITV Contract Rights Renewal scheme and indicated that it could support a full review of the television advertising market.
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NewsJeremy Hunt scotches Thompson's Sky proposals
EDINBURGH: Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has poured cold water on BBC director general Mark Thompson’s call for Sky to invest more in UK content.
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NewsCorrie "returning to its roots"
EDINBURGH: Coronation Street producer Phil Collinson wants the famous soap to return to its roots for its 50th anniversary.
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NewsAbbott slams drama commissioning
EDINBURGH: Shameless writer Paul Abbott has launched a stinging attack on the state of drama commissioning in the UK.
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NewsITV reveal Van Damme doc details
EDINBURGH: ITV4 has revealed details of its forthcoming ob doc with Hollywood action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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NewsX Factor axes auto-tuning
X Factor contestants will no longer have their voices manipulated using specialist sound technology, Talkback Thames has confirmed.
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NewsITV and STV dispute goes to court next May
The legal dispute between ITV and its Scottish licence holder STV is set to come to a head in spring next year.
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RatingsGreat British Waste Menu cooks up 5m
BBC1’s Great British Waste Menu disposed of the competition last night, beating ITV1’s coverage of Tottenham Hotspur’s triumphant march into the Champions League proper.
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NewsSTV's pre-tax profits hit £6m
ITV’s Scottish licence holder STV’s pre-tax profits rose to £6m in the first half of 2010, but TV advertising revenues are set to track below the overall market in the third quarter.
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NewsVaughan digs up Thames treasure for History
The History Channel is handing Capital FM breakfast DJ Johnny Vaughan a metal detector so he can unearth hidden treasures on the shores of the River Thames.
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NewsDeloitte: broadcasters not engaging with social media
UK broadcasters are not yet making the most of social-networking websites to build audiences and increase advertising revenue, according to research from consultancy Deloitte.
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NewsHat Trick adapts Victorian crime story for ITV
Paddy Considine is to star in an ITV adaptation of award-winning period crime book The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher.
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NewsITV2 invests £1m in major off-air marketing push
ITV2 is gearing up to splash more than £1m on its first major marketing campaign in about two years.
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NewsTalkback defends X Factor care
Talkback Thames has hit back over criticisms that it failed to protect the welfare of ejected X Factor contestant Shirlena Johnson.
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NewsLiam Hamilton to join STV
Liam Hamilton, business development director at DCD Media, is to join STV as deputy director of content.
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RatingsWhen Cousins Marry draws 1.6m
A Dispatches documentary exposing the consequences of first cousin marriages in the UK drew a total audience of more than 1.6m to Channel 4 last night.
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NewsOnly 13% watch TV ads
Television advertising is still considered the most memorable form of marketing, even though the majority of viewers skip through commercials when watching recorded content, a study has found.