20th TV, ITV bridging pond

June 18, 2008 In the biggest American-British TV production partnership to date, 20th Century Fox TV has joined forces with ITV Global Content, the production and distribution arm of U.K. giant ITV, which also controls the country's leading broadcaster ITV Network. 20th chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman and ITV Global Content managing director Lee Bartlett -- the two companies will co-finance a joint development fund to create original programming. "There is a lot of goodwill and understanding on both sides," said Bartlett, who has been a rising star at ITV since joining the company in March from Fox Broadcasting Co., where he served as head of business affairs.

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