Leaders to go head to head on live television

December 22, 2009

The leaders of the country's three main political parties are set to go head to head with each other live on television during the next General Election. The details of a series of debates has been finalised after months of negotiations between representatives of Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib ...

X Factor to return next year

December 15, 2009

It has been confirmed that X Factor will be back next year after speculation that Simon Cowell would put the show on hold unless ITV could come up with the cash to make it bigger and better. Cheryl Cole is also said to be returning to the programme's judging panel ...

Simon Cowell threatens to pull X Factor

December 14, 2009

Simon Cowell has threatened to take X Factor off air if bosses at ITV cannot come up with an extra £300,000 per week so that he can make improvements. Amongst those improvements it is rumoured that Cowell wants to see the show run for an extra month by increasing the ...

Jedward disappoint fans on a short trip home

November 19, 2009

Many Irish fans of X Factor finalists John and Edward Grimes were left disappointed as rumours of where the pair would be appearing on their short trip home turned out to be dead ends. Pop impresario Louis Walsh who mentors the pair also known as 'Jedward' was quick to deny ...

Sting slams X Factor

November 12, 2009

Sting has hit out at ITV's X Factor saying that it has very little to do with music, that it is nothing more than a karaoke event and that its so called judges have little discernable talent other than that of being able to promote themselves. He went on to ...

Anger at shock X Factor result causes website to crash

November 10, 2009

Simon Cowell has been accused of going for the money rather than the talent after he stunned fans of ITV's X Factor by keeping Jedward in the running whilst ending Lucie Jones' chance for the title. Message boards on X Factor's website were so inundated by furious fans after the ...

Jedward survive but Adedeji is voted off X Factor

November 2, 2009

Much to Simon Cowell's chagrin John and Edward have managed to survive for another week on ITV's X Factor. The pair managed to make it through despite having been treated for sore throats last week at a central London clinic. Cowell has said that if the pair, now affectionately known ...

STV boss defends decision to cut popular programmes

October 21, 2009

Rob Woodward, the controller of STV has said that recent decisions to axe popular shows on the Scottish television channel were made to insure its survival. By not showing a number of ITV shows Woodward claims that he has managed to save between £3 and £5 million. However, this is ...

Product placement could be allowed on U.K. television

September 14, 2009

As broadcasters deal with the realities of a recession that has seen a dramatic fall in advertising revenues there are moves this week to allow shows on U.K. television to take advantage of the revenues generated by product placement for the very first time. At present broadcasters are not allowed to ...

Donny and Marie special planned for iTV

August 15, 2009

ITV Studios has revealed that it will be producing a programme for iTV called ‘An Audience with Donny & Marie’, which will be a one-hour show and the first time in two decades that the well-known American brother-sister duo have appeared together in Britain. The Osmonds will perform a variety of ...

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