More ITV News – Page 140
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NewsRevealed: 2013’s best acquisitions
From superhero spin-offs to headless horsemen, Broadcast assesses the year’s biggest imports
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NewsITV and Twitter join forces for RWC final rerun
ITV Sport has forged a partnership with Twitter for a repeat of England’s 2003 Rugby World Cup victory.
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NewsDiscovery orders fast turnaround Typhoon Haiyan doc
ITN Productions has travelled to the Philippines to make a fast turnaround documentary about Typhoon Haiyan for Discovery Networks International.
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NewsAcquisitions boost ITVS revenue to £555m
ITV’s indie acquisitions spree has helped boost revenues at its production arm by 11% in the first nine months of 2013.
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NewsITV wins back James Bond
James Bond will return to free-to-air television this year after ITV snatched the rights to the Ian Fleming franchise back from Sky.
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NewsWhitechapel gets the chop from ITV
ITV has axed gothic crime drama Whitechapel after four series.
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NewsITV renews X Factor and BGT for three more years
ITV has confirmed that it has commissioned another three series of Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor in a deal thought to be worth £150m.
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NewsTalkSport World Cup deal helps shake off revenue drop
TalkSport has lessened the blow of a 15% fall in revenues this year by signing a deal to broadcast the 2014 World Cup.
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NewsBroadcasters told: ‘Be braver on green issues’
UK broadcasters must be “braver” in tackling climate change issues and communicating commissioning opportunities for environmental programming more clearly, according to a report.
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NewsITV shoots for Rising Star
ITV is buying Israeli musical talent competition Rising Star as its next big entertainment show.
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NewsFormer Daybreak editor returns to ITN
Former ITV News At Ten programme editor Ian Rumsey has returned to ITN to become head of topical programmes at the company’s production arm.
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NewsITV launches I'm a Celeb... companion site
ITV is to launch a companion site featuring real-time polls to support the 13th I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! series.
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NewsITV's The Day Kennedy Died goes global
ITV documentary The Day Kennedy Died has been sold around the world by Cineflix Rights.
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NewsAd agencies count cost of ITV and Sky's football loss
ITV and Sky are set to lose around £40m and £10m respectively in annual advertising revenue following their loss of UEFA rights to BT - with execs warning that ITV4 could be hit particularly hard.
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NewsITV opens up soaps to expats online
ITV is to launch a monthly subscription service to allow expats and holidaymakers to catch-up on Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
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NewsITV's online chief heads to NBC
ITV’s director of online Julian March is leaving the broadcaster to join NBC News.
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NewsDownton Abbey gets fifth series
ITV has confirmed that Downton Abbey is to return for a fifth series next year.
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NewsBT pays £900m to pinch Champions League from ITV and Sky
BT has won the rights to screen all UEFA Champions League games for the next three years, paying a knockout £900m to take the rights from Sky and ITV.
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NewsITV orders sleuth vicar drama
ITV has commissioned a six-part drama series about the exploits of an investigative vicar, based on a novel penned by the former Archbishop of Canterbury’s son, James Runcie.
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NewsUTV to launch Irish TV channel
UTV has snatched the Irish rights to Coronation Street from TV3 after signing a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment that paves the way for it to launch a TV channel in the country.