Latest ITV News – Page 194
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NewsQuentin follows in ex’s footsteps with ITV India tour
Tiger Aspect is to take actress Caroline Quentin on a tour of India for ITV - two years after it took her ex-husband Paul Merton to the same country for Channel 5.
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NewsProducer flies flag for Corrie’s move to Salford
Coronation Street producer Phil Collinson has thrown his weight behind moving the soap to Salford.
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NewsWild goes behind scenes at London Zoo for ITV
ITV has asked the indie that opened the doors to British prisons Holloway and Wormwood Scrubs to turn its attentions to London Zoo.
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NewsExecs go on tour to brief staff on ITV transformation
ITV’s top executives have been touring the country building momentum behind the company’s transformation programme.
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NewsThe Bill studios given new life
Merton Studios, home to The Bill since 1983, has been sold along with 45,000 costume pieces and sets including a pub and police cells, to property investment company Panther Securities for £4.75m.
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NewsITV will charge for online exclusives
ITV plans to introduce premium content such as previews, additional scenes and alternative endings for its top shows, according to chief executive Adam Crozier.
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NewsITV sells Screenvision stake
ITV has offloaded its 50% stake in cinema advertising business Screenvision in an $80m (£50m) deal with US private equity fund Shamrock Capital.
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NewsJeremy Hunt outlines local TV plans
UK broadcasters will be able to win a higher slot on the EPG if they engage with the government’s local TV agenda.
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NewsCoronation Street breaks two world records
Coronation Street picked up a pair world records today as the ITV soap kicked-off the celebrations for its 50th anniversary.
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NewsFlintoff signs up for Zig Zag sports series
Zig Zag Productions has scored more than £4m worth of commissions, including an extreme sports series for ITV4 starring recently retired cricketer Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff.
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NewsITV acquires Matt Hatter toon
ITV1 has picked up a new animated fantasy series based around a boy who must defend a ‘multiverse’.
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NewsCaroline Aherne developing ITV1 sitcom
BROADCAST COMEDY FORUM: ITV1 is eyeing a sitcom from Royle Family writer Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope as it seeks to broaden its scripted comedy output beyond Benidorm.
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NewsJim Rosenthal joins C5
ITV sporting stalwart Jim Rosenthal is to become the new face of football on Channel Five.
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NewsITV's Hellicar joins Monterosa
Social TV provider Monterosa has hired ITV’s Lauren Hellicar as project manager and producer.
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NewsITV 'close' to Simon Cowell deal
ITV is close to securing Simon Cowell’s services for a further three years in a deal which could reportedly be worth £20m.
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NewsBSkyB/ITV return to pre-recession turnover
BSkyB and ITV appear to have shrugged off the economic woes of 2009, according to the public body the European Audiovisual Observatory.
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NewsFellowes to pen ITV Titanic drama
Gosford Park writer Julian Fellowes is to pen a new drama series for ITV1 about the sinking of the Titanic, made by the producer behind the BBC’s Bleak House.
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NewsLouis Walsh teams with singer for ITV2 doc
X Factor judge Louis Walsh and Westlife singer Kian Egan are to star in an ob doc for ITV2 as they attempt to launch a new girl group.
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NewsDancing On Ice studio move to include revamp
ITV1 is planning a revamp of Dancing On Ice next year as it moves the show from Elstree to Pinewood’s Shepperton studios.
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NewsITVS to cash in on wildlife archive with web service
ITV Studios plans to monetise its archive of wildlife and natural history programming through a paid-for online service pitched at families and schools.