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ITV
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ITV hires Forde for online and on-demand
UK broadcaster ITV has named Steve Forde as director of marketing and experience, ITV Online…
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Children’s Media Foundation says TV market failing kids
The Children’s Media Foundation has backed the research issued yesterday that suggested there is a…
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Betty founder leaving after 14 years
Liz Warner is leaving Discovery Communications-owned producer Betty 14 years after she founded the business….
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UK commercial PSBs attacked over kids investment
UK indies trade body Pact and Teletubbies creator Anne Wood have come together to slam…
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ITV Encore buys Swedish drama
ITV Encore has acquired Swedish drama Jordskott for UK screens. The 10-part drama from Palladium…
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ITV looks to international business for growth
Reporting strong full-year results this morning, UK broadcaster ITV said today revenue at its content…
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ITV bags first deal for Chinese format
ITV Studios has placed Chinese talent format Sing My Song with Vietnamese broadcaster VTV3. The…
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ITV confirms Talpa takeover talks
UK broadcaster ITV has confirmed a British report that it is advanced stage talks to…
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ITV resurrects The Saint
UK broadcaster ITV is looking at a reboot of classic spy drama series The Saint….
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BBC plays down Family Guy ITV link
The BBC has moved to end speculation Fox adult toon Family Guy is moving to…
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Shine TV exec joins ITV Studio’s Potato
Shine TV’s Claire Morrison has joined ITV Studios-owned UK prodco Potato in the new role…
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Puppet politics satire back on ITV
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a political-themed puppet comedy series that harks back to the…
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ITV orders deals and discounting series
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered Bargain Fever Britain, a two-part factual series looking behind…
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Poland’s TVN launches international channel
Polish commercial broadcaster TVN has launched a new international news and entertainment channel aimed at…
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Mansfield’s UK prodco launches LA office
Grant Mansfield’s UK-based producer, Plimsoll Productions, is establishing a base in LA, with ITV format…
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Believe digital series for Meredith Corp
US-based media group Meredith Corporation will distribute a digital series about infertility in the US,…
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Euro channels add I’m a Celebrity
Denmark and Romania are the latest territories getting a local version of ITV Studios format…
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BBC One kicks on with ‘Class of ’92’ football doc
UK broadcaster BBC One has commissioned a three-part documentary series following former Manchester United footballers…
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Ex-Rightster, ITV exec joins Factory Media
Former Rightster and ITV executive Jonathan Bates has joined action sports media company Factory Media…
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Remarkable’s Walshe joins Twofour
Remarkable Television’s factual entertainment producer Kitty Walshe has joined rival UK prodco Twofour as head…
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ITV’s Leftfield inks Crybaby deal
Leftfield Entertainment, the US prodco owned by UK broadcaster ITV, has struck a programming deal…
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Best of British SVOD service launches in Finland
Cirkus, the UK content SVOD service, has launched in Finland. The service has launched on…
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Fox leaves Gracepoint
US broadcast network Fox has cancelled crime drama Gracepoint after one season. The show failed…
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UK PSB programme spend, viewing figures drop
British public service broadcasting is “performing well” despite falls in both programme spend and viewing,…
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Beowulf story set for ITV
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has commissioned a 13-part drama re-imagining of the mythical fantasy story…
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New UK prodco poaches BBC development exec
Wendy Rattray’s fledgling UK-based prodco Hello Halo has poached Kathy Myers from the BBC. Myers…
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CBC in ITV’s Shadows
Canada’s CBC has bought in ITV drama Chasing Shadows as local budget cuts force the…
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Hazlitt exits ITV as Williams takes over
Fru Hazlitt is leaving UK broadcaster ITV to move overseas with her family, with her…
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Ex-BBC, Turner exec Cohen returns to TV
Former BBC multiplatform commissioner Nick Cohen has returned to the TV industry after three years…
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Creative Industries Federation launches in the UK
The Creative Industries Federation, a new body to represent the UK’s creative community, has launched…