More ITV News – Page 127
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NewsOfcom probes BBC and ITV Isis coverage
The BBC and ITV are to be investigated over their coverage of the growing threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis).
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NewsITV signs Grantchester vicar up to Twitter
The crime-fighting vicar in ITV’s forthcoming 1950s drama Grantchester is to get his own Twitter account as part of a social media experiment from producer Lovely Day.
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NewsITV2 picks up Scorpion
ITV2 has acquired US action drama Scorpion after striking a deal with CBS Studios International.
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NewsITV Be buys Bridezillas
ITV Be has beefed up its launch schedule with a number of US wedding formats from DCD Rights.
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NewsITV expands diversity scheme to Coronation Street
ITV is to extend its Original Voices diversity initiative to Coronation Street as it expands the scheme into the north west.
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NewsITV gains access to Sussex Police
Renegade Pictures has secured access to Sussex Police for a three-part series.
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NewsDCI Banks gets fourth series
DCI Banks is to return for a fourth series next year after becoming one of ITV’s most bankable crime dramas.
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NewsBBC condemns attack on journalists in Russia
The BBC has made a formal complaint to Russian authorities following an attack on a group of its Moscow-based journalists this week.
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NewsDoctor Who bumped by Strictly Come Dancing
Doctor Who is to be moved to a later slot to make way for Strictly Come Dancing in a BBC scheduling move that will see the sci-fi series finish after 9pm.
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NewsITV backs US digital indies
ITV has moved quickly into digital content production after purchasing minority stakes in two burgeoning US multiplatform indies.
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NewsITV on the hunt to replace Rising Star
ITV is to plunder its entertainment development slate as it looks to fill the hole in its schedule left by the cancellation of Keshet entertainment show Rising Star.
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NewsBroadcasters finalise referendum coverage
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky News have finalised plans for comprehensive news coverage of the final stages of the Scottish referendum as voting gets underway tomorrow.
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NewsITV’s Bradby: reporting on the referendum ‘unpleasant’
ITV political editor Tom Bradby has condemned some Scottish referendum campaigners for “sinister” behaviour and thrown his support behind the treatment of his BBC counterpart Nick Robinson.
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NewsITV pulls the plug on Rising Star
ITV has scrapped highly-anticipated interactive entertainment format Rising Star ahead of its launch.
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NewsITV US acquisitions: Believe & Indigenous videos
Click for a snapshot of some of the online videos produced by ITV’s latest multiplatform US acquisitions Believe Entertainment Group and the founders of Indigenous.
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NewsITV backs Californian digital start-up
ITV has teamed up with advertising agency WPP to invest in a Californian multiplatform start-up founded by filmmakers Jon and Jake Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia.
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NewsITV buys stake in US digital producer
ITV has acquired a minority stake in US digital producer Believe Entertainment Group.
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NewsX Factor lined up for Friday nights
The X Factor is to air three times a week after ITV added the talent show to its Friday evening schedule – setting it on a collision course with BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing.
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NewsITV orders celebrity talent show
ITV is lining up a new celebrity entertainment format to replace the outgoing Dancing On Ice in 2015.
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NewsGovernment could step back from retransmission fees row
Culture secretary Sajid Javid has hinted that the government could step back from the retransmission fees dispute between Sky and ITV and Channel 4, clearing the way for negotiations between the companies.