30 Jan 2007
| by Richard Eyre, richard.eyre@haymarket.com, a former chiefexecutive of the ITV Network
The outrage over Jade Goody invites an overdue discussion about freedom of speech and broadcasting. Big Brother is a "reality" show, the TV equivalent of Web 2.0 where viewers are participants.
09 Oct 2003
| by MediaWeek
What now for ITV?...as the merger of ITV companies Carlton and Granada was finally given the go ahead after months of investigation ...
one ITV sales house, leading to major fears of increased advertising costs. Agencies this week also warned the decision would trigger a swathe of consolidation within the sales operations of ITV ...
02 Mar 2000
| by MediaWeek
ITV faces inflation crisis...Agencies warned this week an inflation crisis is brewing as advertisers using the ITV network ...
complain a poor ratings performance by ITV is exacerbating the problem. Russell Boyman, managing partner ...
that ITV, which has yet to replace ex-chief executive Richard Eyre, risks losing much of the goodwill ...
23 Feb 2001
| by MediaWeek
iTV: Watch This Space...The term interactive television (iTV) has been around so long that it is hard not to feel a degree of cynicism when the subject comes up. Not only is iTV a wholly inadequate way of describing myriad different ...
experience, iTV’s development has become tangled up with the issue of convergence. Most content providers now ...
18 May 2000
| by MediaWeek
Clients fear ITV merger...Advertisers will back the future merger of ITV companies, but only if their sales houses are kept ...
recognize the importance of keeping ITV strong, but our survey reveals that they clearly don’t agree that a strong ITV depends on further concentration of existing ITV companies.” In its submission to the Carlton ...
27 Mar 2002
| by MediaWeek
ITV to switch OffDigital?...No more monkey business? ITV Digital's future is in the balance The future of ITV ...
Neil Blackley said: "I think ITV Digital will be wound up even if the Football League accept Carlton and Granada's terms. "Before all this negative publicity, ITV Digital was dealing with a 25% churn rate ...
07 Jan 2004
| by MediaWeek
ITV poaches RAB head...ITV has poached Justin Sampson, managing director of the Radio Advertising Bureau, to complete its senior management sales line-up, reports Deborah Bonello . ITV Sales managing director Graham ...
-calibrate the relationship that ITV has with advertisers and to make ITV a business that has customers' interests ...
18 Oct 2001
| by MediaWeek
ITV drama strikes gold...Buried Treasure: the sentimental drama was a gem in the ITV scedule John Thaw turned on the charm and brought some sunshine back to ITV1 last Sunday. One-off drama Buried Treasure ...
, tuning in to watch Ewan McGregor flirt with Nicole Kidman. Over on ITV1 on the same night, Who Wants ...
16 Oct 2003
| by MediaWeek
ITV: the anger grows...The agency world this week accused the Government and ITV of steamrollering the interests ...
it has been left feeling "toothless" and there have also been questions thrown at the behaviour of ITV ...
and Starcom MediaVest's chairman, said: "The tactics that ITV used was that there was little ...
14 Dec 2001
| by MediaWeek
ITV's musical score...Ant and Dec helped the Record of the Year Show to top viewing figures ITV1's ...
. Last Sunday at 8pm, BBC Sports Personality of the Year netted 7.1 million, a 28.2% share. ITV1's ...
. On Wednesday, at 7.30pm, ITV1's The Big Match: Champions' League Live was watched by 7.5 million, a 33% share ...