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NewsLenny Henry: N&R-style quotas needed to address BAME 'market failure'
Sir Lenny Henry has branded the TV industry’s poor record on BAME representation as a “market failure” and urged Ofcom, the BBC Trust and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to force broadcasters to ringfence funds to address the issue.
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NewsDownton Abbey series finale grips almost 11m
Downton Abbey reeled in a consolidated audience of almost 11m viewers for the climax of its final series – its biggest audience since the penultimate episode of last year’s run.
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NewsITV ups 2016 pay offer
ITV has decided to increase its pay offer for staff next year following the company’s “good performance”.
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NewsPlay To The Whistle scores second run
ITV has ordered a second series of Hungry Bear Media’s sports panel show Play To The Whistle.
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NewsUnforgotten secures second series
ITV has ordered a second series of Mainstreet Pictures crime drama Unforgotten.
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NewsThe Voice fallout prompts entertainment re-think
The high-profile wrangle over The Voice UK is set to herald a major rethink in the entertainment strategies of BBC1 and ITV.
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NewsITV rides out ratings worries with revenues of £2.3bn
ITV weathered continued audience declines to post revenue growth of 13% in the first nine months of the year.
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NewsITV poaches The Voice: five things you need to know
Why the BBC refused to enter a bidding war for The Voice UK and what the decision might mean for the entertainment industry.
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NewsBBC admits defeat in battle for The Voice UK
The BBC has admitted defeat in the battle with ITV to secure The Voice UK from 2017.
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NewsBBC entertainment boss hits out at ITV's ‘cultural prohibition’
Alan Tyler has argued that ITV’s attempt to ban the BBC from importing formats is tantamount to “cultural prohibition”.
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NewsITV entertainment chief: X Factor changes ‘went too far’
ITV entertainment chief Elaine Bedell has acknowledged that some of the format tweaks made to The X Factor this year have failed.
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NewsITV's attack on BBC distinctiveness proves divisive
ITV’s stinging attack on the lack of distinctiveness in the BBC’s television output has divided the industry at a crucial moment during charter renewal.
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News3sixtymedia staff facing job cuts
At least 10 jobs are at risk at the Manchester-based post and crewing company 3sixtymedia as part of an ITV Studios review.
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NewsDrama bosses hunt episodic shows
Drama executives from ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have issued a call for contemporary stories, as well as episodic, ‘story-of-the-week’ style series.
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NewsNews at Ten row erupts on Twitter
A row has erupted on Twitter over the performance of the BBC and ITV’s 10pm news bulletins.
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NewsITV faces federal US trial
ITV may be forced to pay out £65,000 in healthcare liability to writer / producers after being summoned to a federal trial in the US.
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NewsBBC drama boss hits back at ITV
BBC drama controller Polly Hill has labelled ITV’s attack last week on the corporation’s distinctiveness as “extraordinary”.
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NewsNBC to remake ITV 'event' drama
ITV drama Collision, which aired in 2009, is being developed for NBC in the States by Eleventh Hour Films.
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NewsLewis to end after decade-long run
Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis will end its decade-long run this year after its stars decided to leave the ITV show.