Latest ITV News – Page 215
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NewsPact predicts ITV red tape tangle
Steps to introduce double compliance on ITV shows risk tying up indies in red tape, Pact and franchisee Channel TV have warned.
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NewsPact slams ITV for ‘bullying’ suppliers to waive terms of trade
Pact has hit out at ITV’s tough new negotiating tactics, condemning the letters of intent it is sending to would-be suppliers that demand they waive the terms of trade.
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NewsWarwick takes on producing role at Shine format unit
Former ITV entertainment commissioner Paula Warwick has joined Shine Group as part of its new format-sharing unit, Shine Network.
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NewsEx-R2 'Sachsgate' boss to exec ITV talent show
Former Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas has revealed her first project with Universal’s Globe productions – co-executive producing a new ITV singing contest.
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NewsITV1 'unlikely' to want half-hour comedies
BROADCAST TV COMEDY FORUM: ITV1 is unlikely to go for 30-minute comedies for the foreseeable future, ITV comedy commissioning editor Michaela Hennessy-Vass has warned.
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NewsITV sues STV for £38m
ITV has launched legal proceedings to recover £38m of debt from Scottish franchise STV.
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NewsSTV fights back over ITV debts
STV has vowed to fight ITV’s legal bid over £38m in unpaid bills, and has said it will now be pursuing its own claims against the network.
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NewsITV wins International Emmy for China earthquake coverage
ITV News has won an International Emmy Award for its coverage of last year’s earthquake in China.
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NewsVandermeer appointed ITV controller of acquisitions
ITV has promoted its head of legal and business affairs for acquisitions Jonathan Vandermeer to the new role of controller of acquisitions.
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NewsOfcom: ITV could lose £64m a year on regional news
Ofcom has warned that the ITV network will be facing a loss of up to £64m a year by 2012, if it has to continue providing regional news bulletins.
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NewsPay hampers hunt for new ITV boss
Wage concerns are reportedly stalling ITV’s attempt to hire a new chief executive.
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NewsIndies to absorb cost of ITV double compliance
ITV has told indies they are likely to shoulder most of the costs for having their programmes go through a double compliance process, following Ofcom’s decision to ramp up the amount the broadcaster can be fined for breaches of its rules.
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NewsSTV to opt out of 6.30pm ITV network news
RTS CAMBRIDGE: STV will tomorow reveal plans to introduce a one-hour Scottish news programme at six o’clock that would mean it opting out of the 6.30pm ITV national news bulletin.
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NewsBall poised to overhaul ITV
ITV insiders are bracing themselves for Tony Ball to rip up the rule book if he is appointed as chief executive of the commercial broadcaster.
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NewsITV1 goes for Hat Trick’s Dinner Date
Hat Trick Productions is moving away from its comedy roots with a dating-meets-cookery show pilot for ITV1.
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NewsMixed CRR outcome for ITV
ITV will have to keep its Contract Rights Renewal mechanism in place for advertisers, but it will be relaxed to make it more flexible.
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NewsKyle show rapped over c-word exchange
Ofcom has censured ITV for including the c-word in an edition of daytime talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show.
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NewsITV advertising sales verdict delayed
The provisional solution on how to handle the current capping of ITV’s advertising sales has been subject to a “slight delay”, the Competition Commission has announced.
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NewsChannel TV slams ITV compliance move
Channel TV has criticised ITV’s decision to bring in a “double compliance” system, with chairman Mick Desmond claiming the broadcaster is taking a “cynical advantage” of Ofcom’s decision to increase the network’s fines for breaches of the broadcasting code.
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NewsWhitechapel to return to ITV
Rupert Penry-Jones will return to the East End of London for ITV1 next year, starring in a second series of Whitechapel.