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Media Lifeline: Programmers at ITV.
A competitive streak and the ability to grab audience share are vital in a programming role at ITV.
1997...
ITV had originally been designed as a federation of regional companies with the schedule commissioned via committee. But with greater need to deliver a competitive audience share, a Network Centre is created. Its first director of programming is David Liddiment.
2002...
As ITV's consolidation process reaches its endgame (at this stage, the network is owned by two companies: Carlton and Granada), it becomes a thankless task. With political infighting rife and pressure to deliver growing, despite budget cutbacks, Liddiment decides to move on. He is succeeded by a relative unknown - Nigel Pickard, a former boss of ITV children's output, who had defected to the BBC in 2000.
2005...
After the merger of Carlton and Granada in 2004, the infighting continues under the chief executive, Charles Allen. In September 2005, Mick Desmond, the head of ITV Broadcasting, is eased out and programming duties are given to Simon Shaps (pictured).
- ITV's audience share falls to new low of 17%.
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) August 1, 2006 700+ words
...by nearly 17 per cent in a year - adding to the pressure on ITV chief executive Charles Allen to quit. Mr Allen, who earned...financial results are announced next week. ITV1 attracted an audience share of 16.8 per cent for the four weeks to Sunday, according...
- X Factor marks the spot as ITV's audience share peaks.
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) December 5, 2005 700+ words
ITV1 RACED to its best Saturday night ratings in nearly four years thanks to reality shows and Harry Potter. Forty per cent of viewers watched Chico, right, as he performed his last song on The X Factor and Carol Thatcher and others in I'm A Celebrity. Nearly 10 million people watched The X Factor,
- UK broadcaster sees audience share, revenue drop.
- Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London) December 26, 2004 700+ words
...crawlies in the Australian jungle for ITV's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out...Celebrity gave the broadcaster, ITV's audience share fell in each subsequent month...broadcaster's five-decade history. ITV was up against the Olympics on BBC...
- British television giant ITV faces falling viewership, share price.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 8, 2004 700+ words
...audiences. The downside for ITV is that it would be forced...advertisers for any decline in audience share. At the time of the...small price to pay for ITV and the howls of protest...100m of savings. But if audience share does not pick up dramatically...payments. Meanwhile, the ...
- Shadow over ITV as viewership slumps.
- Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London) August 28, 2005 700+ words
...Rees Aug. 28--ITV will record the worst-ever audience share for its main channel...nearly nine per cent. ITV can take limited comfort...even so the combined audience share of all three channels...nearly nine per cent. ITV said it was still...
- Desperately seeking: a new vision for ITV; Charles Allen's successor needs...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) August 7, 2006 700+ words
...what would you do if you ran ITV? But headhunters hoping to...likely to be disappointed. ITV's slumping audience share - the latest figures revealed...airtime at cheaper rates if ITV's audience share declined. This obligation...
- 'Soaps taking over and current affairs too soft'; TELEVISION WATCHDOG SOUNDS...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) Hodgson, Jessica April 8, 2003 700+ words
...be in the minority. Audience share: audience share for ITV1 and BBC1 fell...audiences grew. News: ITV News lost share but...GMTV: increased audience share to 30 per cent, ahead...Teletext: services on ITV and Channel 4 reached...
- ITV SHOWS ON YOUR MOBILE; Broadcaster teams up with BBC for a new satellite...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) September 7, 2005 700+ words
...specifically to be viewed on mobiles. ITV's entry into the market is...receive the latest news from ITV as well as showbusiness gossip...traditional terrestrial broadcasters' audience share is falling to an all-time...from Sky and cable services. ITV said it hoped Freesat would...