Latest ITV News – Page 220
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NewsITV is recession’s ‘worst offender’
Indies have singled out ITV as the most difficult broadcaster to deal with in the economic downturn.
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Monster’s Fluffy animation series gets GMTV slot
GMTV has picked up the UK terrestrial rights to an animated pre-school series that originally aired on RTE 2 in Ireland.
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NewsBoy Meets Girl heads to Oz
ITV Global Entertainment has sold more than 40 hours of scripted content to public broadcaster ABC in Australia, including ITV1 comedy Boy Meets Girl.
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NewsGrade slams BBC partnerships
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has rubbished the BBC’s partnership proposals and criticised the corporation’s efforts to avoid top-slicing the licence fee.
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NewsTop-slicing legislation plan revealed
Gordon Brown has revealed government plans to formally introduce legislation that will divert TV licence fee revenue into propping up regional news coverage on ITV1.
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NewsITN loses ITV web news deal
ITV has axed ITN’s deal to provide news for its main website, with five journalist jobs set to go as a result.
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NewsScarlett Johansson pulls out of ITV2 doc
Actress Scarlett Johansson has pulled out of starring in a new four-part series for ITV2.
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NewsThunderbirds creator fighting to reclaim rights from ITV
Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson has made a public plea to ITV bosses to return the rights to his iconic 60s puppet show, after being locked in a legal battle.
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NewsITV1 orders more Lewis
Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox are set to return for a fourth series of ITV1 murder mystery drama Lewis.
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NewsITV, C4 and Five rapped for pushing products
Chat show hosts Alan Titchmarsh and Paul O’Grady as well as Five News gave undue promotion to products in recent shows, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsITV could charge for on-demand content service
ITV is planning to levy small charges to view on-demand content beyond the standard seven-day catch-up window in a bid to boost revenues.
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NewsTony Ball joins BT as non-exec
Tony Ball, the former BSkyB chief exec tipped to replace Michael Grade at ITV, has joined the BT Board as non-executive director.
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ITV regional news to be funded by BBC licence fee
DIGITAL BRITAIN: ITV will be allowed to reduce its public service obligations in the lead up to digital switchover, and the government will ring-fence a portion of the BBC licence fee to pay for its regional news programming.
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NewsX Factor auditions go live
The X Factor is to get a Britain’s Got Talent-style makeover, with auditions to be held in front of a live audience for the first time.
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STV and ITV see legal teams over disputed £22m fee
ITV is considering legal action against its Scottish licence holder STV Group, after accusing it of failing to pay a £22m fee for being part of the ITV network.
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NewsPrimeval axed as ITV focuses on 9pm drama
ITV has axed Impossible Pictures’ dinosaur drama Primeval to focus on drama aired after 9pm.
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NewsOFT: Commission needs to relax ITV's CRR
The Office of Fair Trading has written to the Competition Commission, urging them to make drastic changes to remedy ITV’s Contract Rights Renewal scheme.
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NewsCarter to quit government
Communications minister Stephen Carter is to step down to rejoin the private sector after he publishes his Digital Britain report, increasing speculation that he is putting himself in the running for the top job at ITV.
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NewsSetanta woe could boost ITV
ITV is rubbing its hands at the prospect of picking up eight England matches at a knockdown price if Setanta Sports collapses.
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NewsITV slashes Royal Variety budget
ITV will spend half a million pounds less on entertaining the Queen this year after it chopped the budget for the Royal Variety Performance almost in two.