ITV has confirmed its first ever high definition broadcast intended for public consumption will be coverage of Portugal versus Turkey on the first day of Euro 2008. Freesat viewers will be able to ...

The BBC and ITV have confirmed plans to form a joint venture company to launch Freesat, a guaranteed free-to-view satellite TV proposition, by Spring 2008. At noon today, the BBC Trust approved BBC ...

Simon Cowell has signed a new deal keeping him exclusively at ITV in the UK until spring 2008. "ITV gave me my first break on television and I'm incredibly grateful," said Cowell. "We've had a ...

Chat show host Michael Parkinson has signed a new contract with ITV, reports Broadcast. The 71-year old moved from the BBC to ITV in 2004, as ITV guaranteed the veteran broadcaster’s chat show a 10pm ...

Michael Parkinson has added another year to his contract with ITV, keeping him at the broadcaster until the end of 2007. The veteran presenter joined ITV from the BBC in 2004 after his long-running ...

ITV has signed up to a new product placement code of conduct, which includes an on-screen symbol signalling to viewers that a brand is being plugged. In a bid to show that broadcasters are willing to ...

ITV has signed an agreement with BT to supply a range of current and library programming to customers of BT's digital TV service, BT Vision – ITV's first deal of this type with a VOD operator. BT ...

ITV1's schedule is to undergo a major relaunch next year, executive chairman Michael Grade has revealed. Speaking at a London broadcasting event today, Grade said the plans were part of a "huge ...

ITV1's programme on the life of Prince Philip last night attracted its largest audience for a documentary so far this year. The Duke: A Portrait of Prince Philip drew 5.3m, or 23.2% of the viewing ...