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ITVX launching Hayu Select

ITV has announced a deal with Hayu – the all-reality streaming service – to bolster ITVX Premium, the streaming platform’s subscription tier. The deal will see over 750 hours of content added to ITVX Premium in a branded area of ITVX called Hayu Select – which is scheduled to launch later this summer. Many of […]

July 3, 2024

18.4m watch England knock out Slovakia

ITV drew its biggest audience in two years on June 30th as a peak audience of 18.4 million watched England eliminate Slovakia from the Euro 2024 tournament across ITV1 and ITVX. An average audience of 15.6 million tuned in for the game – equating to 66 per cent of the nation’s TV audience -which saw […]

July 1, 2024By Nik Roseveare

S4C double orders Cyfrinachau’r Llyfrgell

Welsh language broadcaster S4C has ordered two seasons of Cyfrinachau’r Llyfgell/Best Kept Secrets, a show where celebrities explore their history and heritage by partnering with an archive or museum to delve into artifacts and documents. Produced by Slam Media the first season (4×60 minutes) will be broadcast in September 2024. The format will be internationally […]

July 1, 2024

Stick to Football: The Overlap Specials on ITV

The first in a special series of Stick to Football from the YouTube phenomenon The Overlap airs on ITV1 and ITVX tonight (June 28th) at 10.45pm. Over the course of four specially-commissioned episodes, viewers will be treated to insights and discussions about Euro 2024, as football legends Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Jill Scott and Roy […]

June 28, 2024

WOS Wrestling mounting return

WOS Wrestling is returning to live action with WOS: The Return, featuring many of the top stars from the popular 2018 ITV series and successful live tour in 2019. WOS stars already confirmed include Grado, Sha Samuels, Adam Maxted, Martin Kirby, Alpha Male Iestyn Rees and Ashton Smith. WOS: The Return will consist of two […]

June 28, 2024By Nik Roseveare

England vs Slovenia pulls ITV’s biggest audience of 2024

ITV’s biggest audience of 2024 watched England’s final Euro 2024 group game against Slovenia on June 25th. The match peaked at 15.4 million viewers on ITV1 and ITVX. England drew 0-0 with Slovenia but, despite another underwhelming performance, it was enough to see them top Group C and head into the knockout stage of the […]

June 26, 2024By Nik Roseveare

ITV hires Hoejmose as Group Chief Data and AI Officer

ITV has announced that Stefan Hoejmose will join the company as its new Group Chief Data and AI Officer, starting on July 8th. Hoejmose joins ITV from Roku, the US streaming platform, where he led the Data Science and Machine Learning team. He has previously also held senior data roles at Dyson, Sky, MediaCom and […]

June 26, 2024

ACT elects new board, acting Director

The Members of the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT) elected the new ACT Board following the Association’s annual General Assembly that took place in Brussels on 19 June 2024. The new Board Members are elected for a period of two years. They are: Carolina Lorenzon (Mediaset) – Chair […]

June 25, 2024

ITV’s Douglas Is Cancelled explores cancel culture

ITV is readying to debut Douglas Is Cancelled – a four-part comedy drama about modern cancel culture, set in the world of television news, starring Hugh Bonneville, Karen Gillan, Ben Miles, Alex Kingston, Nick Mohammed and Simon Russell Beale – and written by Primetime Emmy and BAFTA Winning screenwriter Steven Moffat. The series sees national […]

June 19, 2024

10m+ watch Euro 2024 opener on ITV

More than 10 million viewers watched ITV’s coverage of Euro 2024 opening match between Germany and Scotland on June 14th – the highest peak audience of any opening to a major football tournament in a decade. On ITV1 and ITVX the match peaked with 10.4 million, with an average of 9.1 million watching the match […]

June 17, 2024