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ITV’s Diversity Commissioning Fund supports diverse writers

Having launched earlier this year, ITV has revealed how its Diversity Commissioning Fund has generated multiple new schemes to help support diverse writers within TV production. ITV’s Diversity Commissioning Fund has reserved £80 million of the content commissioning budget over the next three years to help drive change towards racial equity and disability equity, in […]

November 23, 2023

ITV reports growth in streaming, Studios

ITV has reported total revenue up 1 per cent at £2.97 billion (€3.4bn) in the first nine months of 2023 to September 30th, with growth in ITV Studios and M&E digital revenues offsetting the decline in linear advertising revenue. Total external revenue was flat at £2.53 billion. Carolyn McCall, ITV Chief Executive, commented: “ITV continues […]

November 8, 2023

BBC orders Wilderness with Simon Reeve

Adventurer Simon Reeve journeys deep into the heart of some of Earth’s last great wild areas in a new series for the BBC Two and iPlayer: Wilderness with Simon Reeve.  The series will air in 2024. On our increasingly crowded planet, there are still a few remote areas where nature has the upper hand: the […]

October 18, 2023

ITV Studios’ Cattleya writers form Dedalus prodco

Building on their long-standing partnership marked by titles such as Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero, The Immortal and Django, Cattleya – part of ITV Studios – and the writers Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli are to co-found a new production company. Dedalus, as it is to be called, is already working on two new projects: Everything We Ever […]

October 16, 2023

The Voice hits over 150 global commissions

ITV Studios format The Voice has reached a milestone with a combined number of over 150 adaptations of the popular talent show and its spin-offs airing in countries all over the world. Since its premiere in The Netherlands in 2010, nineteen countries have aired ten seasons or more, with NBC in the US the forerunner […]

October 16, 2023

Garcia heads ITV Studios Iberia

ITV Studios has announced that entertainment executive Nathalie Garcia is joining its international production group as Managing Director of ITV Studios Iberia, effective November 1st. The new entity will be the exclusive home of ITV Studios’ formats in Spain such as The Voice (La Voz), The Voice Kids (La Voz Kids) and The Chase (El […]

October 9, 2023

ITV Studios appoints Clark in EVP role

ITV Studios has appointed Tom Clark, a senior commercial executive with over 20 years of experience in digital media and entertainment businesses, to the new role of Executive Vice President Commercial Strategy, Global Partnerships. He will join the team, which monetises ITV Studios’ portfolio of some of travelling entertainment formats, as well as maximising commercial […]

September 27, 2023

Tall Story Pictures hires Hunter as Exec Producer

Tall Stories Pictures, the ITV Studios label behind dramas such as Grace and The Bay, has announced the appointment of Phil Hunter as Executive Producer. Working across projects both in production and development, Hunter becomes Executive Producer on the next series of Grace, the ITV drama which is an adaptation of international best-selling author Peter […]

September 26, 2023

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

ITV commission Big Zuu’s 12 Dishes in 12 Hours

ITV has announced a new entertainment commission hosted by double BAFTA award winning broadcaster, artist and TV chef Big Zuu. Big Zuu’s 12 Dishes in 12 Hours will air on ITV1 and ITVX in 2024 and is co-produced by Twofour and Zuu’s new TV production label Big Productions. In this new six part series the multi-hyphenate Big Zuu will take both viewers and […]

August 17, 2023