Published: Tue 18 May 2021
Breaking News: Love Island UK wins MTV Movie & TV Award
May 18th, 2021 - Global phenomenon Love Island took home the award for Best International Reality Series at the MTV Movie & TV Awards last night in LA. The show faced some fierce competition from other big titles in the category such as Acapulco Shore, Geordie Shore, Nailed It! and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. This is a fantastic recognition for the record-breaking dating sensation, which has already received several awards including a prestigious BAFTA award and two National Reality TV Awards.
In Love Island, a group of single “Islanders” compete for romance in the ultimate summer of love. But as always, the road to love never runs smoothly. In this sun-kissed reality, they must couple up, dump, and recouple whilst winning over the hearts of the public, all in an effort to win the ultimate prize. of love.
UPDATE: Balfour Beatty holds guidance; names former ITV boss as chair
Thu, 13th May 2021 14:12
(Alliance News) - Balfour Beatty PLC on Thursday said it continues to expect profit at its earnings-based businesses to recover to pre-virus levels, and named former ITV PLC chief executive Charles Allen as its new chair.
Shares were down 0.9% to 308.20 pence in London, roughly in line with the wider mid-cap FTSE 250 index.
In an update ahead of its annual general meeting on Thursday, the London-based infrastructure developer maintained its expectation that its two earnings-based businesses - Construction Services and Support Services - will deliver underlying profit from operations of GBP172 million in 2021. That would be an increase from the GBP75 million achieved last year, and a recovery to the 2019 level.
5 Gold Rings is coming to Mongolia
Published: Wed 12 May 2021
5 Gold Rings is coming to Mongolia
Hit game show conquers 11th territory
May 12, 2021 - ITV Studios’ hit game show 5 Gold Rings has been commissioned by Central Television in Mongolia. The highly engaging and interactive game show has already dominated various broadcast schedules across the globe and has now conquered its 11th territory. Central Television confirmed the acquisition of two seasons. The first season, consisting of 26 episodes, will launch later this year on Central TV.
Mr. Ankhbayar Ganbold, CEO at CENTRAL Television, says “We are truly delighted about the fact that we are localizing and broadcasting “5 Golds Rings”, one of the greatest cognitive TV shows on earth. We are confident that a localized version of “5 Gold Rings” can play an essential role in educating and entertaining the audience here.”
ITV Studios share details of May Drama & Formats Festival line up
Published: Thu 06 May 2021
ITV Studios share details of May Drama & Formats Festival line up
London, May 6 2021 - ITV Studios Festival is set to return with a day-long virtual event on May 19th providing clients with personalised digital experiences, showcasing some of the most hotly-anticipated drama series and formats.
Virtual sessions will feature top creatives, interviews and clips to help clients take a deeper dive into up-coming hit shows, including stylish spy drama Harry Palmer: The Ipcress Files (Altitude Film); evocative four-part series The Long Call (SIlverprint Pictures) and crime thriller The Tower (Windhover Films/ Mammoth Screen). Plus there will be details of new formats such as high-octane physical game show The Void (Gameface) and an exciting new relationship competition series I’d Do Anything for Love..But I Won’t Do That (Nobody’s Hero), based on the iconic hit by Meat Loaf.
5 May 2021 | 16:36pm
StockMarketWire.com - Powered by gains in the mining sector and other areas which will benefit from a reopening of the global economy the FTSE 100 made strong progress on Wednesday, closing the day up 1.7% at 7,039.30.
By 4.30pm UK time the S&P 500 had made more modest gains of 0.3% to 4,178.31.
Television broadcaster ITV gained 2.2% to 127.1p as it reported a 2% uptick in first-quarter revenue amid an ongoing rebound in the advertising market.
ITV said total advertising revenue in the first half was forecast to be up around 26% year-on-year.
Online fashion retailer Boohoo shed 2% to 320.1p despite reporting a 35% rise in annual pre-tax profit, underpinned by a 41% jump in sales.