UK commercial PSB ITV has appointed Andrew Cosslett as its new Chair to succeed Sir Peter Bazalgette, who will step down after just over six years in the role and nine years on the Board. Cosslett will join the Board as an independent Non-executive Director and Chair Designate with effect from June 1st and will […]
TRIC has announced that the TRIC Awards 2022, will be back at Grosvenor House on Park Lane, the home of over 50 TRIC Awards ceremonies over the years. The day will see the best talent of TV, radio and online celebrating the most loved shows and talent, taking place in the hight of British summer […]
ITV has announced changes in the Media and Entertainment content commissioning division, bringing in complete genre-based commissioning to support ITV’s move to one content budget across platforms, as well as the recently announced digital first windowing strategy. As ITV moves to a complete genre-based commissioning structure, Paul Mortimer will now head a commissioning department, as […]
Seven of the UK’s main broadcasters have come together to create access and inclusion ‘passports’ that will remove barriers and support better inclusion of disabled people and other colleagues at work. Channel 4, ITV, BBC, STV, UKTV, S4C and Paramount UK have consulted to agree a similar approach which will see broadcasters encouraging staff to […]
ITV has announced it is investing in a partnership with European car marketplace carwow, in return for advertising inventory across ITV’s channels and the ITV Hub. Marking ITV’s first media for equity investment in 2022, the carwow deal follows four similar investments in 2021 via the programme. As part of the deal, ITV is acquiring […]
YouTube sensation Chunkz will host as ITV2 launches Britain’s most chaotic cooking show, Bad Chefs. In the ultimate recipe for disaster, this brand new reality show from Lifted Entertainment will challenge ten takeaway addicts to ditch the delivery apps and swap convenience food for culinary flare as they learn to cook for the very first […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has reported a strong 2021 with record revenues and revealed an acceleration of its digital strategy which will see the launch in Q4 of ITVX, which it says is the first integrated AVoD/SVoD platform in the UK. But despite the revenue record, softer forecasts and the looming costs of the streaming […]
ITV has signed an agreement with WarnerMedia International Television Distribution which will make the UK content network the exclusive free-to-air home of programmes including the The Sex Lives of College Girls, a comedy series created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble. The first season will have its UK premiere exclusively on ITV Hub and ITV2 […]
ITV Studios has announced the expansion of Armoza Formats with its new production company, Armoza Productions. The Israeli-based content creators and distributors will now serve as the production arm of ITV Studios within Israel, producing all ITV Studios content in the future. The production company is already attached to produce the new season of ITV […]
ITV has commissioned a food artist to create images of famous faces from vegetables to mark the return of the award-winning healthy eating campaign, Eat Them To Defeat Them, to schools. Eat Them To Defeat Them returned this month for its fourth consecutive year with its biggest target yet – reaching one million children with […]