UK commercial broadcaster ITV has agreed a new three year deal to show exclusive, free to air coverage of UK horse racing until the end of 2026. Well over 100 days of live coverage will be shown across ITV1 and ITV4 each year – all simulcast on ITVX – along with morning racing programme The […]
In a move that will see the closure of linear channel CITV, UK commercial broadcaster ITV is to launch a new dedicated destination for kids on its AVoD platform ITVX – ITVX Kids – promising more content than ever before, across a range of titles appealing to both school age and pre-school age children. […]
BT and Digital 3&4 (D3&4) have confirmed that ITV and Channel 4’s terrestrial Freeview channels have moved to cloud-based processing, describing it as a major step forward for the television industry. The multi-million-pound contract between BT and D3&4 (a joint venture company established by ITV and Channel 4) has seen BT switch on start-to-finish cloud […]
ITV has beta-launched a new interactive web-based tool to help advertisers to recession-proof their business. Commissioned by ITV AdLabs, ITV’s commercial innovations umbrella, the free Recovery Budget Planner, built using independent data from Magic Numbers, will give advertisers the expected impacts of different advertising budget scenarios in terms of market share, sales and profit. Designed […]
ITV Studios has announced a slew of new sales in the Nordics across its drama slate. The deal, which closed at the ITV Studios’ Drama Festival, part of the third annual London TV Screenings, sees five major Nordic public broadcasters: SVT in Sweden, NRK in Norway, YLE in Finland, DR in Denmark and RUV in […]
ITV has announced that Alex Pumfrey is to join the company as Director of Strategic Partnerships to shape and deliver ITV’s partnership strategy. Reporting to Martin Goswami, Group Strategic Partnerships and Distribution Director, Pumfrey will develop ITV’s relationships across national media players (such as BBC, BT, Sky and Virgin Media) and international tech players (such […]
ITV has reported total external revenue was up 8 per cent at £3.72 billion (€4.17bn) in 2022, and total group revenue up 7 per cent at £4.34 billion. Total ITV Studios revenue were up 19 per cent at £2.09 billion with growth across the business. Media & Entertainment (M&E) revenue was down 1 per cent at […]
Sixteen Indian Premier League (IPL) are set to broadcast free-to-air in the UK, with ITV signing a deal with OTT broadcaster DAZN. According to a reports, the two broadcasters have partnered to take the current IPL rights away from Sky Sports on a five-year deal. ITV will air 16 of the regular season games, with […]
ITV is adding architectural tech company Resi to its Media for Equity portfolio in its first investment of 2023. As part of ITV Adventures Invest, its Media for Equity investment fund, ITV has agreed to invest up to £3 million of advertising inventory across ITV’s channels and ITVX in return for a minority equity stake […]
ITV has announced a partnership with StudioCanal to carry its StudioCanal Presents service, which will bolster ITVX Premium, the streamer’s subscription tier, giving ITVX subscribers access to hundreds of titles from StudioCanal’s catalogue. Scheduled to launch on ITVX Premium this spring, the deal will see over 400 films added to the subscription tier of the […]