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4th Aug 10

ITV partners with Sky for HD channels

by Katie Naylor

ITV has announced a deal with Sky which will allow for high definition broadcasts of its ITV2, ITV3, and ITV4 channels. The firm said that it is part of an ongoing strategy to increase profits from non-television advertising, and while ITV1 HD is already available on Freesat, Freeview, Sky, and Virgin, the pay channels ITV2 [...]

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28th Jul 10

Sky Sports welcomes Ben Shephard

by Harry Oldfield

Ben Shephard has joined the team at Sky Sports, as the 35-year-old decided to move on after 10 years as a presenter on ITV hosting GMTV. Mr Shephard is well known as a huge football fan, with particular affinity for West Ham, and will co-present Goals on Sunday with Chris Camara. He will also be [...]

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20th Jul 10

Eamonn Holmes irate with BBC comments

by Harry Oldfield

Eamonn Holmes, presenter for Sky TV, lodged a formal complaint with the BBC after comments were made regarding his weight by Jon Culshaw on a popular comedy show. One particular sketch on the Impressions Show, which airs on BBC One, implied that Mr Holmes got so hungry while devouring a piece of cake that he [...]

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16th Jul 10

Virgin fights video streaming venture

by Katie Naylor

Virgin Media is set to take legal action in an attempt to prevent video streaming on its broadband network, which it claims will adversely affect internet speeds for thousands of its users. The BBC backed initiative, Project Canvas, is a joint venture among media companies including BT, TalkTalk, and ITV, which will hopes to stream [...]

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21st Jan 10

ITV advertising plan rejected

by Paul Russell

Consumer watchdog The Competition Commission as dismissed a proposal from ITV that would have given the TV network more flexibility in how much it charges advertisers.
In the second provisional verdict on the issue, the commission said there were too many uncertainties to ITVs proposed relaxing of the rules.
The commission had already said last year that [...]

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15th Jan 10

X Factor judge Dannii Minogue pregnant

by Natasha Redman

A spokesman has confirmed that Australian singing sensation and X Factor judge Dannii Minogue is pregnant with her first child.
The 38-year-old is expecting her first child with her former rugby player boyfriend Kris Smith.
The pop star turned X Factor judge received the results of her 12-week scan this Wednesday, the couple were reported to have [...]

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15th Dec 09

Robbie Williams fumbles again on The X Factor

by Sally Davies

Popstar Robbie Williams was caught messing up his second stint on the show after fudging his lines while singing Angels, while X Factor producers claim it had nothing to do with them.
The singer began to sing too early for the first line in a rendition of his biggest hit and had to repeat it with [...]

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15th Dec 09

McElderry wins X Factor in front of 19.1 million viewers

by Harry Oldfield

A student from South Shields is now the favourite to win the Christmas number one with his debut single The Climb, after taking out The X Factor with almost two thirds of the 10 million votes.
The show peaked with 19.1 million, 62 per cent of the total viewing audience, a significant increase from the 14.6 [...]

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8th Dec 09

Gino D’Acampo and Stuart Manning face animal cruelty charges in Australia

by Katie Naylor

Two celebrity participants on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here have been charged in Australia with animal cruelty by local police.
Celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo, who won the show and soap star Stuart Manning were arrested and charged after cooking a rat and serving it with rice as a meal for fellow contestants.
Manning, [...]

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25th Nov 09

Katie Price leaves I’m A Celebrity

by Natasha Redman

Katie price has told about the reasons why she left I’m A Celebrity after proving to the public she was genuine.
The glamour girl, who will not be replaced, called it quits after repeatedly being chosen for the stomach-churning bushtucker trials, after viewers again chose her to carry out another challenge on Sunday night, only to [...]

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