CNBC has announced that Deep Bagchee has assumed the role of CNBC International President, effective immediately. Reporting to CNBC President KC Sullivan, Bagchee now leads CNBC International business operations across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America and will split his time between London and Singapore. Bagchee joins CNBC from ITV where […]
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 […]
Champions: Full Gallop, the new, prime-time six-part docuseries which delves into the world of horseracing, has proved a winner for ITV. The first episode of the docuseries aired on ITV1 and ITVX on July 19th and offered a backstage pass to the lives of jockeys and trainers connected to horses competing in a dramatic King […]
ITV has reported total Q2 revenue was down 3 per cent at £1.9 billion (€2.26), with growth in total advertising revenue (TAR) offset by the expected decline in ITV Studios revenue. Total external revenue was down 2 per cent at £1.59 billion in the period to June 30th. Group adjusted EBITA was up 40 per […]
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 […]
A peak TV audience of 24.2 million watched the Euro 2024 final last night across ITV and the BBC, with an average of 22.3 million watching the match from 8pm until the final whistle. ITV had a 26 per cent viewing share of those watching or streaming the match through a TV, an increase of […]
A peak of 21.6 million viewers across TV and streaming watched ITV’s coverage of England vs Netherlands on July 10th as Gareth Southgate’s team secured their place in the Euro 2024 final. This is the highest peak audience on a single channel since December 2022, when the nation watched England’s quarter-final game against France on […]
ITV has partnered with eBay and PropUp Project, a not-for-profit organisation which specialises in rehoming and reselling props and other items from the film and television industry, to launch ITV ReLoved, an official eBay marketplace. ITV ReLoved will offer fans the chance to purchase a wide range of props, costumes, furniture and other behind the […]
The BBC has acquired Austin, a new eight-part scripted comedy series starring Ben Miller, Sally Phillips, and Michael Theo. The series has been acquired for BBC iPlayer and TV channels from ITV Studios. When much-loved children’s author Julian Hartswood (Miller) inadvertently causes a social media storm, his career and that of his illustrator wife Ingrid […]
ITV’s Euro 2024 coverage, along with a new season of Love Island and a selection of new dramas drove record streaming numbers in June for ITVX, with 375.8 million streams across the month, making it ITVX’s best ever month in streaming, up 54 per cent year on year. June 30th also saw ITV’s biggest ever […]