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NewsITV2 buys I'm A Celebrity US
ITV2 has acquired the UK premiere rights to the US version of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
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NewsBGT's Susan Boyle taken to clinic
Gordon Brown has made personal enquiries about Susan Boyle’s health after the Britain’s Got Talent star was rushed to a private hospital yesterday.
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NewsOFT advises change to ITV's CRR ad rules
ITV is significantly closer to a change in the CRR rules which govern how much it can charge for ads, after the Office of Fair Trading officially advised the Competition Commission to consider making changes.
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NewsGranada America rebranded as ITV Studios
ITV’s North American production arm Granada America has been re-branded as ITV Studios.
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NewsITV’s Bennett on the lookout for US drama series at LA Screenings
ITV’s newly appointed director of multichannels and acquisitions Zai Bennett will be on the hunt for a US drama series for ITV1’s primetime schedule at the LA Screenings this week.
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Spall to star in Aherne’s ITV1 obesity drama
Timothy Spall is to don a fat suit for an ITV1 comedy drama by Caroline Aherne about a man so obese he cannot leave his chair.
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ITV takes Holden and Lumley on factual journeys
ITV1 is to continue its run of celebrity-led factual journeys, with actresses Joanna Lumley and Amanda Holden fronting two documentary series.
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ITV plans double dose of The X Factor
ITV is in talks to deliver a double whammy of X Factor during the live finals, with a separate results show on Sunday nights.
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Channels agree five-year ban on revisiting Kangaroo
Project Kangaroo partners the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV have made a five-year agreement with the Competition Commission that they will not try to acquire any part of their rivals video-on-demand activities.
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STV to launch new daily show The Hour
STV has revealed plans for its new daily magazine show The Hour - set to launch next Tuesday.
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iTunes Festival returns to ITV2
Kasabian, Oasis and Snow Patrol are set for ITV2 this summer, with commissioners ordering a second dose of the iTunes Live: London Festival.
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NewsITV's future technology department faces axe
The man behind ITV’s push to embed adverts in online content and develop its technological abilities is facing redundancy as part of ITV’s cost-cutting measures.
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NewsITV cuts overtake £150m of Fincham's warning
ITV director of television, multi-channels and online Peter Fincham warned last year that ITV1’s schedule would be decimated if £150m was pulled from its programming budget – £10m less than the total cuts now pledged across ITV’s channels by the end of 2011.
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Suchet on board Orient Express for ITV1 history doc
Life will imitate art for Poirot actor David Suchet as he takes the Orient Express across Europe for an ITV1 documentary.
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NewsMannion questions Ofcom's plans for news
ITV News editor-in-chief David Mannion has questioned whether independent regional news consortia could produce stories to a network standard, and believes that ITN is best placed to take over any new regional news contracts.
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Screen Yorkshire abandons ITV studios bid
Screen Yorkshire has ruled out making a rescue bid for ITV’s Kirkstall Road Studios after deciding that its money would be better spent on trying to generate new production work.
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Parkinson: Melvyn Bragg should join BBC
Michael Parkinson has urged outgoing host of The South Bank Show, Melvyn Bragg, to join the BBC when the iconic arts programme ends next summer.
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ITV Wales veteran latest cuts casualty
ITV Wales national director Elis Owen will leave the broadcaster after 30 years of service, following a restructure of the Wales and English regions commissioning team.
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Primeval movie deal confirmed
Warner Bros. has confirmed it has signed a “high six-figure” deal for the screen rights to ITV1 sci-fi series Primeval and revealed some of the key people involved with the project.
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UTV revenue drops 9%
UTV Media, owner of the Northern Ireland ITV franchise, said revenue fell 9% in the four months through April as advertisers cut budgets.