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ITV Studios’ Cattleya writers form Dedalus prodco

Building on their long-standing partnership marked by titles such as Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero, The Immortal and Django, Cattleya – part of ITV Studios – and the writers Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli are to co-found a new production company. Dedalus, as it is to be called, is already working on two new projects: Everything We Ever […]

October 16, 2023

The Voice hits over 150 global commissions

ITV Studios format The Voice has reached a milestone with a combined number of over 150 adaptations of the popular talent show and its spin-offs airing in countries all over the world. Since its premiere in The Netherlands in 2010, nineteen countries have aired ten seasons or more, with NBC in the US the forerunner […]

October 16, 2023

CMA probes UK broadcasters over freelance contracts

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation under section 25 of the Competition Act 1998 (CA98) into a suspected infringement or infringements of the Chapter I prohibition of the CA98 by a number of undertakings involved in the production, creation and/or broadcasting of television content. The investigation concerns the activities of […]

October 12, 2023

ITV rolls out linear addressable advertising

ITV has announced the launch of linear addressable advertising across ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and ITVBe in YouView homes, opening up addressable targeting for advertisers in live broadcast viewing across 1.3 million households. The announcement follows a successful beta trial of the ad-replacement technology over the last 12 months, during which more than 30 million addressable […]

October 11, 2023

ITV upgrades ACT tool to identify emotions

ITV is launching a newly upgraded development of its Automated Contextual Targeting (ACT) tool, through a partnership with search intelligence platform Captify. ITV will use Captify’s advanced contextual classification technology to identify certain types of moments, themes and emotions during ITV programmes for advertiser targeting. Developed by ITV’s AdLabs, this next stage of ACT is […]

October 10, 2023

Garcia heads ITV Studios Iberia

ITV Studios has announced that entertainment executive Nathalie Garcia is joining its international production group as Managing Director of ITV Studios Iberia, effective November 1st. The new entity will be the exclusive home of ITV Studios’ formats in Spain such as The Voice (La Voz), The Voice Kids (La Voz Kids) and The Chase (El […]

October 9, 2023

WXV announces global broadcast deals

WXV, a new dawn for international women’s rugby, has announced a number of broadcast deals in key and emerging rugby territories. Matches in all three divisions – WXV 1, WXV 2 and WXV 3 – will be broadcast live, with RugbyPass TV offering free streaming of any matches outside of the relevant territories. Sky New […]

October 5, 2023

AEW WrestleDream to air on ITV4

The AEW WrestleDream event will air for free in the UK on ITV4 at 10:30pm on on October 5th. The event, which is available via PPV when it takes place on October 1st, emanates from Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington. It serves as a tribute show in honour of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) founder […]

September 29, 2023By Nik Roseveare

ITV announces new regional development pilot

Following on from Kevin Lygo, ITV’s Managing Director, Media & Entertainment, and his Commissioning Team giving an in person Producers’ Briefing at HOME Theatre Manchester on September 27th, ITV has announcd a brand new development initiative being piloted in the nations and regions – Amplify: The Regions. The aim of the pilot is to further […]

September 28, 2023

Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe secures global coverage

The Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (October 1st) has many headline stories with Frankie Dettori being the undisputed star of the international circuit. As the retiring jockey bids to add to his record six Arc wins, 25 international broadcasters are set to showcase the action. In France, M6 will be on-site to do a […]

September 28, 2023