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Phillip Schofield to Step Down From This Morning With ‘Immediate Effect’

May 20, 2023
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Phillip Schofield will step down from This Morning with “immediate effect” after more than 20 years on the ITV programme, the broadcaster has announced. The 61-year-old TV presenter will not return to co-host the morning talk show with Holly Willoughby, with Thursday’s show being his last. ITV has said Willoughby will remain on the show…

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UK Competition Watchdog Launches Investigation Into TV Sport Broadcasters

July 13, 2022
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Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into several sports broadcasters and said it had “reasonable grounds” to believe BT, ITV, Sky, and IMG Media might have broken the rules on competition. IMG Media owns Premier League Productions, which produces syndicated coverage of England’s elite football clubs to viewers worldwide. In a statement on…

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David Tennant to Play Alexander Litvinenko in New ITV Drama

September 30, 2021
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Actor David Tennant is to play former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in a new ITV drama. Litvinenko died after being poisoned with a rare radioactive substance in London in 2006. The drama, Litvinenko, will tell the story of his widow Marina as she seeks to persuade the British Government to publicly name her husband’s killers…

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Britain’s ITV Says ‘No Current Plans’ for Another ‘X Factor’ Series

July 29, 2021
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LONDON—British broadcaster ITV said it has “no current plans” for another series of music talent show “The X Factor.” The singing competition, created by British music mogul and television personality Simon Cowell, debuted on UK screens in 2004 and kick-started the careers of chart-toppers such as Leona Lewis, One Direction, and Little Mix. Its last…

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