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ITV Play programming to be 'phased out'
Published Wednesday, Sep 12 2007, 11:13 BST | By Joanne Oatts
Grade said that remaining overnight phone in competition and gaming shows will be phased out by the end of this year, as the negative publicity surrounding compliance issues with such services has seen call volumes drop to what the broadcaster called "uneconomic levels."
In March, the ITV Play channel was axed less than a year after its launch. It was replaced with time shift channel ITV2 +1. The broadcaster said the move was a "commercial decision."
All of ITV Play's programmes were cleared in Deloitte's review of ITV premium rate participation TV offerings.
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