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Queen Elizabeth II

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. […]

September 19, 2022

ITV to air Scotland vs Ukraine Nations League match

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 […]

September 19, 2022

Whip Media partners with ITV Studios

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 […]

September 15, 2022

ITV to air England Women’s rugby warm ups

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 […]

September 1, 2022

Shania Twain joins ITV’s Starstruck

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 […]

August 31, 2022

ITV unveils slate of factual commissions for ITVX

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 […]

August 24, 2022

ITV unveils its Super Saturday entertainment schedule

ITV has announced a raft of returning formats to kick start its Autumn entertainment schedule. The Masked Dancer, The Voice UK and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire are all back on ITV and ITV Hub from September 3rd, with Ninja Warrior Race For Glory making its long awaited return later in the month. The […]

August 24, 2022

PSBs call for sports rights protection

The heads of UK public service broadcasters (PSBs) BBC and ITV have written an open letter warning that so-called ‘Crown Jewel’ sporting events such as the Olympics and the football World Cup risk going behind a paywall unless the Government proceeds with new legislation, amid fears that proposed media legislation could be dropped by Prime […]

August 22, 2022By Colin Mann

ITV collaborates with tech players for NW talent drive

ITV is collaborating with leading employers in the North West, in their collective aim to grow and diversify the pool of technology talent in the region. The coalition of employers is made up of leading businesses operating in the North West including ANS, Arup, Cloud Co Solutions, GCHQ, ITV, Microsoft, PwC, TalkTalk and the University […]

August 22, 2022

Quay Street Productions Significant Other due on ITVX in 2023

Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios) has announced Katherine Parkinson and Youssef Kerkour as the leads in new ITVX comedic-drama Significant Other, which explores the unromantic-romance of two people whose drastic, but fateful, first meeting turns their lives around.  The series starts filming in Manchester next month and will air on ITVX […]

August 22, 2022