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  • Archie Norman
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    Archie Norman named ITV chairman

    2009-11-18T08:51:00Z

    Former Asda chief executive Archie Norman is to replace Michael Grade as the chairman of ITV in January.

  • Taggart
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    STV launches new £12m claim against ITV

    2009-11-17T08:59:00Z

    STV’s legal challenge against ITV has entered the digital arena, with a claim for up to £12m in damages relating to the exploitation of new media rights.

  • ITV
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    ITV news pilots set for April 2010

    2009-11-16T17:52:00Z

    Independently financed regional news pilot schemes on the ITV network could begin as early as April next year.

  • X Factor logo
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    X Factor voting website 'no threat'

    2009-11-16T11:27:00Z

    Viewers who used a website to vote for X Factor contestants rather then the show’s premium rate line did not jeopardise “vote integrity”, the company’s chief executive has said.

  • Chris Evans
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    Chris Evans: ITV is finished

    2009-11-16T08:49:00Z

    Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans has claimed that terrestrial television will soon be obsolete and that ITV is finished.

  • X Factor host Dermot O'Leary
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    Sports Personality to take on X Factor finale

    2009-11-13T11:48:00Z

    The BBC Sports Personality of the Year show will go head-to-head with ITV1’s heavyweight finale of The X Factor.

  • Michael Winner
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    Michael Winner reality show wins peaktime slot

    2009-11-13T11:31:00Z

    Michael Winner’s upcoming reality series for ITV1 has been moved from a daytime spot into a peaktime position, after impressing commissioners with the pilot episode.

  • Dancing on Ice
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    ITV Studios brands set to become iPhone apps

    2009-11-12T09:16:00Z

    Flagship ITV Studios brands including Dancing On Ice, This Morning, Coronation Street and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! will be turned into ‘freemium’ iPhone applications as part of ITV’s push to adopt new technologies.

  • Collision
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    ITV, STV: business partners only

    2009-11-12T08:00:00Z

    The war of words between STV and ITV has entered a new phase, with both sides declaring the current networking arrangements should be torn up to make way for a strictly commercial partnership.

  • ITV
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    ITV places CSA into voluntary liquidation

    2009-11-11T16:12:00Z

    ITV has put its remaining interests in cinema advertising company, Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA), into creditors voluntary liquidation.

  • Melvyn Bragg
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    Bragg returns to the BBC

    2009-11-11T10:19:00Z

    Melvyn Bragg, the longstanding face of arts coverage at ITV, is to return to BBC television where he started his career nearly 50 years ago.

  • Alan Titchmarsh
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    Titchmarsh set for 5pm move

    2009-11-10T17:59:00Z

    The Alan Titchmarsh Show will take on the likes of The Weakest Link and Deal or No Deal next year, as ITV moves it to a 5pm slot.

  • John and Edward
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    Jedward save sparks 3,000 complaints

    2009-11-10T08:52:00Z

    ITV has been bombarded with thousands of complaints following Simon Cowell’s move to save twins Jedward over Welsh crooner Lucie Jones in The X Factor on Sunday [8 Nov].

  • Michael Grade
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    Product placement consulation underway

    2009-11-09T17:39:00Z

    The government’s consultation into the introduction of product placement in UK programmes has launched, with ITV boss Michael Grade stating it will put broadcasters on a “level playing field” with international rivals.

  • Philippa Gregory
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    Gregory novel set for ITV1

    2009-11-09T09:34:00Z

    Philippa Gregory’s novel The Little House is set to be adapted for a “atmospheric and chilling” two-part drama on ITV1.

  • Robson Green
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    Plater to pen ITV1 war drama

    2009-11-06T11:43:00Z

    Bafta award-winning writer Alan Plater, who first made his name scripting Z Cars, is set to pen a new one-off period drama for ITV1.

  • Michael Grade
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    Peace, Gildersleeve lined up to replace Grade

    2009-11-06T11:18:00Z

    Carphone Warehouse boss John Gildersleeve and chairman of Standard Chartered John Peace have emerged as front-runners for the ITV chairman job, sparking rumours that the broadcaster’s search may finally be nearing its end.

  • Taggart
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    STV sues ITV for £35m but Taggart will return

    2009-11-06T10:51:00Z

    STV has launched its own legal action for £35m against ITV and has declared it will bring back Taggart, regardless of whether the commercial broadcaster commissions a new series.

  • Ant and Dec
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    Ant and Dec sign £20m ITV deal

    2009-11-05T17:37:00Z

    Presenters Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly have signed a two-year golden handcuffs deal with ITV, understood to be worth £20m.

  • John Cresswell
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    Cresswell: STV is dragging down the network

    2009-11-05T16:59:00Z

    ITV chief operating officer John Cresswell has launched another stinging attack on STV, saying the Scottish subsidiary is “dragging down the whole performance of the ITV network”.