All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 3
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RatingsITV1 scores with England win
Just under 10 million viewers cheered England to victory over Egypt last night, out gunning BBC1 drama Five Days.
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The Broadcast InterviewDrama with star quality
After a tough 2009, ITV director of drama Laura Mackie says the broadcaster is back in the hunt for quality series – and she’s not playing it safe.
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NewsCarnival cash boosts key ITV drama series
NBC Universal-owned Carnival Films is deficit-funding ITV1’s upcoming Julian Fellowes drama Downton Abbey to push its budget to about £1m an hour.
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NewsTalkback chief urges regulatory rethink to safeguard indies
Talkback Thames chief executive Lorraine Heggessey has called for a widespread review of broadcasting red tape, claiming the rules on everything from CRR to product placement need to be “loosened up”.
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NewsITV Studios set for cash boost
ITV chairman Archie Norman has revealed his ambition to pump money into ITV Studios to reshape it as a creative multiplatform powerhouse.
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NewsNorman: No quick fixes for ITV
ITV chairman Archie Norman is reshaping the commercial broadcaster for its long term survival, and warned shareholders that long term goals will be the new priority over short term results.
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NewsBroadcasters agree election debate rules
The BBC, ITV and Sky have agreed on the rules for hosting the Prime Ministerial debates through the 2010 general election campaign.
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NewsBradshaw: BBC shouldn't assume Tory victory
Media secretary Ben Bradshaw has urged the BBC to have confidence in itself, and warned against the broadcaster preparing for a “viscerally hostile” Conservative Party winning the upcoming election.
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RatingsFive Days murders Married Single Other
BBC1’s stripped crime drama Five Days launched with a huge 7.4m viewers last night, as the audience for ITV1’s Married Single Other plummeted to just 4m.
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RatingsBeing Human finale peaks with 1.1m
The final episode of BBC3 supernatural drama Being Human drew a huge audience last night, with a peak of more than 1.1m.
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RatingsDining Stars no winner for ITV
The debut of Michael Winner’s Dining Stars failed to shine on Friday night, beaten by Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies and Wales’ rugby showdown with France on BBC1.
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NewsNorman set to reveal dive in ITV profits
ITV chairman Archie Norman is expected to lay the groundwork for ITV’s turnaround plan on Wednesday morning, with a no-holds barred account of where the broadcaster has been going wrong in recent years.
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RatingsPrice boosts Piper drama
ITV2’s Secret Diary of a Call Girl paid a visit to nearly 600,000 viewers last night after getting an audience boost from glamour model Katie Price.
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RatingsLawrence's last CCTV image seen by 4.2m
Missing chef Claudia Lawrence’s last sighting, captured on CCTV cameras, was played out to 4.2m people last night on BBC1’s Crimewatch.
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NewsITV makes final bid to escape CRR
ITV has made a last bid to the Competition Commission to get its Contract Rights Renewal straightjacket loosened..
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NewsSTV threatens third lawsuit against ITV
STV chief executive Rob Woodward has declared STV “can’t lose” its two legal claims against ITV - and is threatening a third after disputing network profits from shows like ITV2’s The Xtra Factor.
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NewsNew ITN arm lands Living deal
ITN has secured its first multiplatform commission since restructuring its production divisions into one unit - a celebrity and showbusiness show for the Living channel.
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FeaturesBrands on the box: what will it mean for UK?
As the debate over product placement continues, what do leading industry figures think? Emily Booth and Kate McMahon find out at our roundtable.
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NewsITV orders best of An Audience With...
ITV Studios and Shiver are co-producing a series celebrating the best of ITV1’s strand An Audience With…
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NewsAgency role reunites Grade with ITV stars
ITV insiders and indies have welcomed Michael Grade’s “return to his roots” as the new non-executive chairman of talent agency James Grant Group, but some warned Grade’s “poacher-turned-gamekeeper” position could mean more co-pro deals for ITV Studios.