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ITV is expected to announce strong results for the three months ending 30 September, although the final quarter outlook is not so bright with ITV1′s advertising revenue forecast to fall by 11 per cent year-on-year in December. ITV’s third quarter performance is likely to have been boosted by an improvement in revenues from abroad for [...]
(Read More)31st Aug 11
ITV and Mediaset in talks to buy Endemol
by Harry Oldfield
ITV could be ready to team up with Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset in a bid to acquire Endemol, the debt-laden production giant behind Secret Diary of A Call Girl and Big Brother. The deal is believed to be one of several options being talked about by Mediaset, the media group that owns about a third of [...]
(Read More)28th Jul 11
ITV reports 45 per cent profits increase
by Harry Oldfield
Adam Crozier, the ITV boss, reported improved half-year profits yesterday as the company’s production arm’s lean years were brought to an end. The group – home to popular shows such as Coronation Street and X-Factor – is one year into its five-year transformation project, which seen it attempt to re-energise its ITV Studios business’s creative [...]
(Read More)18th Mar 11
Midsomer Murders producer suspended amid race row
by Harry Oldfield
The producer of the ITV1 drama Midsomer Murders has been suspended following his comments that the show wouldn’t work if it contained racial diversity. Brian True-May, co-creator of the series, said during an interview with the Radio Times that the long-running suspense drama was a “last bastion of Englishness” and should remain that way. All3Media [...]
(Read More)26th Feb 11
David Dimbleby receives RTS lifetime achievement award
by Adam Richards
Veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby has been recognised with a lifetime achievement award at the Royal Television Society’s (RTS) journalism awards. The host of Question Time was described as a giant of television journalism by judges at the London ceremony. Sky News won the best news channel for the second year in succession, while the news [...]
(Read More)20th Jan 11
Queen Christmas message now to be produced by Sky News
by Paul Russell
The annual Christmas Day message delivered by the Queen will now be produced for the next two years by Sky News. In recent years, this responsibility has been given to ITV and the BBC. However, from this year, each of the UK’s broadcasters will share the responsibility for producing the Queen’s message for two years [...]
(Read More)30th Dec 10
HMV welcomes new finance director
by Sally Davies
HMV has confirmed that David Wolffe will become its new finance director. Mr Wolffe is well versed in the workings of the entertainment industry having formerly been employed by BBC Worldwide and AOL Europe. He will take over from Neil Bright who has been with HMV for 14 years. Mr Bright announced that he would [...]
(Read More)15th Dec 10
ITV and Sky can now have a say on BBC standards
by Katie Naylor
The BBC Trust’s outgoing chairman, Sir Michael Lyons, is set to tell ITV , BSkyB, and other major competitors of the BBC, that they will soon have a right to make formal comments about whether or not they think that Britain’s public broadcaster is reaching its targets of producing content that it distinctive and high [...]
(Read More)15th Dec 10
BBC wants to become more collaborative
by Sally Davies
The BBC is to allow rivals, including ITV and Sky, to publically comment on how they feel the license fee supported corporation is performing. Chairman of the BBC Trust, Sir Michael Lyons, said the move was to ensure that the broadcaster was delivering the highest quality content. Commercial broadcasters will now be given the opportunity [...]
(Read More)26th Nov 10
One Direction accused of miming by X Factor winner
by Sally Davies
The boy band, One Direction, has been accused of miming by a previous X Factor winner. The X Factor has been plagued with controversies and scandals this series. Another scandal has emerged as Shayne Ward, a former winner of the ITV series, has accused the boy band, One Direction, of miming during their performances. Ward [...]
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