01 Oct 2009
| by Alec Mattinson
ITV was plunged into organisational chaos last week by the collapse of its attempts to bring...The Sunday Times said ITV's board began urgent talks at the weekend with Sir Crispin Davis ...
equity and trade buyers are now circling ITV. The broadcaster has a market value of 1.7bn, but a pension deficit of up to 1.6bn. 25m - Five-year package ITV was prepared to pay Tony Ball. ...
23 Jun 2006
| by Darren Davidson
ITV has announced its turnaround strategy, which includes slashing its sports programming budget...of the proposals. She said: "ITV1 is in slow but terminal
decline." Ad revenues on the channel "will be offset by its digital
channels and new revenue streams such as Friends Reunited". ITV is on a charm offensive ...
," she said. The ITV chief executive, Charles Allen, said ITV was "uniquely
well-positioned to benefit ...
24 Aug 2001
| by CLARE CONLEY
Advertisers are prepared to stick with ITV1's The Premiership
programme after it launched ...
pick up.
But ITV has the flexibility to do that and the content will improve," he
said.
ITV's director of channels, David Liddiment, made it clear that he was
committed to the 7pm time slot when ITV1 ...
12 Sep 2007
| by Craig Smith, editor
in ITV. Sorrell came within a few pence of calling the broadcaster's 12-month low; any member...staff, predicting bottom was not that hard. The clever bit in
Sorrell's tip was his faith that ITV would bounce when it hit. In the months that followed, ITV announced the arrival of Michael Grade
as executive chairman, began the divestment of distracting stakes in
Premiership football clubs, closed its ITV ...
10 Aug 2007
ITV has posted group earnings of £151 million for the first six months of 2007, a decline of £51
24 Mar 2006
ITV has rejected a takeover bid from a consortium comprising Apax Partners, The Blackstone Group
01 May 2001
The UK bank Nationwide is launching an interactive TV banking service today, with a Wap service planned for later in the year.
24 Nov 2006
City analysts predict that ntl is unlikely to return with an improved bid for ITV following...Paul Richards, an analyst at Numis, said: "It's difficult to see ntl
increasing its offer. The ITV ...
bought 17.9 per cent of ITV's stock at 135p-a-share,
a price well above ntl's offer and ITV's current ...
is seeking submissions from ITV and Sky as it decides whether the
Sky purchase constitutes a "change ...
11 Dec 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
ITV faces increased pressure on revenues, following the news that
its shareholders will have...ITV faces increased pressure on revenues, following the news that
its shareholders will have ...
.
The rises mean that ITV companies, together with Channels 4 and 5, will
contribute pounds 13.1m ...
the introduction of digital TV. Barry Cox, director of the
ITV Association, said: The fact that fees have ...
19 Jun 2009
| by Sarah Johnson
LONDON - Aviva has struck a sponsorship deal with ITV Drama Premieres.