Name	ITV (Independent Television)
Logofile	ITV_logo.svg
Launch	22 September 1955
Share	16.8%0.7% (HD)
Share as of	December 2010
Share source	BARB
Owner	ITV plcSTV Group plcUTV MediaChannel Television
Country	United Kingdom
Sister names	ITV2ITV3ITV4
Language	English
Web	www.itv.com,www.stv.tv,www.u.tv,www.channelonline.tv
Terr serv 1	Analogue
Terr chan 1	Channel 3 (To be phased out nationwide by 2012)
Terr serv 2	Freeview
Terr chan 2	Channel 3Channel 33 (+1)Channel 51 (HD)
Sat serv 1	Freesat
Sat chan 1	Channel 103Channel 112 (+1)Channel 119 (HD)
Sat serv 2	Sky
Sat chan 2	Channel 103 Channel 114 (+1)Channel 178 (HD)
Sat serv 3	Astra 2D|
Sat chan 3	10758V 22000 5/6 10832H 22000 5/6 (HD)
Cable serv 1	Virgin Media
Cable chan 1	Channel 103Channel 114 (+1)Channel 113 (HD)
Cable serv 3	UPC Ireland
Cable chan 3	Channel 110 (UTV)
Cable serv 4	UPC Poland
Cable chan 4	Channel 853
Iptv serv 1	TalkTalk TV
Iptv chan 1	Channel 3
Online serv 1	ITV Player
Online chan 1	www.itv.com/itvplayer
Online serv 2	STV Player
Online chan 2	www.stv.tv/stvplayer
Online serv 3	UTV Player
Online chan 3	www.u.tv/utvplayer
Online serv 4	TVCatchup
Online chan 4	www.tvcatchup.com
Online serv 5	Zattoo
Online chan 5	www.zattoo.com

ITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK, having begun broadcasting in 1955. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, its legal name has been Channel 3, the number 3 having no real meaning other than to distinguish it from BBC One, BBC Two and Channel 4. In part, the number 3 was assigned as televisions would usually be tuned so that the regional ITV station would be on the third button, the other stations being allocated to that of the number their name contained.

ITV is to be distinguished from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004 and which is the parent of ITV Broadcasting Limited to whom all of the Channel 3 broadcasting licences in England, Wales, Southern Scotland and the Isle of Man were transferred in November 2008. Similarly ITV1 is the brand used by ITV plc for the Channel 3 service in these areas. Of the companies external to ITV plc, Channel Television uses ITV's branding in the Channel Islands whilst STV and UTV use their own brands in their own respective areas (Northern and Central Scotland and Northern Ireland).

History

, previously used by Yorkshire Television, before becoming ITV Yorkshire. Each ITV region had its own studios.]] Independent Television was created following the Television Act 1954. The Independent Television Authority was set up to control and review the network. In the three main areas – London, the Midlands and the North of England – ITV was launched in September 1955, February 1956 and May 1956 respectively. The shape of the ITV Network and the course it has taken down the years has largely been controlled by regular reviews by the Authority which occurred in 1964, 1968, 1974, 1982, and 1993. These reviews saw regions and contract areas reshaped and licence holders changed. Additionally, since the Broadcasting Act 1990 the consolidation of ITV companies has also had an important bearing on the direction of the network. The 1990s saw the number of broadcasters drop dramatically, for instance in 1992, Yorkshire Television acquired Tyne Tees Television to create Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television, only for this entity to merge with Granada Television in 1997. A similar process happened with the Southern Regions, leaving Carlton Television and Granada Television as the two major players, until the failure of ITV Digital saw these two merge.

Organisation

Unlike many of the TV channels in the United Kingdom, ITV is not owned by one single company, although it has come close to becoming so in recent years. Ofcom has issued licences to four companies to provide regional Channel 3 services. ITV Broadcasting Limited provides the service for 10 regions in England and Wales plus the Scottish borders and the Isle of Man, with a separate weekday and weekend licence for the London region. For the rest of Scotland, STV Central Limited holds the licence for the central Scotland, and STV North Limited holds the licence for northern Scotland, including the Hebrides, Orkney, and Shetland Islands, with both services carrying on air branding as STV. Ulster Television Limited was issued the licence for Northern Ireland and is branded as UTV. In the Channel Islands, the licensee is Channel Television Limited which carries ITV1 branding. The licences were last put out to full tender in 1991, and have since been renewed and modified on a rolling basis.

Additionally, Channel 3 has since 1983 included a national breakfast franchise for the period between 06:00h and 09:25h, with the licence currently issued to ITV Breakfast Ltd., and has a national contractual teletext provider.

Digital Channel 3

Since 1998, each of the Channel 3 franchises have received gifted capacity on digital terrestrial television (DTT). As per the original agreement, each regional ITV contractor broadcasts its Channel 3 service from 9:25am to 6:00am daily, with the breakfast operator broadcasting in the remaining hours. However, unlike analogue broadcasts, the assigned capacity across DTT is able to carry multiple television services which, like Channel 3, are broadcast by the regional franchisee between the hours of 9:25am and 6:00am, with the breakfast contractor operating between 6:00am and 9:25am.

At present, all licensees opt to broadcast ITV plc-owned channels, being ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV, as opposed to broadcasting their own. Up until 2002, UTV in Northern Ireland ran a service known as UTV2, while both Scottish and Grampian ran S2. The breakfast operator, currently ITV Breakfast, is obliged to broadcast between the hours of 6:00 and 9:25am daily. Alongside the Channel 3 breakfast service, ITV also broadcasts CITV Breakfast, which is on the same capacity as the CITV channel. ITV is available all across the UK and is also available in the Republic of Ireland on Freeview and Digital satellite. Channel 3 shares its space with Channel 4 on Multiplex 2, known as Digital 3&4.

Public service broadcasting

The right granted by Ofcom of Channel 3's nationally-available status on both analogue and digital television comes with responsibility, in the form of public service broadcasting. Alongside the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5, the members of the ITV Network and ITV Breakfast all have a responsibility to broadcast various programming of public importance on their analogue stations. This includes quotas for news, current affairs, independent and European programming, children's and religious programming, and output containing subtitles, signing and audio description. In addition, Channel 3 stations are legally obliged to screen party election broadcasts on behalf of all the major political parties, and also other political events such as the Budget.

All the companies holding a franchise are members of ITV Network Limited (formerly the Independent Television Companies' Association Limited), a non-profit body. It is this body that commissions programmes for the network, and schedules the network programming. However, in practice ITV plc, which owns ITV Broadcasting Limited which hold eleven of the fifteen regional licences, dominates the system.

Much of the originated networked programme output (around 47%, but previously as high as 66% according to some reports) is contributed by ITV Studios, the production arm of ITV plc (consisting of the consolidated regional companies' network production departments), although a growing number of programmes are commissioned by the Network from independents (a minimum of 25% of total output, as stipulated by the 1990 Broadcasting Act). In addition, the entire network is obliged to broadcast national news sourced by a common contractor (currently ITN). All stations have the right to opt out of national programming (except for the national news) but generally do not, since most are owned by the one company and the others have limited resources for non-networked productions.

Licence details

The table below lists current Channel 3 regional and national licences and the licence holder. Licences in England and Wales were held by individual regional ITV plc owned companies prior to November 2008.

# ITV1 on air branding is used overnight # Usually Just ITV1. # Up to 1968, the service for a single Northern area consisting of both the current North West region and most of the current Yorkshire region was provided by Granada Television for Monday to Friday and by ABC Television for weekends. # Coverage was transferred from ITV1 Border and Tyne Tees to ITV1 Granada following DSO in the Isle of Man in July 2009. # Up to 1968, the service for the Midlands region was provided by Associated Television for Monday to Friday and by ABC Television for weekends. # "Anglia Television Limited", which had provided the service since 1959, had its name changed to "ITV Broadcasting Limited" on December 29, 2006. # ITV plc purchased the remaining stake of GMTV (now ITV Breakfast) from Walt Disney in November 2009

Programming

For over 50 years of Independent Television, the homegrown programmes have become the best loved and remembered as well as being extremely successful. Before the 1990s, nearly all of the content for the channel was produced by the fifteen franchise licensees: the regional companies.

However, in the last decade, and following legislation in the Broadcasting Act 1990 imposing a 25% quota for commissioning of independent productions, the number of programmes from independent production companies not connected to the traditional ITV Network, has increased rapidly. Notable examples include Talkback Thames (one half of which, Thames Television, was itself a former ITV franchisee), producers of The Bill and co-producers of The X Factor, and 2waytraffic (previously Celador), producers of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

From the late 1990s, ITV's long-standing commitment to strong current affairs and documentary programming began to diminish with the ending of productions such as World in Action (Granada), This Week (Rediffusion/Thames), First Tuesday (Yorkshire Television), Network First, Survival (Anglia Television), and Weekend World (LWT) and their replacement with populist shows such as Tonight. News at Ten was also axed in 1999, although it was reinstated in 2008. In December 2009, the final edition of ITV's long-running arts programme, The South Bank Show was broadcast. The broadcaster has announced that it intends to cease funding regional news on the ITV Network by 2012.

Increasingly ITV's primetime schedules are dominated by its soap operas, such as Coronation Street and Emmerdale. At the start of the 21st century, Independent Television faced criticism for including a large amount of "reality TV" programmes in the schedule, such as Celebrity Fit Club, Celebrity Wrestling and Love Island. In its defence, ITV does continue to show its major strengths in the fields of sports coverage and drama productions, and it continues to schedule national news in primetime.

National and international news

Since the network started, Independent Television News Limited (ITN) has held the contract to produce news for the ITV Network. 30 minute news bulletins are broadcast at 5:30am, 1:30pm, 6:30pm, and 10:00pm.

Regional news

The regional ITV companies provide local programmes tailored for the regional audiences. All the ITV companies provide a main local bulletin at 6pm, as well as other local features and sport programming.

Sport

ITV covers many popular sports. The channel emphasises coverage of football (it holds the UK terrestrial rights to the UEFA Champions League). The channel shares coverage of international football events such as the World Cup with the BBC. It also covers motorsport, rugby, and other sports.

On 30 March 2007 The Football Association confirmed that it had agreed a new four-year £425m television deal for ITV and Setanta Sports to show FA Cup and England international matches (the Scottish regional broadcaster STV replaces these games with regular programming). The deal with the FA represents a 42% increase on the existing deal with the BBC and BSkyB.

As of 4 May 2009, ITV acquired the rights to broadcast live cricket of the Indian Premier League.

Children's programming

The network broadcasts children's programming under the CITV (Children's ITV) strand. Children's programming is broadcast across the network on weekend mornings. Children's programmes were removed from the ITV line-up in 2007, a move which was challenged by Ofcom in April 2007. In 2006, ITV plc launched their own Children's channel under the CITV brand.

Teletext provider

The Public Teletext Licence allows the holder to broadcast a text-based information service around the clock on Channel 3 (as well as Channel 4 and S4C) frequencies. Teletext on ITV was provided by ORACLE from 1974 until 1993 and from 1993 to 2010 by Teletext Ltd., whose news, sport and TV listings pages rivalled the BBC's offering, Ceefax on terrestrial and BBC Red Button on digital. Teletext Ltd. also provided digital teletext for the Channel 3 services, as well as the text output for both Channel 4 and S4C under the same licence and Five. However, the licence was revoked by Ofcom on 29 January 2010 for failing to provide news and local non-news information on ITV and there is currently no teletext licence holder for ITV.

The future

ITV plc

On 12 September 2007, ITV plc announced a major five-year restructuring plan targeting entertainment as their top priority to bring to the ITV network. A major overhaul of the regional structure of ITV was also proposed. The proposals would see a reduction of ITV plc's regional news programmes in England and Wales, with regions now broadcasting one service per region rather than multiple tailored local services (for example: Yorkshire Television would no longer broadcast separate Northern and Southern regions). The proposed changes would also fully merge Border Television with Tyne Tees Television and HTV West with Westcountry Television, effectively ending two regions' tenure as independent players within ITV. These changes started on the regional news service on 9 February 2009 when Meridian combined its South East, South, and Thames Valley news services into one programme.

There would be a certain amount of expansion elsewhere — ITV Network Limited currently commissions around 47% of its programmes from ITV plc's in-house production units. ITV plc hope for this to be increased to the maximum 75% allowed by the regulators over the coming years.

Programming disputes with STV

In July 2009, STV announced that they would be axing programmes made by ITV plc such as The Bill, Midsomer Murders and Lewis. The reason for the axing, STV claimed, was that the shows were too expensive and they would prefer to show programmes made in Scotland.

This move angered ITV especially since they had just revamped the schedule at that time to make The Bill the heart of their programming schedule. ITV's response to The Bill being axed was to air it on ITV3 as well as ITV1 so the majority of viewers in Scotland could still see it.

On 23 September 2009, The Press Association reported that ITV are to sue STV over the dropped shows. ITV has claimed that by dropping several hit shows to concentrate on catering for regional audiences, STV are in breach of their network agreements. The Press Association report that ITV are to sue STV for £38 million.

Future franchise rounds

It is generally unknown if there will be any further franchise rounds held by Ofcom; the last was in 1991. Carlton Television (now part of ITV plc) had its licence renewed without a contest in 2004, and UTV's expires on 31 December 2014. This is the longest ITV has gone with the same contractors. There may be a possible round in 2012 or 2014 with scaled down regions known as micro-regions, very similar to ITV's original regional variations pre-1999.

See also

List of British television channels

List of ITV channels

List of television programmes broadcast by ITV

List of ITV journalists and newsreaders

References

External links

The ITV companies

ITV plc

STV Group plc

UTV Media

Channel Television Limited

Unofficial sites about ITV

Transdiffusion Broadcasting System — a British communications history website

Independent TeleWeb — a history of ITV

The Historical Television Website — focusing on television in Southern England

Harlech House of Graphics — a site about ITV in Wales and the West of England

Tyne Tees Logo Page — about the North East England broadcaster

The TV Room — British and Irish television presentation

Ray Fitzwalter on The Rise & Fall of ITV London Frontline Club, May 2008

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Name	Sid Roth
Birthname	Sidney Roth
Birth date	May 30, 1936
Birth place	Rochester, New York, U.S.
Occupation	radio show host, television show host, bible scholar, author
Yearsactive	1972 - present
Religion	Messianic Jewish

Name	Sid Roth
Birthname	Sidney Roth
Birth date	May 30, 1936
Birth place	Rochester, New York, U.S.
Church	Messianic Jewish
Title	Host, It's Supernatural TV program Host, Messianic Vision radio program

Sid Roth (born May 30, 1936, in Rochester, New York) is a messianic Jewish television and radio show host, author, Bible teacher, and scholar.

Career

Roth serves as host of Messianic Vision, a daily radio show that can be heard on various radio stations across the United States, including KLNG (Omaha, Nebraska), KLTT (Denver), KCNW (Kansas City), KNOF (St. Paul, Minnesota), and KXEG (Phoenix). Sid Roth was a former account executive for Merrill Lynch, who became disenchanted with Judaism in 1972. Sid claimed that he became possessed by a demonic spirit guide during his New Age spiritual quest, and that a heartfelt prayer to Jesus freed him from this possession. Sid developed a theology which he calls ''One new man", claiming that God never intended to start a new religion, instead God intends the convergence of Jew and Gentile into one stream called the “One New Man.”

It's Supernatural TV program

Roth also has a weekly national TV program, called "It's Supernatural", featuring guests whose experiences include divine visitations, demonic possession, deliverance, and various miracles. The program can be seen on Daystar Television Network, Trinity Broadcasting Network, VisionTV (Canada), and World Harvest Television among other channels. Roth has also written numerous books, including They Thought for Themselves and his autobiography, There Must Be Something More!.

References

External links

Official Website

Official Website - Sid Roth Bio

Category:1936 births Category:Messianic Jews Category:Living people Category:American radio personalities Category:American television personalities Category:People from Rochester, New York Category:American writers Category:American Christians

Mary Byrne (1917 – 2004) was the Mayor of Galway from 1975–1976 and again from 1984–1985.

One of two children of Michael Byrne of Newry, County Down, and Brigid Kelly of Ballymacward, County Galway, Byrne served as a nurse in the city's old Central Hospital and later as staff-nurse at Galway Regional Hospital. She eventually became a Sister and worked in the Casualty Department for twenty-two years. She was a member of the Western Health Board and Chairperson of the Galway branch of the Irish Nurses Organisation.

Politically active due to her father's influence, Byrne was an active member of Fianna Fáil from the 1940's, and successfully ran for election to Galway Corporation in 1967, serving seventeen years as a councillor. Her first term of office coincided with International Women's Year. He brother, Michael, died during her term, in May 1975.

She was re-elected for the term 1984-85, the Quincentennial year of the Mayorality. In commemoration of this, Galway's Quincentennial Bridge, spanning the Corrib from Terryland to Newcastle, was begun. The foundation stone was laid by An Tánaiste, Dick Spring, on 15 December 1984. The following May, she herself laid the foundation stone of the new City Hall at College Road, which was in use by 1991.

She died in 2004.

References

Role of Honour:The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001, William Henry (historian), Galway 2001.

External links

Listing of previous Mayors of Galway

Mary Byrne's obituary

Category:Mayors of Galway Category:1917 births Category:2004 deaths Category:People from County Galway Category:Fianna Fáil politicians

Name	Leona Lewis
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Leona Louise Lewis
Born	April 03, 1985Islington, London, England
Genre	Pop, R&B;
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2006–present
Label	Syco, J
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Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British

Lewis's debut single "A Moment Like This" became the fastest selling UK single after being downloaded over 50,000 times within thirty minutes of its release. In November 2008 she set a record in the UK for the fastest selling download-only release with her cover version of the Snow Patrol song "Run" which sold 69,244 copies in two days. Lewis's debut tour, The Labyrinth, took place in 2010.

Early life

Lewis was born in the London Borough of Islington, to Aural Josiah "Joe" Lewis of Afro-Guyanese descent, and Maria Lewis of Welsh, Italian and Irish descent. Her parents enrolled her at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, and from there she attended the Italia Conti Academy and the BRIT School, where she learned to play instruments such as the guitar and piano, in the hope of becoming a singer-songwriter. Lewis wrote her first full-length song at the age of 12. She initially trained in opera, but went on to singing jazz and blues, eventually leading to popular music, citing Minnie Riperton, Eva Cassidy and Stevie Wonder as her main influences. recording a demo album called Twilight. The album, almost exclusively comprising her own compositions, was recorded under Spiral Music, a production company based in Fulham. "I tried to secure a record deal by doing things my own way. I worked very hard but I never managed to land a contract", said Lewis. Other demos were recorded under licence from UEG Entertainment, later included on an album called Best Kept Secret.

Music career

2006: The X Factor

, November 2006.]] Lewis auditioned for the third series of The X Factor in 2006, singing "Over the Rainbow". She was mentored by Simon Cowell and was announced the winner on 16 December 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract.

Her debut single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", was released on CD on 20 December 2006, and was available as a digital download from midnight on 17 December. It broke a world record after it was downloaded 50,000 times in thirty minutes. On 24 December, "A Moment Like This" was crowned the 2006 UK Christmas number-one single, having sold 571,253 copies, outselling the rest of the Top 40's sales combined. The single became the most downloaded song in 2006; it stayed at number one for four weeks and stayed at the top spot in the Irish Singles Chart for six weeks.

2007–2009: Spirit and international breakthrough

In February 2007, Lewis signed a £5 million ($9.7 million) five-album contract in the United States with Clive Davis's record label, J Records, and showcased for several American music executives. A press release was sent out revealing that Cowell and Davis would work together in a first-of-its-kind partnership on both the song and producer selection for Lewis's debut album, entitled Spirit. Lewis recorded tracks for the album in London, Miami, Los Angeles, New York City, and Atlanta, where she worked with several songwriters and record producers including Dallas Austin, Walter Afanasieff, Salaam Remi, Stargate and Ne-Yo. It was released in November 2007 and entered both the Irish Albums Chart and the UK Albums Chart at number one, becoming the fastest-selling debut album in both countries, and the United Kingdom's fourth fastest selling album of all time. It was released in several other nations in January 2008, and went to number one in New Zealand, Australia, Austria, Germany, South Africa and Switzerland. Two further tracks were recorded in 2008 for the US release of the album: "Forgive Me", produced by Akon, and "Misses Glass", produced by Madd Scientist. It was released in the United States in April 2008 and entered the Billboard 200 at number one, making Lewis the first British artist to reach number one with a debut album. A special edition of Spirit was re-released in November 2008 in Europe, including the songs "Forgive Me", "Misses Glass" and a cover of the Snow Patrol song "Run". The album again went to number one in the UK Albums Chart. To date the album has sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide

Pre Grammy Gala in 2009]] Lewis's second single, "Bleeding Love", produced by Ryan Tedder and written by Tedder and Jesse McCartney, was released in October 2007 in the UK, where it sold 218,805 copies in its first week, giving it the biggest first-week sales of 2007 to date. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, where it stayed for seven weeks, and in the Irish Singles Chart it remained at number one for eight weeks. It reached number one in the singles charts of New Zealand, Australia, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria, Canada and the United States. "Bleeding Love" won The Record of the Year in December 2007. In February 2008, "Bleeding Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 85 and then went on to peak at number one for four non-consecutive weeks. The song became the first track by a UK female to reach number one since Kim Wilde's "You Keep Me Hangin' On" in 1987. Lewis's third single, a double A-side featuring "Better in Time" and "Footprints in the Sand", was released in the United Kingdom in March 2008, in aid of Sport Relief, and she visited South Africa for the charity. The single reached a peak of number two in the UK singles chart selling over 40,000 copies in its first week of physical release. "Better in Time" was released as Lewis's second single in the US, where it peaked at number 11 in the Billboard Hot 100. "Forgive Me" was released as Lewis's fifth single in November 2008; it reached number five in the UK. "Run" was released as a download-only single in the UK, reaching number one, and becoming the UK's fastest-selling download-only single with 69,244 copies sold in two days. Lewis's last single from Spirit, "I Will Be", was released in January 2009, only in North America; it peaked at number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In August 2008, she performed "Whole Lotta Love" with guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Beijing, representing the handover to London as the host of the 2012 Summer Olympics. In September 2008, she joined several female singers to perform a single for the anti-cancer campaign Stand Up to Cancer. The single, titled "Just Stand Up!", was performed live during the one-hour telethon that aired on all major US television networks. Lewis received three nominations for the 51st Grammy Awards in December 2008. "Bleeding Love" was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Spirit was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album. She was nominated for four BRIT Awards, in the categories British Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act, British Album for Spirit, and British Single for "Bleeding Love", but despite being the favourite to win the most awards, she received none. She won two awards at the 2008 MOBO Awards: Best Album for Spirit and Best Video for "Bleeding Love". In December 2008 Lewis was named 'Top New Artist' by Billboard magazine.

2009–2010: Echo and The Labyrinth

Lewis's second album, Echo, was given a worldwide release in November 2009. Production took place throughout 2009, including work with Ryan Tedder, Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, Arnthor Birgisson, Kevin Rudolf, and John Shanks. It was recorded in Los Angeles and took nine months to produce. Lewis described the album as "more guitar-driven" compared to Spirit. Lewis performed her first full UK show at the Hackney Empire in London on 2 November 2009, performing songs from Spirit and Echo. Echo reached number one in the UK Albums Chart and the top ten of Austria, Ireland and Switzerland.

Despite previous attempts from Lewis's lawyers to ban the release of Best Kept Secret by UEG Music, claiming that the singer had not given her consent, the album was released in January 2009 when the label insisted it owned the rights to the music and Lewis would receive a 50% share of the album's profits. However, a television advert for the album was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority, who said in a statement: "We considered that the claim 'Leona Lewis's new album' misleadingly implied it was the singer's latest recording rather than a new CD of tracks recorded some years ago." The album was released to iTunes in standard and deluxe editions, and two EPs, "Private Party" and "Dip Down"/"Joy", were released in September 2009.

The first single released from Echo was "Happy", which was written by Lewis, Tedder and Evan Bogart and produced by Tedder. The single was released on 15 September 2009, peaking at number two in the UK, and reaching the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Japan and Switzerland. Lewis also recorded the theme song for the 2009 science fiction film Avatar, directed by James Cameron. The song, "I See You (Theme from Avatar)", was written by James Horner and Simon Franglen. It was nominated for Best Original Song at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. In January 2010, Lewis provided vocals on a cover of "Everybody Hurts", released to help raise money for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The second single from Echo, "I Got You", was released in February 2010. The song "My Hands" was used as the theme song for Final Fantasy XIII In April 2010, she featured on a duet with Italian singer Biagio Antonacci, called "Inaspettata (Unexpected)", from his album Inaspettata. They performed the song on the Italian TV show Io Canto on 22 October 2010.

Lewis performed a 13-piece set list at the Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal, on 22 May 2010, including songs from Spirit and Echo. Her first tour, titled The Labyrinth supporting Spirit and Echo, started in May 2010, with a theme based on the film Labyrinth. Lewis was scheduled to tour North America from July to August 2010 supporting Christina Aguilera's Bionic Tour, however, Aguilera postponed the tour until 2011, leaving Lewis's plans unknown. A DVD of the tour, along with a ten-track CD, was released with the title The Labyrinth Tour Live from The O2 on 29 November 2010.

2010–present: Third album

Lewis began working on her third album after the Labyrinth tour. She said the album would be "a bit different from what people have heard from me before," adding that she plans to "go in and create and just see what happens." MTV reported that Ne-Yo is writing material for the album. She is also working again with Dallas Austin and has recorded a song with David Guetta. Hurts and Jessie J have also been asked to write material for the album. It has been reported that Cowell has set a deadline for the album for summer 2011 release. A lead single will be released in early 2011.

Voice

A mezzo-soprano, Lewis is often compared with other singers such as Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Lewis is also known to sing opera, stating that she practises opera scales every week. In the same vein, Slant describes Lewis's vocals as "technically unimpeachable".

Other activities

In October 2008, The Times reported that Lewis had turned down a $1 million deal with Mohamed Al Fayed to open a Harrods sale. Lewis commented in the press that she turned down the deal on the grounds that Harrods is the only UK department store which continues to stock clothing made from animal fur. She announced in October 2008 that she was in the "bargaining period" of launching her own ethical line of accessories through Topshop, and that she is in the late stages of releasing her own perfume for Europe.

Lewis signed a book deal in January 2009 to release an illustrated autobiography in October 2009. The book, entitled Dreams, contains mostly pictures taken by photographer Dean Freeman. In 2010, it was reported Lewis was offered a cameo role in the second series of the American television programme Glee.

Personal life

Lewis lives in Hackney. She lived with her boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa until their split in June 2010. Lewis and Al-Chamaa knew each other since she was approximately ten years old. A vegetarian since she was 12, Lewis won PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian along with Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis in 2008, and Europe's Sexiest Vegetarian in 2009 with actor Scott Maslen. She also was named PETA's Person Of The Year for 2008. Lewis is a supporter of the World Society for the Protection of Animals.

At a book signing for Dreams on 14 October 2009 at the Piccadilly branch of Waterstone's book store in central London, Lewis received a punch to the head from Peter Kowalczyk, a 29-year-old man from south London. Eyewitnesses said Lewis ran out with her hand covering her face, whilst security wrestled the attacker, who was reportedly laughing, to the floor. She cancelled a scheduled appearance on the BBC's The One Show and a two-day promotional trip to Germany. She later released a statement, saying "Thank you so much for your support, it is truly overwhelming. Yesterday was a horrible shock and left me extremely hurt and upset. I'm very sorry to those I wasn't able to meet at the signing. Thank you again for all of the lovely messages. Love you all." Kowalczyk was subsequently sectioned under the Mental Health Act. It was reported that he had a history of mental health problems and may have attacked Lewis due to jealousy, as he had attempted to enter The X Factor but was rejected by producers. On 14 December 2009, Kowalczyk admitted common assault and was ordered to remain in hospital for an indeterminate period.

Discography

;Studio albums

Spirit (2007)

Echo (2009)

;Live albums

The Labyrinth Tour Live from The O2 (2010)

Tours

2010: The Labyrinth

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Name	Katie Derham
Birthname	Catherine Beatrice Margaret Derham
Birth date	June 18, 1970
Birth place	Stockport, Cheshire, England
Education	Cheadle Hulme School
Occupation	Journalist, Presenter
Spouse	John Vincent (1999-present)
Children	2 daughters
Ethnicity	English
Credits	ITN/ITV News

Katie Derham (born Catherine Beatrice Margaret Derham on 18 June 1970) is a British newscaster and a presenter on television and radio.

Early life

Derham was born in Stockport to John and Margaret Derham, and grew up in Wilmslow. She was educated at Cheadle Hulme School and read Economics at Magdalene College, Cambridge graduating with a BA (Hons).

Broadcasting career

On 3 August 2010 Derham hit out on the "perceptions of young female newsreaders".

Early career

Derham began her broadcasting career at the BBC, starting as a researcher on Radio 4's Moneybox. In 1995 she won the Bradford & Bingley "Best Personal Finance Broadcaster Award" for her work as a presenter on Radio 5 Live's Moneycheck. She moved to BBC television in 1996 as a consumer affairs correspondent and was also a reporter on the long-running Film programme.

ITN (1998 - 2010)

In 1998 she joined ITN as the Media and Arts Editor for ITV News and, at the age of 27, became the youngest newscaster on British national television since ITN's creation in 1955. In 2004, Derham became the main female presenter of the , and a relief presenter of both the and the ITV News at Ten. She also co-presented the ITV London news programme London Tonight. Derham hosted her last programmes on ITV1 on 25 June 2010.

BBC (2010 onwards)

In April 2010, it was announced Derham was to join the BBC. Derham has been given an arts brief, including fronting the coverage of the Proms for BBC Two, BBC Four and Radio 3.

Classical music

Derham hosted the Classical BRIT Awards ceremony four times from 2001 to 2004. In August 2008 she appeared in the BBC Two talent programme Maestro.

Radio

Derham is a presenter of Radio 3's Afternoon on 3 and Breakfast programmes, having previously presented the Hall of Fame Concert on Classic FM, and she presents the Traveller's Tree series on Radio 4. Derham also makes the occasional guest presenter appearance on Saturday Live.

Personal life

Derham married restaurateur John Vincent in 1999 in Cheshire. They have two daughters, both born in Westminster, London: Natasha May (born 2000) and Eleanor Margaret (born 2005). The family live in Sussex. She plays the violin.

References

External links

Katie Derham at ClassicFM.com

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Name	Joe McElderry
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Joseph McElderry
Born	June 16, 1991South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England
Instrument	Vocals
Genre	Pop
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2009–present
Label	Sony Music, Syco Music (2009–Present)
Associated acts	The X Factor 2009 finalists, Cheryl Cole
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Joseph "Joe" McElderry (born 16 June 1991) is an English singer. He won the sixth series of the ITV show The X Factor in 2009. His first single "The Climb" reached number one on the UK and Irish Singles Charts. He is signed to Syco Music owned by Sony Music Entertainment.

McElderry has gained three number-one singles in both the United Kingdom and Ireland, two as a featured act; "Everybody Hurts" with Helping Haiti and "You Are Not Alone" with the X Factor 2009 Finalists, and one as a solo artist, "The Climb".

Early life

Born in South Shields, England, McElderry is the only child of Jim McElderry and Eileen Joyce. The couple separated when McElderry was a child. McElderry was raised in a small flat on Tyneside He took the role of 'Danny Zuko' in Grease performed at Harton Technology College.

X Factor

McElderry auditioned for The X Factor in 2007, but it wasn't shown because he felt he was too young compared to the other contestants and opted to walk away. He auditioned again in 2009 in Manchester and sang Luther Vandross's "Dance with My Father".

Mentored by Cheryl Cole, he made it through to the live finals and was announced the winner on 13 December 2009, beating runner up Olly Murs with his version of Miley Cyrus's "The Climb".

McElderry's prize, as winner, was a recording contract with Simon Cowell's Syco record label, whose parent company is Sony Music Entertainment. The contract has a stated value of £1 million, of which £150,000 is a cash advance and the remainder allocated to recording and marketing costs. The single "The Climb" was released as McElderry's debut single.

Along with The X Factor finalists, McElderry recorded vocal for featured on a charity single, a cover of Michael Jackson's hit "You Are Not Alone". It was released in aid of London's Great Ormond Street Hospital. The finalists premiered the song live on the 15 November edition of the programme; the single was available for digital download that day and a physical release followed the day after. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart.

Performances

McElderry performed the following songs during the contest:

Career after The X Factor

as part of the UK The X Factor series 6 tour.]] McElderry's debut single, "The Climb", was available to download at midnight on 14 December 2009 and was released physically on 16 December 2009. According to industry sources, approximately 100,000 copies of the single were sold on the day of its release. On 18 December 2009, it was announced that McElderry secured the top spot in the Irish Singles Chart for 11–17 December 2009.

"The Climb" was a contender for 2009's UK Christmas number one, competing against, and losing to, Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name". McElderry's single sold 450,000 compared to Rage Against the Machine's 502,000 after a Facebook-based campaign was started in protest of The X Factors dominance of the Christmas number one title. This was the first time since 2004 that the X Factor winning single was denied the top spot for Christmas in the UK Singles Charts. Simon Cowell stated that he was "gutted for Joe because a number one single meant a lot to him. But I have to congratulate Jon and Tracy [Morter, who started the Facebook campaign]." McElderry's single stayed at number one on the Irish charts for a second week securing him the Irish Christmas number one (18–25 December 2009), and the song moved up to the top spot in the UK Singles Chart on 27 December. The single had the fifth highest sales of all UK singles released in 2009 staying one week at #1. It was also the top selling Irish single of 2009 where it remained at the top spot for four consecutive weeks. "The Climb" was nominated in the British Single category at the 2010 BRIT Awards but lost out to fellow X Factor contestants JLS. McElderry performed "Don't Stop Believin" and presented an award at the 15th National Television Awards in London on 20 January 2010.

In January 2010, he participated in the Helping Haiti charity single, a cover of "Everybody Hurts" arranged by Simon Cowell in order to raise money for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. McElderry took part in the Great North Run half marathon 13.1 mile race on 19 September 2010 raising money for Teenage Cancer Trust.

at Radio 1's Big Weekend.]] McElderry and seven other finalists, Olly Murs, Stacey Solomon, Danyl Johnson, Lloyd Daniels, John & Edward, Jamie Archer and Lucie Jones, appeared in the X Factor Live tour which began on 15 February 2010 at the Echo Arena Liverpool and concluded on 4 April at the SECC. McElderry performed the songs "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "Love Story", "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", "She's Out of My Life", "Don't Stop Believin'" and his debut single "The Climb" on the tour. On 15 March, it was reported that McElderry had signed a modelling deal with Next Models. He performed on Radio 1's Big Weekend on 22 May 2010, singing an acoustic version of "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Telephone" in the Live Lounge tent and he also performed "Don't Stop Believin'" and his single, "The Climb" on The 5:19 Show.

Wide Awake 2010-present

Throughout 2010, McElderry recorded his debut album Wide Awake which was released on the 25 October 2010. Producers of the album include Dallas Austin and John Shanks. He will launch the album at G-A-Y along with appearances from X Factor runner up Olly Murs and X Factor 2008 winner Alexandra Burke. He filmed the music video for his second single, a cover of Norwegian band Donkeyboy's "Ambitions" in September. It was directed by Nigel Dick. The song premiered on 19 September and went on sale on 10 October. The song debuted at #6 on the UK Singles Chart and #4 on the Irish Chart. "Someone Wake Me Up" was the third single taken from the album. McElderry was approached by Twentieth Century Fox to record the specially written track, "There’s A Place For Us", written by American songstress Carrie Underwood, which features in . The song was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2011 for Best Original Song - Motion Picture 2011.

Charity

In January 2010, he participated in the Helping Haiti charity single, a cover of "Everybody Hurts" arranged by Simon Cowell in order to raise money for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. He is also a stand in host for Metro Radio.

Personal life

In July 2010, McElderry's Twitter account was hacked and a message about his sexuality was posted, which made rumours circulate online about his homosexuality. The 19-year-old announced on his official website that he is gay, thanking his family and fans for their support. The gay charity Stonewall has listed McElderry as a gay role model.

Awards and nominations

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Released: 25 October 2010

Label: Syco Music

Formats: CD, digital download

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Singles

References

External links

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