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ITV Stake: BSkyB Out, Who’s In? Endemol Vaguely Interested - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 14 Jul 2008 09:23 AM PST

In which universe would a production company buy the TV network that airs its shows? Thrown a hypothetical on buying an ITV (LSE: ITV) stake, Endemol CEO Ynon Kreiz told…

ITV Web Target Hugely Optimistic, Analysts Cut Forecasts - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 10 Jul 2008 02:16 AM PST

Investment analysts don’t believe ITV (LSE: ITV) can hit its ambitious target of £150 million online revenue by 2010 any more than I do. One such individual cited by mad.co.uk…

Advertising Meltdown?: Cuts From Sky, Bauer, News Int. - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 08 Jul 2008 12:40 AM PST

Some of our biggest media names are culling their ad sales staff, in what could be a sign of precipitous economic times ahead… -- Sky Media: The broadcaster’s ad sales…

Industry Moves: ITV Losing Worldwide New Media Head Blakstad - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 07 Jul 2008 06:49 AM PST

ITV (LSE: ITV) Worldwide’s head of new media Martin Blakstad is quitting “to pursue other interests”, the broadcaster told us, confirming C21’s report. ITV has now lost two of its…

ITV: Seeks PSB Reduction, Could Get BBC Help, VOD Traffic Up - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 23 Jun 2008 01:51 AM PST

After slashing regional news budgets, cutting children’s programmes and downsizing its PR team, troubled ITV (LSE: ITV) is back in the spotlight, seeking Ofcom’s permission to slim its public service…

Broadband Content Bits: ITV Bingo, RTÉ Video News - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 13 Jun 2008 12:07 AM PST

-- ITV (LSE: ITV) Bingo: ITV will let viewers play its new Bingo Night Live gameshow over the internet. The broadcaster enlisted interactive gaming vendor Mirada to power the online…

Content Bits: ITV, GCap Compete For Classifieds; 7Digital/Sony Tie-Up - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 11 Jun 2008 01:25 AM PST

-- ITV: ITV’s (LSE: ITV) odd ITVLocal.com offering is doing data partnerships with two other sites in a desperate attempt to hit its target of £150 million online revenue by…

Industry Moves: Tiscali CFO Logs Off, ITV Replaces Airey - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 10 Jun 2008 02:10 AM PST

-- Tiscali: Smack in the middle of trying to sell itself, Tiscali’s chief financial officer Massimo Cristofori is leaving. Instead, finance managers will report directly to CEO Mario Rossi, Thomson…

Industry Moves: BSkyB, ITV, LinkedIn Tool Up For Ads; More Emap/Bauer Departures - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 28 May 2008 05:41 AM PST

-- BSkyB: BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is adding Times Media digital commercial director Giles Ivey, who joined the newspaper group in October, to head portal sales, with existing director Paul Wright…

Industry Moves: Friends Reunited Top Trio To Step Aside In Shake-Up - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 21 May 2008 06:16 AM PST

ITV (LSE: ITV) is restructuring the original top tier of its Friends Reunited site, which relaunched last month with a new social network feel and dropped premium subs in favour…

Earnings: ITV Web Revs Creep Toward 2010 Target - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 14 May 2008 11:26 PM PST

ITV’s (LSE: ITV) online revenue crept up to just £9 million in Q108, from £8 million in Q107. That’s still some way off the target of tripling online to £150…

Industry Moves: Chad Wollen Joins ITV As Marketing Strategy Head; 3 Loses Marketing Chief - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 14 May 2008 02:47 AM PST

— AOL (NYSE: TWX) Europe’s Chad Wollen is quitting the internet company for ITV (LSE: ITV), where he becomes director of marketing strategy, where he will develop the marketing and…

ITV Fined £5.6 Million For Phone-In Scandal - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 08 May 2008 05:19 PM PST

A week ago was the rumor that British broadcaster ITV (LSE: ITV) could be fined a record $7.8 million (4 million pounds) for its part in the premium phone line…

BBC/ITV Launch Freesat With Free HDTV, Aiming For Hybrid IPTV Boxes - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 06 May 2008 06:20 AM PST

BBC and ITV (LSE: ITV) today switched on what could either be a threat to BSkyB’s (NYSE: BSY) subscription satellite service or, as they say, “the final piece in the…

Broadband Content Bits: C4 Catch Up; Gurgle Books; Cheapflights; Virgin Radio TV; ITV Social Support - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 02 May 2008 02:42 AM PST

— Online Catch Up For Channel 4: Channel 4 has rolled out a free seven-day catch-up service on channel4.com, reports NMA.co.uk. The click-and-play streaming service is in addition to its…

Ofcom To Fine ITV Record £4 Million For Premium Rate Phone In Scandals? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:14 AM PST

ITV (LSE: ITV) could be slapped with a record fine of about £4 million pounds following the conclusion of Ofcom’s six-month investigation into last year’s premium phone line scandal, reports…

Zattoo Adds BBC One, Two, ITV1 To Channel Line-Up Z - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 28 Apr 2008 10:04 AM PST

Our story last week on the legal position surrounding live TV streaming app Zattoo appears to have created some movements. In response to Channel 4’s statement it was “obviously concerned”…

ITV Sells Old Shows Via iTunes; Why Now? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 22 Apr 2008 04:45 AM PST

Despite the imminent arrival of Kangaroo, ITV (LSE: ITV) has just got around to striking a digital distribution deal with iTunes Store. In true long-tail fashion, some of its popular…

Multiple Suitors for BSkyB’s Stake in ITV; Includes RTL and Saban - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 19 Apr 2008 08:45 PM PST

The controversial 17.9 percent stake that BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) holds in ITV (LSE: ITV) has been up for sale, and multiple suitors have expressed interest. Among them, European broadcaster RTL…

Kangaroo: August Launch Rumoured; 4oD Reorgs In Preparation - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Apr 2008 02:34 AM PST

As predicted yesterday on news of Ashley Highfield’s appointment as CEO, it looks like ITV/C4/BBC Worldwide online TV JV Project Kangaroo won’t make the earlier-rumoured June launch date. “Observers” tell…

ITV Sells Arsenal Broadband Stake To Club Co-Owner For £22.7 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 07 Apr 2008 01:24 AM PST

ITV (LSE: ITV) has now sold its 50 percent stake in Arsenal Broadband Ltd, which runs the football club’s online interests, to businessman Stan Kroenke’s KSE UK firm. Kroenke became…

Broadband Content Bits: Sportingo Donations; Tiscali Sale; ITV Quiz - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 01 Apr 2008 01:23 AM PST

- Sportingo: While some continue to wonder whether user-generated content-dependent sites should pay their contributors, sport fan editorial site Sportingo has decided to give away that money to a charitable…

ITV’s Van Den Belt Leaving To Head New LiveJournal Owner Sup - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 01 Apr 2008 12:54 AM PST

ITV (LSE: ITV) broadband MD Annelies Van Den Belt is leaving the broadcaster after 14 months to head Russian online media company Sup, which bought blog platform LiveJournal in December.…

BBC And ITV Seek Legal Advice Against Listings Aggregator TVguide.co.uk - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 27 Mar 2008 06:23 AM PST

The BBC and ITV (LSE: ITV) have sought the advice of lawyers to determine whether the deep-linking that online TV listings site TVguide.co.uk does to their online video streaming is…

Broadband Content Bits: Virgin 50 Mbps, Kangaroo Ads, Velocix P2P - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 26 Mar 2008 05:23 AM PST

- Virgin 50 Mbps: Nine million VMED customers will have access to 50 Mbps cable this year, the company said, considering best methods for rollout: “Unlike big routed networks, we…