Responding to media speculation, UK commercial broadcaster ITV has confirmed that further to its announcement on June 16th, it continues to monitor but is no longer actively exploring the possible acquisition of TV production house All3Media. “ITV plc assesses all potential value-creating M&A opportunities against its strict financial criteria and disciplined capital allocation framework,” it […]
Live, in-race timing information will be broadcast on-screen and published online for all races at the 26 Irish racecourses from January 1st 2024, as part of the media rights renewal between Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) and Association of Irish Racecourses (AIR) and media companies, Sports Information Services (SIS) and Racecourse Media Group (RMG). The system […]
Research from System1, the creative effectiveness platform, and ITV, has revealed the key ingredients of TV adverts that achieve short-term success. The research is based upon System1’s Spike Rating – a predictive score that indicates short-term sales effect over the 8-10 weeks after an advert has aired, derived from two factors: speed of branding and […]
TF1 in France and Vox in Germany are the next major broadcasters to announce their editions of My Mum, Your Dad, the second-chance dating format created by father-daughter duo Greg Daniels and Haley Daniels with ITV America’s ITV Entertainment, originally for HBO Max. ITV Studios France and ITV Studios Germany will produce the series in […]
Coronation Street royalty Barbara Knox will celebrate her milestone 90th birthday with a special one off documentary coming to ITV1 and ITVX later this year. The street stalwart, who has played the iconic Rita Tanner continuously for over half a century, will join Bradley Walsh as she looks back on the highlights from an illustrious […]
Iconic game show Wheel of Fortune will return to ITV1 and ITVX in 2024. Based on the successful global brand, the show will be hosted by Graham Norton and produced by Whisper North, part of the Sony Pictures Television- backed Whisper Group. The series will returning for an 8 x 60 run including two celebrity […]
The BBC and ITV will share live television coverage of the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Both broadcasters have now revealed their schedule and proposed picks for the tournament ahead. The tournament kicks-off on the BBC, with live coverage of host nation New Zealand facing Norway in Auckland at […]
ITV has commissioned, Red Eye, to premiere on ITVX. The six part thriller series is set between an all-night plane flight from London to Beijing and the corridors of power within Whitehall. Starring Jing Lusi, Richard Armitage and Lesley Sharp, the show has been commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama Polly Hill and is British […]
In response to recent media speculation, UK commercial broadcaster ITV has confirmed that it is actively exploring the possible acquisition of TV production house All3Media. In a letter to shareholders it said: “There can be no certainty as to whether any transaction will take place, nor as to the terms of any such transaction. A […]
ITV and the BBC will provide live television coverage of the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The news, accompanied by a separate announcement from the European Broadcasting Union and FIFA, ends fears that the tournament would not be shown in a number of major European markets, with the game’s […]