ITV1 and ITVX’s extensive Oscars coverage tripled UK Oscars viewing year-on-year while viewers also flocked to stream Ryan Gosling’s I’m Just Ken performance. In total, the combined reach of all of ITV1 and ITVX’s Oscars content offerings – including exclusive red carpet and behind-the-scenes moments – hit 5.2 million viewers, 7-day figures across devices show. […]
ITV has accepted the UK media regulator Ofcom’s offer to renew all of its public service broadcasting licences for a full ten-year term to 2034. The commercial television broadcaster and content producer said the Channel Three licences cover all of ITV1’s output. This includes its 13 nations and regions news franchises (UTV, Border, Tyne Tees, […]
The biggest UK television audience of the year across all channels watched ITV’s free to air coverage of Manchester United’s FA Cup quarter-final win against Liverpool on March 17th with a peak of 8.6 million tuning in as the game went into extra-time. United earnt a dramatic 4-3 victory with a last gasp winner over […]
People’s Postcode Lottery has launched a new cross-broadcaster campaign ahead of April’s 2024 draws – their biggest ever. To celebrate this, People’s Postcode Lottery worked with the7stars, to devise a creative and media strategy that brings together some of the UK’s biggest names from across the nation’s biggest broadcasters and runs from March 15th – […]
ITV has announced the VIP guests who will join Jonathan Ross as he hosts Oscars LIVE, as for the first time in almost two decades UK viewers can watch the ceremony completely free and exclusively on ITV1 and ITVX. From 10.15pm on March 10th on ITV1 and ITVX actor Richard Armitage, actor, film critic and […]
ITV has reported an overall 2023 profit decline of 61 per cent YoY, to £193 million (€225.8m). The UK commercial broadcaster attributed the figure to the the downturn in the linear ad market and its ongoing investment in streaming service ITVX. Total group revenues declined by 2 per cent to £4.3 billion, with total external […]
Global, the Media and Entertainment group, has appointed Simon Pitts as the next Group Chief Executive of the company from Q1 2025, replacing Stephen Miron, who announced recently he was stepping down as Group Chief Executive after 16 years at the helm to become Global’s Chairman. Pitts joins Global from STV, where he has been […]
ITV has revealed the five companies that have been matched with one of the broadcaster’s commissioners and given funding to pitch to a brief, as part of Amplify: The Regions – a new development initiative being piloted by ITV in the nations and regions. The five companies are: Afro-Mic Productions, Blazing Griffin, Bowled Over, Drummer […]
South Shore and Bone Soup have been commissioned to produce a new Tom Kerridge fronted series for ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player. Tom Kerridge Cooks Britain sees the Michelin-starred chef embarking on a road trip in a remodelled 1950’s food truck. From Cornish fisherman to Scottish fruit farmers, he calls in on producers to […]
ITV has sold its entire 50 per cent interest in digital subscription streaming service BritBox International to its joint venture partner BBC Studios for a cash consideration of £255 million (€297.7m). The sale comes as ITV focuses its strategy on its own streaming service, ITVX, and its Studios division. The Board intends to return the […]