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  1. www.ft.com › content › d1bd1208-67b2-4857-bdc3-31758ITV’s Post Office scandal drama shows power of terrestrial TV

    Jan 13, 2024 · Lygo said that ITV and BBC can dedicate time and money to stories that would be difficult for large globally focused tech companies. “The big streamers would never make a show like this,” said ...

  2. www.thenational.scot › news › nationalITV boss reveals Mr Bates vs The Post Office drama made loss ...

    Apr 24, 2024 · ITV boss Kevin Lygo has revealed the hit drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office made a loss of around a million pounds as he discussed the pressure broadcasters are facing due to increased competition from more media outlets. The ITV show, detailing how hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kevin_LygoKevin Lygo - Wikipedia

    Hired in 1997 by Channel 4, Lygo was Channel 4 's Head of Entertainment between 1998 and 2001, where he commissioned TFI Friday, Smack the Pony, So Graham Norton, Trigger Happy TV and Spaced.[5] After spending two years at Five on its launch, he returned to Channel 4 in 2003 as Director of Television and Content. [1]

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  5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › articlesMr Bates vs Post Office drama lost £1m, ITV boss says

    Apr 24, 2024 · 24 April 2024. ITV made a loss of about £1m on its agenda-setting drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, despite it being the UK's most-watched TV show of the year so far, the broadcaster has ...

  6. www.msn.com › en-us › entertainmentI’m A Celebrity flop throws TV’s bleak future into the spotlight

    As they mingled in a rooftop bar overlooking Battersea Power Station, ITV executives were in a celebratory mood. ITVX, the broadcaster’s streaming service, was turning a year old. Kevin Lygo ...

  7. www.yahoo.com › entertainment › itv-boss-says-notITV Boss Says “We Are Not Turning Stuff Down ... - Yahoo

    Aug 21, 2024 · ITV is yet to find itself in a position where it is “turning stuff down because we can’t afford it,” according to programs boss Kevin Lygo, who nonetheless acknowledged “the middle ground ...

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  9. uk.themedialeader.com › farage-on-im-a-celebrityFarage on ‘I’m a Celebrity…’ – ITV’s bungle in the jungle

    Nov 15, 2023 · Of course, some (those who did the deal) will see securing Farage as a stunning ‘Coup de Theatre’ on the part of director of television Kevin Lygo and his reality chief sidekick Paul Mortimer. After all, the line-up without him looks distinctly Z-list, including as it does Josie Gibson, Sam Thompson, Jamie- Lynn Spears, Fred Sirieix, Nella Rose, Marvin Humes, Nick Pickard and Danielle Harold.