As part of its role to support and strengthen the quality of public service broadcasting (PSB), regulator Ofcom has a duty to review periodically how television services provided by the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C have delivered against the PSB purposes and objectives set by Parliament. This includes, among other things, […]

The BBC and ITV have agreed a deal for live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 and FIFA World Cup 2030 across TV, audio and digital platforms. Alongside live TV coverage and highlights across the BBC TV Channels and iPlayer, live audio commentary will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports […]

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 […]

The BBC has announced that it will show the FA Cup third-round games between Manchester City and Salford City and Arsenal vs Manchester United this January. Pep Guardiola’s side will host League Two Salford, owned by a group of former Manchester United players, on January 11th with kick-off at 17:45 GMT, whilst Arsenal will welcome […]

Speaking at Content London, Graham Haigh, EVP Digital, Global Partnerships and COO of upcoming new label Zoo 55, announced that ITV Studios will launch The Graham Norton Show Channel on the Roku Channel in the US and Canada, along with three further new FAST channels. The Graham Norton Show channel – featuring running episodes of […]

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 […]

Formula E and ITV have announced a new free-to-air broadcast deal for the UK and Ireland, with all 16 E-Prix and Qualifying sessions for Season 11 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship to be shown live on ITV4 and ITVX As the series’ new free-to-air home for the UK, the broadcaster will also […]

STV Group, in a trading update, has reported that performance remains “in line with market expectations, despite ongoing weakness in the linear TV advertising and commissioning markets”. The Scottish broadcaster says it continues to trade well, winning commissions despite constrained budgets and delivering for its customers in a continued inflationary environment. The forward orderbook sits […]

A number of suitors have been studying the merits of a takeover bid for ITV, the UK’s dominant terrestrial commercial broadcaster, after a prolonged period of share price weakness and renewed questions about its long-term strategic outlook. Sky News reports that, in recent weeks, an array of “possible bidders” have held early-stage discussions about teaming […]

ITV has announced that Editor of ITV Network News, Andrew Dagnell, has been promoted to lead news and current affairs content across the whole of ITV, reporting to Kevin Lygo. He succeeds long-standing Director of News and Current Affairs Michael Jermey, who will leave ITV at the end of the year. Lygo commented: “I am […]