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Michael Grade quits BBC to join ITV

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Michael_gradeWhen you hear that the BBC is "incandescent with rage" about something, you know it’s big news! Well, that news is the defection of Michael Grade who has gone from being the top dog at the Beeb to *gulp* the big cheese at rivals ITV.

"I wouldn’t have bet any money on this happening at all," media analyst Ray Snoddy told Sky News. "I can only think that someone has offered him a great deal of money indeed." As well as addressing the issue of declining advertising revenues at ITV, Grade – a long-term critic of BSkyB – will have to manage relations between failed ITV bidder Richard Branson and the satellite company, which recently took a 17.9% stake in the company. It’s all go!

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Murdoch/Sky shares in ITV cause a stir

Friday, November 24th, 2006

MurdochRupert Murdoch. It would seem that the world isn’t able to decide whether Murdoch is a megalomaniac media mogul hellbent on destroying the Earth, or just a rich guy who wants to get richer. Either way, news of his acquisition of shares in ITV has ruffled a few feathers.

Sir Richard Branson, another disgustingly wealthy man, told BBC One’s This Week programme that he has called on MPs to work together to "take a step back and decide if they need to break up the News Corporation ‘empire’".

He said: "What I fear is that some of the worst aspects of America could be imported into Britain, particularly if we have one press baron that controls the bulk of British media."

Branson added that James Murdoch and the ITV board are in talks over sharing film and sports rights: "They’ve been talking about film rights. They’ve been talking about football rights. As the biggest shareholder, (Murdoch) will have enormous influence over ITV. The reason that NTL wanted to buy ITV was to try to have a balance. Murdoch can go out and bid for football rights. It will be very difficult for us to compete."

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Set The Video: Cracker…Behind The Scenes

Monday, September 25th, 2006

Cracker_1If you’re as pant-wettingly delighted about the new series of Cracker as some people I could mention, then you might have wished you could get behind the scenes of one of the best TV drama series of all time.  Well, in an amazing segue, Behind The Scenes is exactly where you’ll be if you tune it to ITV3s series called…umm…Behind the Scenes.  As a prelude to the return of Cracker, the program will reveal all the goss straight from the set including interviews with Robbie Coltrane (Fitz) and Barbara Flynn (Judith) who chat about revisiting their dynamic and dramatic roles and why they agreed to make another two hour special.

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Set The Video: Tales of the Unexpected

Friday, June 16th, 2006

Talesoftheunexpected I’ve mentioned before what a gem of a channel ITV3 is, especially in the realms of nostalgia, but here is something to really make your mouth water.

Starting next Friday, they’re rerunning the entire first series of Tales of the Unexpected, complete with jingly music and strange dancing, burning, silhouetted lady.

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Set The Video: The Best of ITV Talk

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

David_frostThere’s some gems tucked away in the quiet backwater that is ITV3.  One such series starts this coming Wednesday, celebrating fifty years of chat shows, their hosts and their guests.

The first episode concentrates on David Frost’s early encounters with John Lennon, Prince Charles, Woody Allen and Muhammad Ali.  Later shows will showcase Russell Harty, Clive James and "the ultimate" chat show host: Parkie.  So if you can bear to see that damned Emu trying to bite his arm off again, this is the show for you.

* The Best of ITV Talk, ITV3, 9pm Wednesday 14 June

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