Latest ITV News – Page 188
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NewsDarcy slams ITV's "lemmings" online strategy
BSkyB chief operating officer Mike Darcey has accused ITV and Channel 4 of “leaping like lemmings” into a strategy of making content available for free online.
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NewsITV signs £12m Titchmarsh deal with Spun Gold
ITV has struck a multi-commission and licensing deal, thought to be worth £12m in production fees, that will establish Alan Titchmarsh as a primetime face on ITV1 and launch a raft of consumer products under his name.
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NewsITVS America ups Stakes with pilots for US and UK
ITV Studios America is to make its first ever pilot for ITV1 and will simultaneously produce a US version of the show for NBC.
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NewsSoftware puts price on ITV product placement
ITV has appointed brand analysis specialist Repucom to help with internal tests to determine the different values of product placement in its shows.
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NewsITV poaches BBC online exec
ITV has poached BBC online executive James Micklethwait to help deliver its on-demand strategy.
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NewsGino D'Acampo celebrates home cooking for ITV1
I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! winner Gino D’Acampo is to front a new daytime cookery show for ITV1.
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NewsITV1 to celebrate Beatles anniversary
ITV1 has commissioned Shiver Productions to make a documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ first gig at Liverpool club The Cavern.
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NewsCelebrity Juice to squeeze out two more series
ITV2 has commissioned two more series of comedy entertainment series Celebrity Juice.
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NewsITV to offer mobile voting in three-year deal
ITV is to introduce voting via mobiles for talent show Dancing On Ice after securing a three-year deal with mobile provider MIG.
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NewsDancing on Ice jibe sparks complaints
Sunday’s episode of Dancing on Ice sparked around 200 complaints after judge Jason Gardiner said contestant Jeff Brazier looked like he was “missing a couple of chromosomes”.
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NewsITV1 adds to Perspectives
ITV1 is extending serious factual strand Perspectives with two more films - about Manchester’s Jewish community and the work of LS Lowry - before the series hits the air this spring.
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NewsSpongebob licensing chief to join ITVS GE
The licensing expert behind Spongebob Squarepants is to join ITV Studios Global Entertainment to spearhead its consumer products strategy.
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NewsITV rapped over X Factor guest promotions
Ofcom has censured ITV for promoting downloads of guest performers on The X Factor and for broadcasting flashing images.
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NewsITV online commissioner latest departure
Kate Bradshaw, ITV.com’s deputy managing director and head of online commissioning, has left the commercial broadcaster as it continues a restructure of its commercial and digital divisions.
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NewsCountrywise gets an hour
Countrywise is to be extended into hour-long episodes and receive a budget boost as ITV looks to capitalise on the show’s popularity.
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NewsDuos launch ent/drama indies
Two former ITV Studios execs have set up an entertainment indie and the exec producer of ITV1’s The Children and writer of BBC2’s First Light have formed a drama producer.
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NewsOnline Corrie spin-off to air on ITV2
An online Coronation Street spin-off series is to be shown for the first time on ITV2 later this month.
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NewsITV2 to pick up US Jeremy Kyle
ITV2 is close to agreeing a deal that will see it acquire the US version of The Jeremy Kyle Show.
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NewsSTV launches Edinburgh news service
STV has launched a pilot Edinburgh-based news service as it aims to bolster its localised current affairs content.
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NewsITV to pilot Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref with Jo Brand
Jo Brand is to host a pilot for ITV1 based on Jerry Seinfeld’s US reality show The Marriage Ref.