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  • 71 Degrees North
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    ITV to send celebs on Norway trek

    2009-12-10T10:26:00Z

    ITV has ordered a cold-weather alternative to I’m A Celebrity… - sending two groups of stars on a 2,000-mile trek through the wilderness of Norway to the edge of the Arctic Circle.

  • Four Weddings
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    Horton drops out of ITVS entertainment chief race

    2009-12-10T09:32:00Z

    ITV Studios controller of entertainment Claire Horton will not apply to become creative director of its new entertainment group and could leave the company in spring.

  • UTV
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    UTV eyes Welsh and North East news pilots

    2009-12-10T08:00:00Z

    UTV is hatching a bid to run the independently funded news consortium pilot project in the North East of England, and hasn’t ruled out making a bid to run the Scottish news service either.

  • UTV Live
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    UTV joins race for Welsh news pilot

    2009-12-09T10:14:00Z

    Northern Ireland ITV franchisee UTV has joined forces with Welsh News publisher NWN media to make a bid for running the independently funded news consortium scheme pilot project for Wales.

  • American Idol
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    ITV2 picks up new American Idol

    2009-12-09T10:08:00Z

    ITV2 has won the rights to broadcast the ninth series of American Idol and will air the show just one day after its US transmission.

  • Michael Grade
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    Grade: ITV could drop regional news

    2009-12-08T16:05:00Z

    ITV’s outgoing executive chairman Michael Grade has warned that regional news could be dropped completely from the broadcaster’s schedule if a Conservative government overturned Ofcom’s regional news pilot scheme.

  • Emmanuelle Namiech
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    ITV Studios acquisitions boss quits

    2009-12-08T14:00:00Z

    ITV Studios Global Entertainment director of acquisitions and co-productions Emmanuelle Namiech has announced she is to step down after 10 years at the company to pursue new opportunities.

  • ITN: News at Ten
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    Oberoi, Chadwick to head new ITN divisions

    2009-12-07T16:51:00Z

    ITN’s restructure is starting to take shape, with Asha Oberoi and Adam Chadwick appointed as managing directors of two of ITN’s three new divisions.

  • I'm a Celebrity
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    ITV to amend I'm a Celebrity guidelines

    2009-12-07T16:48:00Z

    ITV is set to implement a string of new guidelines to I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here to avoid animal cruelty on future series.

  • I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
    News

    I'm a Celeb producers escape animal cruelty prosecution

    2009-12-07T09:32:00Z

    There are no plans to prosecute the producers of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! over alleged animal cruelty on the programme, Australian police said.

  • Peter Bazalgette
    News

    C4 or ITV could spring chief exec surprise

    2009-12-04T11:48:00Z

    C4 needs a creative leader as its next chief executive and ITV a business strategist, according to a panel of industry experts – but the smart money could still be on at least one of them making a surprise appointment.

  • ITV
    News

    Gallagher to leave ITV

    2009-12-03T18:03:00Z

    ITV’s director of group corporate affairs Mark Gallagher has announced he will step down from the company at the end of the month.

  • ITV Studios Leeds
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    ITV Leeds to get £5m revamp

    2009-12-03T14:02:00Z

    ITV’s Kirkstall Road studios in Leeds are set for a £5.2m revamp that will move Emmerdale’s production facilities into the mothballed site and introduce high definition facilities.

  • ITV
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    News presenter drops tribunal proceedings against ITV

    2009-12-03T11:52:00Z

    West Country news presenter Jemma Woodman has dropped tribunal proceedings against ITV after accusing her former employers of “hanging her out to dry”.

  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl
    News

    ITV2 shows launched on iTunes

    2009-12-03T11:47:00Z

    ITV has soft launched a range of programmes for download on Apple iTunes, to test whether consumers are willing to pay for online content.

  • GMTV
    News

    GMTV staff fearful as ITV looks to cut costs in 2010

    2009-12-03T08:00:00Z

    GMTV staff are heading into Christmas fearing that swingeing cuts will be made across the business in the new year.

  • Taggart
    News

    STV planning co-production deal for Taggart

    2009-12-03T08:00:00Z

    STV is in the final throes of negotiating a ground-breaking deal with ITV which could secure the future of Taggart on the Channel 3 network.

  • Jack Osbourne: Celebrity Adrenaline Junkie
    News

    ITV2 lines up factual strand showing celebrity family challenges

    2009-12-03T08:00:00Z

    ITV director of digital channels Zai Bennett has commissioned a new celebrity-led factual strand which will see famous faces, including Gavin & Stacey actor Larry Lamb, paired with their children to undertake mammoth challenges.

  • David Dickinson
    News

    ITV orders Dickinson chatshow

    2009-12-03T08:00:00Z

    Real Deal host David Dickinson has been lined up as ITV’s next chatshow host.

  • Michael Grade
    News

    Grade: push through digital economy bill

    2009-12-02T16:03:00Z

    Outgoing ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has urged the government to push through the digital economy bill before the “guillotine” of a general election, in order to create a “level playing field” for commercial broadcasters in the UK.