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NewsJohn Sergeant to front ITV1 travel show
ITV1 AUTUMN LAUNCH: John Sergeant will star on ITV1 this autumn, travelling to England’s tourism hotspots to uncover the “gems and eccentricities” of the UK for a new factual series.
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The Bill: watch the opening minutes and new titles
The Bill returns to ITV1 tonight (23 July) in a new post-watershed slot and with a revamped opening title sequence.
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NewsLiving secures rights to US drama Supernatural
US drama Supernatural is to move from ITV2 to Living after Virgin Media secured the first-run UK TV rights to series five.
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NewsBBC Wales may be 'only news option' by 2010
Welsh MPs have warned the government that viewers in the nation may have no alternative choice of English-language news by next year.
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NewsPSB kids' output halved since 2004
Homegrown children’s output on free-to-air broadcasters has more than halved over four years, Ofcom research has revealed.
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NewsThe Bill saved in Scotland
Viewers in Scotland will be able to watch the new 9pm version of The Bill, despite ITV licence holder STV deciding to opt out of network programming at that time.
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NewsITV calls for more football on protected TV list
ITV is pushing the government to add all World Cup and European Championship qualifying games involving home nations to be added to the list of sporting events protected for free-to-air television.
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NewsITV1 to screen unaired Jackson footage
ITV1 is to screen previously unaired home video footage of the late pop star Michael Jackson from his friend Uri Geller’s private archive.
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NewsThe Bill pulled from STV schedules
STV chiefs have confirmed that The Bill will be pulled from its schedule after 25 years, to make way for more of its own programmes.
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NewsITVS scores Italian buyer for The Colour of Money
ITV Studios has made the first international sale of gameshow format The Colour of Money, selling a 60 x 30-minute run to Italy’s Italia 1.
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NewsIndies set to grab half of £500m ITV1 spending pot
ITV’s drama, entertainment, factual and daytime commissioners have £500m to spend on original programmes for ITV1 next year - and £250m of that is earmarked for the indie sector.
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NewsITV signs Terms of Trade
ITV has signed its Terms of Trade agreement with Pact, two years after the conditions were initally agreed.
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NewsFast Show star takes lead in BBC online comedy
A star of The Fast Show is bringing another comedy character to life, this time on the BBC Comedy website in the first online series to be produced by ITV Studios.
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NewsCash-strapped ITV pushes back NTA's until 2010
ITV has scrapped this year’s National Television Awards, pushing back the ceremony until January 2010.
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NewsUBS upgrades ITV shares
Shares in ITV rose a penny this morning after Swiss bank UBS upgraded the stock to “buy” and increased its target price for ITV shares to 37p.
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NewsGrade: We did not pace Boyle well enough
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has admitted that ITV should have done more to “pace” Scottish singer Susan Boyle, but defended the way contestants on Britain’s Got Talent were looked after on the show.
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NewsITV to charge viewers for BGT clips
ITV could charge viewers to watch Britain’s Got Talent clips online as early as next year in a bid to boost revenues.
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NewsITV demands commissioners prove shows’ ROI potential
ITV has effectively handed a commissioning tick to its business affairs team by insisting that commissioners prove a programme’s business worth as well as its creative merit.
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NewsRDF Television secures Allen for managing director role
Jim Allen, ITV Studios’ former director of factual and entertainment, is to join RDF Television as managing director.
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NewsITV1 orders more Morgan, Clunes and Lumley
ITV1 is set to cement Piers Morgan, Martin Clunes and Joanna Lumley as faces of its factual output with three travel-themed shows for 2010.