Latest ITV News – Page 218
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NewsITV digital channels may leave Freeview
ITV bosses have declared they would be open to putting their digital channels ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 exclusively on Sky and Virgin Media, if a higher carriage fee for the channels could be negotiated.
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NewsIn-house production falls at ITV
ITV Studios generated significantly more revenue from rival UK broadcasters during the first half of the year – but significantly less from the ITV channels themselves.
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NewsiPlayer doubles its reach
BBC iPlayer has more than doubled its reach in the past year and is five times more popular than ITV’s catch-up service, Ofcom’s annual communications market report has revealed.
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NewsITV suffers as it sells Friends Reunited for £25m
ITV made a loss of £104m in the six months to 30 June and has sold Friends Reunited to DC Thomson company Brightsolid for £25m – taking a hit of £145m.
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NewsRecord viewing figures for commercial TV
UK viewers have set a new record for watching commercial TV viewing an average of 16.7 hours each week for the first six months of the year.
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NewsITV shares hold up despite pension problems
ITV’s share price held up well today despite reports that the broadcaster’s pension deficit has surged to around £500m.
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NewsTaggart rocked by staff cuts
Taggart’s executive producer of seven years has been made redundant as speculation about the future of the long-running drama grows.
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NewsITV tackles pension shortfall
ITV has taken a significant step to address its £178m pension black hole by capping increases to its contributions to its defined benefits scheme at 1% a year.
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NewsChibnall to leave Law & Order UK showrunner role
Torchwood and Life on Mars writer Chris Chibnall will not return as showrunner on the second series of ITV1’s Law & Order UK, and plans to concentrate on other projects.
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ITV's Cole joins ITN's Diagonal View
ITN’s quirky video clips channel Diagonal View has appointed ITV’s former online sales director Gary Cole to the newly created position of commercial director.
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NewsHMV and Apple execs in race to be next ITV CEO
HMV chief executive Simon Fox and Apple’s most senior executive in Europe, Pascal Cagni, are understood to be frontrunners in the race to become the next chief executive of ITV.
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NewsYounge slams diversity in TV industry
Pat Younge, incoming head of BBC Vision Productions, has claimed the TV industry is still disproportionately dominated by the white, middle and upper classes - and singled out ITV for criticism.
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NewsITV3's Ladies of Letters to return
ITV3’s first original comedy drama, Ladies of Letters, will be returning for a second series.
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NewsX Factor boot camp to be filmed with live audience
X Factor bosses at Talkback Thames and Syco will be shaking up the format further, by holding the “boot-camp” in front of a live audience.
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NewsAnt and Dec developing new variety show
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s indie Gallowgate is developing a new Saturday night variety show aimed at ITV1.
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NewsJohn Sergeant to front ITV1 travel show
ITV1 AUTUMN LAUNCH: John Sergeant will star on ITV1 this autumn, travelling to England’s tourism hotspots to uncover the “gems and eccentricities” of the UK for a new factual series.
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The Bill: watch the opening minutes and new titles
The Bill returns to ITV1 tonight (23 July) in a new post-watershed slot and with a revamped opening title sequence.
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NewsLiving secures rights to US drama Supernatural
US drama Supernatural is to move from ITV2 to Living after Virgin Media secured the first-run UK TV rights to series five.
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NewsBBC Wales may be 'only news option' by 2010
Welsh MPs have warned the government that viewers in the nation may have no alternative choice of English-language news by next year.
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NewsPSB kids' output halved since 2004
Homegrown children’s output on free-to-air broadcasters has more than halved over four years, Ofcom research has revealed.