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ITV: Mr Bates vs The Post Office is 2024’s biggest drama

As 2024 comes to a close, audience data for the year to date reveals that ITV programmes have come out on top across a wide range of genres. Mr Bates vs The Post Office is 2024’s biggest drama, and I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! continues to claim the top spot as the UK’s […]

December 19, 2024

ITV content partnership with YouTube

ITV and YouTube have announced a new distribution and commercial partnership which will see ITV joining YouTube’s partner programme enabling hundreds of hours of ITV content to be made available to viewers on the platform. ITV’s commercial team will sell the full range of advertising opportunities around ITV and ITV Studios channels on YouTube, including […]

December 13, 2024

ITVX: Over 6bn streams in 2 years

ITVX turns two on December 8th and will mark the occasion with a host of audience records. ITV says its streaming service has outpaced all other major streaming platforms in terms of growth in viewer hours since its launch – with a 35 per cent growth in viewer hours in two years, ahead of BBC […]

December 4, 2024

ITV licenses Wagatha doc from Disney

ITV has licensed Disney+ original, Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story, from Disney Entertainment as the broadcaster readies to launch a new season of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, which features Rooney as a contestant In Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story, Rooney reveals all as the documentary looks at the libel case […]

November 13, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Mitre promotes Nightingale to Head of Entertainment

Mitre Studios, Ant and Dec’s TV and digital production company, has announced Gemma Nightingale’s promotion to Head of Entertainment. Mitre Studios Managing Director, Ed Sleeman, commented: “Gemma has played key roles on all of Ant and Dec’s Entertainment shows for over a decade and she also has a brilliant development mind. There is therefore no […]

August 19, 2024

ITVX celebrates “runaway success” in first year

On December 8th, ITVX will mark its first anniversary. ITV has taken a look back at its inaugural year and all the new streaming platform has achieved, plus a look at what’s coming in 2024 and beyond. ITV says ITVX was “undoubtedly this year’s biggest and most successful streaming launch in the UK” with over […]

November 29, 2023By Nik Roseveare

ITV Studios Australia makes key hires, promotions

ITV Studios Australia has announcesda number of changes to its senior creative and production teams. In the editorial team, Beth Hart has been promoted from Head of Content to Chief Content Officer. In her elevated role, Hart will oversee the creative process across the entire production slate, including some of ITV’s biggest formats I’m A […]

September 11, 2023

Ant & Dec extend ITV deal

TV presenter duo Ant & Dec will celebrate 25 years with ITV by extending their current exclusive deal with the broadcaster for a further three years. The new contract comes at the start of a busy year for the duo, who will host brand new series of Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win (currently airing on […]

January 24, 2023By Nik Roseveare

ITV on track for record streaming year

It is set to be a record year for streaming for UK commercial broadcaster ITV, as 2022 comes to a close with huge livestream audiences for I’m A Celebrity and the World Cup, as well as a strong launch for AVoD service ITVX. ITV’s biggest week ever for streaming was November 22nd– November 28th, which […]

December 21, 2022By Colin Mann

ITV1 hits highest weekly viewing share in 20 years

ITV’s The I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! finale attracted a huge peak audience of 11.5 million viewer (a 59 per cent share of viewing), the highest peak audience of the year for an entertainment show, on any channel. The final show of the season averaged 10.1 million (53 per cent share) across the […]

November 28, 2022