All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 215
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RatingsAshes bows out with 6m
Time-bending police drama Ashes to Ashes bowed out with its highest-rated episode of the series on Friday night.
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RatingsAll at Sea leaks 300,000
ITV1’s new celebrity show All at Sea sprung a leak last night as around 300,000 viewers abandoned ship.
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RatingsSoap awards entertain 6m
More than 6m viewers tuned into the drama of The British Soap Awards on ITV1 and ITV1 HD last night.
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NewsITV recalls Gazza’s Tears in pair of World Cup docs
Paul Gascoigne will talk about his tears during England’s Italia ‘90 semi-final defeat in one of two ITV1 docs to air during the World Cup.
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NewsNet-connected sets boost advertising power
The arrival of internet-connected televisions could provide a timely boost to advertising revenues for commercial broadcasters, according to groundbreaking research.
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NewsITV puts faith in Vera as successor to Frost
ITV has earmarked an in-house detective drama as a successor to A Touch of Frost and is taking the format to a full eight-hour series before the pilot has even aired.
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NewsLocal info site drives recruitment at STV
STV is planning a significant digital recruitment drive as it prepares to launch a website providing local information for more than 200 communities in Scotland.
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NewsCorrie moved to 9pm to win BGT viewers
Coronation Street is to be stripped at 9pm for the first time in a bid to garner maximum ratings from Britain’s Got Talent.
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NewsCarragher call-up prompts TalkSport rethink
TalkSport has been forced to rethink its drivetime World Cup show after footballer Jamie Carragher was called up to the England squad.
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RatingsLuther loses over 1m
BBC crime drama Luther lost more than a million viewers at 9pm last night as terrestrial channels failed to rouse audiences in the primetime slot.
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NewsZombie trailer banned in first VOD ruling
ITV has been banned from featuring a zombie film trailer on its website, the first ruling by the advertising watchdog against a video on demand service.
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NewsDavid Jason going cockney for ITV drama
Sir David Jason is to go back to his cockney roots in a new drama for ITV.
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NewsUTV to get World Cup ad boost
UTV Media has predicted a 19% TV ad boost during the World Cup - but struck a note of caution for the second half of 2010.
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NewsTarget sends Peak Season to VH1
Distributor Target Entertainment has sealed a raft of sales in the US, including shipping faux Canadian reality show Peak Season to VH1.
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RatingsGot Talent loses 1m viewers
Britain’s Got Talent continued to dominate the Saturday night schedule, despite picking up its lowest audience of the series so far.
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RatingsOutnumbered racks up 5.7m
Outnumbered continued to tally up viewers last night, bagging its second biggest audience ever on a strong night for BBC1comedy.
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NewsRecord international buyer interest in UK indies at MipTV 2010
UK indies experienced their busiest year on record at MipTV last month, according to Pact, as international buyers ratcheted up demand for formatted and multiplatform content.
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NewsCrozier: ‘no in-house quota’
ITV chief exec says he won’t set target for how much content ITV Studios should produce.
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NewsGovernment will have to change law to axe CRR
The Competition Commission’s decision to uphold the Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) scheme is likely to be opposed by the coalition government, but any change would require primary legislation and the the timeframe is unclear.
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NewsJeremy Hunt named culture secretary
Jeremy Hunt has landed the role of secretary of state for culture, Olympics, media and sport in the newly formed coalition government.