Speaking at the Creative Cities Convention ITV’s Head of Digital Channels and Acquisitions, Paul Mortimer, has announced that he is looking for scripted titles and factual shows that appeal to young audiences, that he will commission for the ITV2 brand and ITV Hub. Mortimer’s role has adapted with the Media and Entertainment model coming in […]
The Voice Senior is further expanding its presence in the Latin American market. Both Caracol Television in Colombia and Latina in Peru have acquired the hit talent show, bringing the total number of countries that have licensed the format to 16. In the LatAm region, they follow after Mexico and Brazil who previously acquired the […]
The Randox Grand National Festival and the Cheltenham Festival has brought unprecedented interest in horseracing from audiences stuck at home, according to Racecourse Media Group (RMG), which described the last few weeks as a “watershed” period for the sport. With most of the nation at home due to lockdown restrictions, which had resulted in the […]
Co-op and ITV have announced the renewal of their partnership, following three successful years since the iconic Co-op Weatherfield store debuted on the Coronation Street soap opera. The UK convenience retailer and Britain’s longest running soap embarked on an ITV-first product placement partnership in 2018, which introduced a fully branded Co-op store to the famous […]
Amdocs Media, a division of Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies, has announced two new appointments that further strengthen its successful sales team in Europe. Michael Ritchie joins Amdocs Media from System 73 as Head of Sales for Western Europe and Africa, and Emil Umetbaev joins the business from MediaKind […]
Moritz Polter, the award-winning Executive Producer behind the acclaimed Das Boot series for Sky, Freud for Netflix/ORF and Arctic Circle for ZDF/Elisa Viihde/YLE is to join ITV Studios, establishing a new scripted label which will be launched later this year. Based in Germany with an international scope, Polter will bring his expertise in the creation, […]
Workflow automation and media processing specialist Telestream has secured a major contract with UK commercial broadcaster, ITV. The project sees ITV migrating many of its current on-premise media processing operations into the Cloud while establishing new cloud-based media processing operations for preparation of BritBox UK VoD content on Amazon Prime Video Channels. Commencing pre-pandemic, ITV […]
The global roll-out of the award-winning format Love Island continues; the popular dating reality show has been commissioned by TV Nova in Czech Republic and Markiza in Slovakia. This will mark the 21st version for the format, which sees single men and women live together in a villa and couple up in the hope of […]
Virgin Media has unveiled its most popular viewing trends for the first three months of 2021, a quarter which saw growth in viewing across all key genres and particularly among young viewers. In a quarter of unprecedented pandemic uncertainty, viewers have turned to Virgin Media in huge numbers across its linear channels and Virgin Media […]
ITV has appointed Vineet Raheja as Creative Development Controller. Raheja will lead the Creative Development and Creative Production teams across the regions joining the Regional Senior Leadership Team and working closely with the Client Strategy team. Raheja, who starts his new immediately, has worked for large network agencies such as Bates and McCann but also […]