All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 5
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RatingsBoarding school and The Bill do well
Channel 4 boarding school doc Leaving Home at Eight was watched by 2.1m last night, but The Bill was top dog at 9pm for the first time in 2010.
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NewsBectu slams ITV salary freeze
Bectu has denounced ITV’s “fat cat culture at board level”, criticising moves to give a multimillion pound salary package to incoming chief executive Adam Crozier while freezing staff pay levels.
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RatingsNew Midsomer star draws 6.5m
The new star of Midsomer Murders, John Barnaby, introduced himself to 6.5m viewers last night, killing off competition from Rogue Traders and Embarrasing Bodies.
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FeaturesWomen in TV: The big media brain drain
Recent figures show an alarming rise in the number of women leaving the industry, and it’s hitting the heart of the creative pool. Kate McMahon unravels the reasons for the exodus.
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ITV Studios looks to radio stations for FM funding
ITV Studios is in talks with record companies and radio stations to help piece together a Primeval-style deal to fund a second series of Chris O’Dowd sitcom FM to air on ITV2.
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NewsC4 eyes Deeley pilot
So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley has signed up to front a new treasure hunt entertainment format, where people race around UK cities to win a big cash prize.
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NewsShaw prepares to front live treasure hunt stunt
Extreme Male Beauty star Tim Shaw is set to be the centre of a bizarre multiplatform stunt in which people across the UK will hunt for a small steel box containing him, two cameras and £30,000.
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NewsBragg heads back to the South Bank for last hurrah on ITV1
The South Bank Show, the long-running arts strand that was controversially ditched by ITV, is set for a last hurrah with a 10-part series mixing new interviews with archive footage.
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NewsProduct placement for Corrie, but not X Factor
ITV has drawn up a top 10 list of programmes that are ripe for product placement that includes Coronation Street and Emmerdale - but not The X Factor.
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NewsITV gearing up for fresh push on Studios content
ITV Studios is poised for a fresh content push under the commercial broadcaster’s new management, with programming executives across the business preparing for a closer alliance between commissioning and production.
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RatingsLast Woman Standing holds 375k
BBC3’s new tribal sports series Last Woman Standing proved a tough competitor last night, but was no match for ITV2’s Vampire Diaries.
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RatingsAmanda Holden ends Fantasy with 2.1m
Amanda Holden’s Fantasy Lives ended its nightmare run on ITV1 last night behind every other terrestrial channel.
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NewsFuture of Kent TV in doubt
The future of online channel Kent TV is in doubt with nine jobs at risk, after Kent County Council confirmed it would not fund the project beyond its two-year pilot phase.
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NewsTrue-May: Midsomer will thrive with new Barnaby
The producer of Midsomer Murders says he is confident the programme will remain successful, despite shaking up the cast by replacing John Nettles.
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RatingsGlee hits high note with 1.4m
US musical drama Glee is continuing to grow in popularity, setting a new audience high for its sixth episode on E4 last night.
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RatingsHustle ends on 6m
Hustle rustled up a solid audience of 6m for the final outing of its sixth series on BBC1 last night, narrowly escaping Law & Order: UK.
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NewsSky sells 10.4% ITV stake at £348m loss
BSkyB sold 10.4% of its stake in ITV for around £196m this morning – a loss of about £348m.
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NewsDannii Minogue set for ITV2 series
X Factor judge Dannii Minogue is in talks to star in her own ITV2 reality series, which her agents will co-produce.
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RatingsSuper Bowl scores 22% share for BBC1
The Super Bowl drummed up a huge share of nearly 22% for BBC1 in the early hours of this morning, as bleary eyed American football fans tuned in for the showdown between Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints.
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RatingsTake Me Out tops 5m
ITV1 dating show Take Me Out topped 5 million viewers for the first time on Saturday night, while BBC1’s dance show So You Think You Can Dance inched forward from its performance last week.