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The Voice leaves the BBC after being ‘poached’ by ITV.

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  • 07-11-2015 7:24pm
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    Cortina_MK_IV
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    The end of x Factor?
    The BBC announced today that it has lost out on The Voice after it was “poached” by ITV. ITV has also committed to further spin-off including a childrens’ version of the show which has proved popular in other countries.

    The sale means the upcoming fifth series of the programme will be its last on the BBC. “The BBC is incredibly proud of The Voice, but the fifth series which starts in January will be our last,” BBC Acting Director of Television Mark Linsey confirmed in a statement this morning (7 November) “We always said we wouldn’t get into a bidding war or pay inflated prices to keep the show, and it’s testament to how the BBC has built the programme up – and established it into a mainstay of the Saturday night schedule – that another broadcaster has poached it.”

    The BBC offered less than it had originally paid for the series to keep it from 2017, whereas ITV matched the £12m the show had been paid previously, ITV sources said.

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