Latest ITV News – Page 158
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NewsITV explores launch of pay-TV channels
ITV has been investigating two ideas as potential pay-TV channel launches, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsITV set for licence renewal
ITV could have its licence renewed for another decade without any major changes to terms of the licence.
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NewsZodiak Active extends ITV drama to mobile
Zodiak Active is launching what it claims is the first scripted TV drama that is simultaneously extended onto mobile.
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NewsBectu fights for freelancer rights on top ITV soaps
Bectu is pushing for collective recognition for freelancers working on ITV soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
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NewsCowell fires YouTube warning
Simon Cowell has warned the UK’s broadcasters that YouTube is close to becoming a genuine rival to host the biggest shows on TV.
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NewsBritain’s Got Talent opera duo to be profiled in ITV doc
The lives of an opera duo discovered on Britain’s Got Talent will be profiled in a primetime ITV1 documentary.
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NewsAxe looms over Red or Black?
Murmurs that Simon Cowell gameshow format Red or Black? could be dropped by ITV are growing, as the second series fails to gain momentum.
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NewsITV regional news staff told of voluntary redundancy plans
ITV has opened up a two-week voluntary redundancy window for staff working in regional newsrooms.
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NewsCowell whets appetite for Food Glorious Food
Simon Cowell has revealed Food Glorious Food will launch in February and offered an exclusive insight into the new ITV1 cookery format.
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NewsITVS on brink of UK and US Surprise Surprise double
ITV Studios is preparing for a double boost with the commission of a full series of classic entertainment show Surprise Surprise in the US and UK.
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NewsITV1 orders pensioner pranks
ITV1 has ordered an entertainment format about mischievous pensioners that was originally piloted by the BBC.
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NewsITV boards Great Train Robbery documentary
A one-off documentary about the Great Train Robbery has been ordered to accompany forthcoming ITV1 drama Mrs Biggs.
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NewsThis Morning strikes B&Q PP deal
ITV has secured a two-year product placement deal with DIY retailer B&Q linked to daytime programme This Morning.
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NewsITV buys Norton's So Television for up to £17m
ITV Studios has bought The Graham Norton Show producer So Television in a deal that could be worth up to £17m.
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NewsITV to drop ‘1’ from flagship in rebrand
ITV is poised to drop the numeral one from its flagship channel for the first time in more than a decade as part of a major rebrand.
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NewsExecs anxious over lack of ent hits
A blockage in the pipeline of big, home-grown entertainment formats is causing anxiety across the industry, execs admitted at Edinburgh.
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NewsThe broadcasters’ wishlist
Commissioners and controllers used the Edinburgh International TV Festival to outline the gaps in their schedules. Here’s Broadcast’s guide to what you need to be pitching to whom
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NewsNew Daybreak logo unveiled
A new Daybreak logo has been unveiled ahead of the relaunch of the ITV breakfast show on 3 September.
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NewsITV1 commissions Ice Cream Girls drama
ITV has ordered a three-part drama series starring Lorraine Burroughs based a best selling novel by Dorothy Koomson.
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NewsITV escapes heat over N-word song lyrics
Ofcom has ruled that a use of the N-word broadcast on ITV Yorkshire’s Calendar News has been appropriately dealt with by the broadcaster.