UK broadcast industry executives have called for swift progress on enacting the proposed Media Bill stressing that it must be future-proofed to avoid issues arising, as has become the case with existing legislation, which is 20 years-old. Delivering a keynote speech on ‘the future for the BBC – audiences, mission, scope and priorities, UK and […]
Hit ITV game show The 1% Club, hosted by Bafta nominated Lee Mack and produced by Magnum Media, is set to return for a third season will see double the number of episodes, going from 8 to 16, and two Christmas specials planned for this year and 2024. The Saturday night, prime-time show, currently on air in its second run, […]
ITV will show live, free to air coverage of the Derby, one of the crown jewels in the racing calendar, followed by the first ever Manchester City vs Manchester United FA Cup Final on June 3rd. Both events will be shown on ITV1 and simulcast on ITVX with the Derby starting at 1.30pm and the […]
ITV, Adylic, OMD and Tourism Ireland have partnered to create a brand-new data-driven dynamic creative campaign on ITVX using Planet V, ITV’s programmatic video advertising platform, which will tailor the messaging that viewers see based on selected ITVX audience and contextual data sets. This is the first time that the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster has […]
Big Talk Productions, the independent TV production company behind multi-award winning shows has rebranded to Big Talk Studios. The company says the new name reflects the its evolution into a Global Studio to provide a comprehensive range of disciplines to support the creation, production and exploitation of original premium television and genre bending film. The […]
ITV and Initial (part of Banijay UK) have announced that the new hosts for the forthcoming series of Big Brother and its companion show – AJ Odudu and Will Best – ahead of the show’s hotly anticipated return to ITVX and ITV2 later this year. The pair will share the iconic hosting role on the main […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom is seeking views on whether to remove some or all of the stricter advertising rules that apply to commercially-funded public service broadcasters. All UK broadcasters are subject to restrictions on the quantity and scheduling of advertising on their channels. But under rules introduced over 30 years ago, the public service broadcasting […]
Vinted, the online marketplace for buying and selling second-hand clothes and lifestyle items, will be This Morning’s new pre-loved fashion partner. Vinted will sponsor a bespoke fashion segment, using 10″ idents interrupting editorial, as well as 10” promotional adverts shot on set, demonstrating to viewers how easy it is to buy and sell on the […]
On April 9th, ITVX officially hit the one billion streams mark. The milestone came just over four months after the service’s launch on December 8th 2022. 2022 was ITV’s previous most successful year for streaming, when it took nearly seven months to hit the one billion streams mark. This follows on from ITVX achieving its […]
LG Electronics’ free streaming service, LG Channels, has tripled its user base in Europe over the last year. The service was first launched in 2016 in the US and in 2019 in select European countries. According to LG data, as of January 2023, the number of LG Channels users in the 16 European markets where […]