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ITV's revenue set to plummet this summer as Simon Cowell talent show formats run out of gas

ITV’s revenue set to plummet this summer as Simon Cowell talent show formats run out of gas

By Stephen Foster on May 1, 2011

Everybody knew that ITV faced a hard summer after last year’s recovery – no World Cup and a UK advertising market being buffeted by little or no growth with the prospect of worse to come as coalition government public sector cutbacks and higher taxes start to bite. But the biggest UK commercial broadcaster’s prospects look [...]

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Daily Star reporter Richard Peppiatt's account of life on the tabloid front line

Daily Star reporter Richard Peppiatt’s account of life on the tabloid front line

By Stephen Foster on March 28, 2011

The excesses perpetrated by Britain’s tabloid newspapers are the stuff of legend, and occasionally big, important legal actions as in the case of the News of the World phone hacking scandal (currently hiding in the long grass). Very occasionally one of the perpetrators spills the beans (most of them are too frightened of the gruesome [...]

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Relief for ITV as Simon Cowell signs three-year deal for X Factor and Britain's Got Talent

Relief for ITV as Simon Cowell signs three-year deal for X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent

By Angie Dean on October 19, 2010

X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent inventor and host Simon Cowell and his partners Sony and Fremantle Media have signed a three-year deal worth a reported £100m to keep the top-rating talent shows on ITV. This will be a considerable relief to ITV as the two shows regularly attract audiences of 15 million plus and [...]

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