Vivek Sharma has been appointed as the new Editor of ITV’s This Morning. Sharma has been in the role of Associate Editor on This Morning for the last 15 months and will start in his new position, taking over from the programme’s outgoing Editor, Martin Frizell, on March 3rd. Sharma ’s TV career to date spans […]
ITV1’s coverage of the SIx Nations rugby match between England and France on February 8th was watched by a peak of 6 million across all devices, giving ITV1 its biggest peak audience of the year so far and helping secure ITV’s most watched weekend since Euro 2024. The England vs France coverage averaged 4.3 million […]
LIV Golf is coming back to free-to-air television in the UK after agreeing a broadcast partnership with ITV for the 2025 season. Starting with round two of the season-opening LIV Golf Riyadh presented by Ma’aden, golf fans in the UK will have access to 41 rounds of live golf coverage across 14 tournaments throughout the season on […]
Lion Forge Entertainment has closed a deal with ITVX to stream the fantasy superhero animated series Iyanu, based on Nigerian mythology. ITVX has acquired exclusive VoD (including AVoD) rights for the UK and non-exclusive rights for the Republic of Ireland. US viewers can already watch the series this spring on Cartoon Network and Max, while […]
Eagle Eye Drama, part of ITV Studios, and one of the UK’s fastest growing drama producers has today announced the appointment of award-winning drama writer and director, Carolina Giammetta in a newly created role as Director of Drama. Giammetta is currently completing production on upcoming series Bookish which she directed, created by and starring Mark Gatiss, which will air later this year on UKTV’s channel U […]
ITV1’s coverage of Ireland vs England in the Guinness Men’s 6 Nations Championship on February 1st was watched by a peak of 5.2 million across all devices, giving ITV1 its biggest overnight TV peak audience of the year so far. The match averaged 3.6 million viewers across all devices, with the match itself averaging 4.4 […]
ITV has announced that, from January 2026, its flagship soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale will move to a new scheduling pattern on ITV1, introducing a soaps ‘power hour’ from Monday-Friday, with 30 minute Emmerdale episodes at 8pm, and 30 minute Coronation Street episodes at 8.30pm. Episodes will continue to drop at 7am on ITVX, before […]
The Cheltenham Festival is the most important meeting of the year in horse racing in the UK. The four-day event at Cheltenham Racecourse features the championship races in each division of Jumps racing. ITV will once again cover the Cheltenham Festival on terrestrial television, and this year, racing fans will benefit from 24 of the […]
UKTV has acquired the UK premiere of Side Hustlers, the US business reality series produced by Reese Witherspoon’s production company Hello Sunshine, part of Candle Media, for its free-to-air entertainment channel U&W and streaming service U. UKTV and BBC Studios’ Global Acquisitions Manager, Roxana Rehman, secured the deal, overseen by Melanie Rumani, Global Head of […]
ITV, in partnership with Guinness, is bringing live audio description commentary to its coverage of four matches during the Guinness Men’s Six Nations, making the tournament more accessible and inclusive for blind and partially sighted fans. The service will be available during ITV’s coverage of Ireland v England on February 1st, England v France on […]