Latest ITV News – Page 119
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NewsITV launches legal challenge to strike ballot
ITV’s pay dispute with the unions is becoming increasingly bitter after the broadcaster legally challenged a strike ballot that could have disrupted its election day coverage.
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NewsDCMS kicks off retrans fees consultation
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has kicked off a consultation exploring the deregulation of the TV market – a move which could result in the PSB channels benefiting from retransmission fees but losing their EPG prominence.
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NewsJacqui Oatley joins ITV
BBC sports anchor Jacqui Oatley has joined ITV to front its coverage of sports including football and darts.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Family Guy
Click to see how ITV2 stands to benefit from its acquisition of the BBC3 series.
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NewsAdam Crozier earned £4.4m in 2014
Adam Crozier’s pay packet fell by £4m in 2014 but the ITV chief executive still took home £4.4m including bonuses and benefits.
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NewsITV confirms end of Downton Abbey
ITV has confirmed that Downton Abbey is set to end after its sixth series.
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NewsFrankenstein’s journey to ITV
Rainmark Films, the indie led by Game Of Thrones producer Frank Doelger and former BBC Films executive Tracey Scoffield, has lifted the lid on its multimillion-pound ITV Encore drama The Frankenstein Chronicles.
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NewsFamily Guy set to deliver male viewers to ITV2
ITV2 will be expecting a boost in young male viewers after securing the free-to-air rights to Family Guy in a six-series deal.
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NewsChannel 4 & Sky out of the running to sign Clarkson
Channel 4 and Sky will not move to sign up Jeremy Clarkson after he was sacked by the BBC earlier today.
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NewsKeith Lemon goes Back to the Future
Keith Lemon will step back in time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of iconic 1980s film franchise Back to the Future.
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NewsITV snatches Family Guy rights
ITV has snatched the exclusive rights to new episodes of Family Guy from the BBC.
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NewsITV claims PVR viewing cost £100m
ITV has estimated that viewing via PVRs cost the business £100m in ad revenue in 2014.
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NewsLiberty exec cools ITV takeover talk
Liberty Global chief financial officer Charlie Bracken has played down speculation linking the company with a takeover of ITV, claiming the broadcaster looks “pricey”.
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NewsLeaders’ debates schedule confirmed
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have confirmed the final schedule for the leaders’ debates in the run-up to the general election in May.
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NewsITV orders Houdini and Conan Doyle drama
The friendship between illusionist Harry Houdini and Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will form the basis of a supernatural crime drama for ITV from Big Talk Productions.
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NewsITV swoops for C4 online exec
ITV has recruited Channel 4’s head of viewer relationship management, Steve Forde, to become its director of marketing and experience for online and on demand.
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NewsTalpa targets next global hit
Ant and Dec could be dancing with puppets if John de Mol can convince Talpa Media’s new owner ITV to remake its latest variety talent format, Popster.
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NewsITV orders shepherding format Flock Stars
ITV is to train celebrities up as shepherds in its latest bid to find a factual entertainment hit.
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NewsOverview: ITV’s production empire
Talpa Media pushed ITV’s production acquisitions into double figures under chief executive Adam Crozier. Broadcast runs the rule over the company’s growing empire.
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NewsIn Brief: Gracepoint, CBBC renews Eve, High Noon
ITV Encore acquired Broadchurch remake Gracepoint and CBBC renews Leopard Drama’s Eve. Click for more in today’s round-up.