European club rugby will be shown free to air on ITV under a new deal that will see live coverage of the Heineken Champions Cup shown from this season. ITV will broadcast one match per round, including the Final, of the world’s biggest international club rugby competition – which is entering its 28th year – […]
The DPP, the media business network, has announced plans to become fully self-sufficient. The founding shareholder members, BBC, ITV and C4 will relinquish their Board positions and revert to normal DPP membership. This change in control acknowledges the evolution of the DPP since it was founded in 2015. It has fulfilled its original purpose of […]
Globally renowned horserace Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (October 2nd) has attracted increased worldwide coverage in 2022. The Arc will bring together a truly international field endorsed by widespread broadcast exposure. HBA Media, in its first year as France Galop’s dedicated global horseracing distribution partner, has secured the event greater broadcast reach and exposure […]
ITV has appointed Sheena Amin as director of ITV AdVentures Invest. Amin takes on the role following the departure of Niko Waesche, who set up and ran the fund in its first two years. Amin joins ITV from BBC Studios channel business UKTV, where she was responsible for launching and running its media for equity […]
Today is a public holiday in the UK for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, and there will be no Daily News email. Going back seventy years, the Queen’s reign has encompassed many, many technological milestones, not least in television. And her funeral is set to be perhaps the most globally covered event in history. […]
ITV has agreed a deal to show live, free to air coverage of Scotland’s forthcoming UEFA Nations League match against Ukraine. In a sub-licence agreement with rights holder, Premier Sports, ITV will bring viewers all the action from Hampden Park on September 21st. Coverage, which will be broadcast UK-wide, starts at 7pm on ITV4 and […]
Whip Media, the leading enterprise software platform and data provider to the world’s largest entertainment organisations, has announced that ITV Studios, the international content creator, producer and distributor, will utilise Whip Media’s platform for performance tracking of its popular entertainment content, including the company’s growing FAST (free ad-supported streaming TV) channels. ITV Studios, a part […]
ITV will show live coverage of England Women’s Summer Nations Series matches against USA and Wales. Both matches will be shown on ITV4 and ITV Hub. The matches will provide an opportunity to see England Women in action in the lead up to ITV’s coverage of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, which kicks off on […]
Country Pop Shania Twain is coming to ITV and taking her place on the panel for the forthcoming second series of Starstruck, which returns to ITV and ITVX in 2023. International superstar Shania Twain is a five-time GRAMMY winner and one of music’s most renowned trailblazers. With five albums released and more than 100 million […]
ITV has announced a slate of factual commissions for ITVX, its new streaming platform set to launch later this year. “We’re excited about the opportunity ITVX presents for us and with our commissioning we want to broaden the palette of factual in very different and surprising ways. Documentary box sets with directorial ambition, on a diverse […]