ITV Studios and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) are partnering to create a Ninja Warrior FAST channel dedicated to programming from around the world. The deal is a first, both in terms of ITV Studios’ first FAST channel creation for third party IP as well as TBS’s first foray into FAST. Brokered by Bellon Entertainment […]

ITV Studios has appointed Katie Buchanan as EVP Americas, Global Partnerships. She joins from A+E Networks, having also held a variety of Programming Strategy and Acquisitions roles at NBCUniversal and Viacom, she will report to EVP Global Sales & Commercial Strategy, Tom Clark in London. Buchanan will be responsible for driving revenue growth and maximising […]

ITV Studios has announced a flurry of new sales across the US, Latin America and Canada, including the provocative drama Fifteen-Love. In the US and Canada, World Productions’ Fifteen-Love, starring Aiden Turner and Ella Lily Hyland, has sold to and is currently streaming on AMC Networks’ Sundance Now. In addition, SRC in French Canada has […]

Spanish Entertainment Executive, Hugo Tomás, has been appointed Executive Producer, Non-Scripted Programmes, ITV Studios Iberia. He joins the company on September 1st and will report directly to Nathalie Garcia, CEO. In his new role, Tomás will lead on the adaptation of ITV Studios’ reality, factual, dating and game show formats, such as Come Dine With […]

ITV Studios has acquired a majority stake in Hartswood Films, the production company behind a raft of scripted series, including recent ITVX and ITV1 hit Douglas Is Cancelled, Prime Video’s psychological thriller The Devil’s Hour and the BBC’s Sherlock. Based in London and Cardiff, Hartswood Films was founded in 1979 by Beryl Vertue, making it […]

ITV Studios and Hulu have closed a package deal that will see the first two seasons of Twofour’s queer dating series I Kissed a Boy premiere on the US streaming platform on June 15th as part of the streamer’s ‘Hulu Has Pride’ LGBTQ+ month-long celebration. Season 2 – I Kissed a Girl – will exclusively […]

The network production arm of Signpost Productions, which is behind shows including the BBC’s Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes and TNT Sport’s Deaf Away Days, is joining ITV Studios where it will be housed by production label, MultiStory Media. The new label will be called Signpost Entertainment and will be led by Creative Director Gareth Deighan, […]

ITV has announced a new music show, ITV Studio Sessions, in partnership with Priority from O2 and Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios. ITV Studio Sessions aims to champion top talent and exciting emerging artists from the UK. Each episode of the six-part series will deliver an immersive, intimate experience, all led by broadcaster, podcast […]

ITV has detailed a corporate brand refresh, which it says reinforced its three strategic pillars of expanding Studios, supercharging streaming and optimising broadcast. The refresh sees the overall Group Brand for ITV continue to evolve with new logo colours. As the company continues to deliver its strategic vision of being a leader in UK ad-funded […]

ITV has commissioned UK-based Plimsoll Productions (Super/Natural, A Bug’s Life), an ITV Studios company internationally renowned for its hallmark natural history and factual entertainment content, to produce a new entertainment and wildlife crossover format SHARK! Celebrity Infested Waters. The show will see the expertise of ITV Entertainment combined with the natural history legacy of Plimsoll […]