The British channel ITV is planning a massive big shake-up to boost revenue over the next five years, and is considering making viewers pay out for their favourite shows, including 'The X Factor', 'Britain's Got Talent', 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' and long-running soap 'Coronation Street'.

Comedians Alan Carr and Michael McIntyre do battle at tonight's British Comedy Awards with three nominations each.

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL got beaten up in Bayonne, then the Irish scrum was ransacked by the Italians at Ravenhill.

ITV is launching a new dedicated children’s channel, it announced today.

Broadcaster ITV was today offered deep cuts in its licence fee to help it cope with the challenge of the digital age.

Broadcaster ITV bucked the downbeat trend in the rest of its sector today by predicting that advertising revenues would rise by 3% in the first six months of 2005.

ITV put its recent ratings woes behind it today by unveiling a 57% rise in profits in its first full-year results as a unified company.

BROADCASTING group ITV posted a 42% increase in half-year profits yesterday after seeing advertising revenues jump to the best level since the dotcom boom.

Broadcasting group ITV posted a 42% increase in half-year profits today after seeing advertising revenues jump to their best level since the dotcom boom.

Broadcaster ITV is to double the programme budget of ITV2 as part of a major investment in multichannel services unveiled today.

Shares in ITV plc made their debut on the stock market today, following the merger of Granada and Carlton to create Britain’s largest commercial broadcaster.