ITV has announced the commission of new documentary Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean, produced by Wingspan Productions. The 90 minute film will see Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean travel to Alaska on an quest to fulfil a life-long dream that also provides a first-hand insight into the effects of climate change. The […]
UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has confirmed that negotiations over the level of the next BBC licence fee are getting under way and that he has assembled a panel of broadcasting and tech experts to help shape the future of public broadcasting. Writing an opinion piece in UK daily The Telegraph, Dowden says the BBC […]
ITV Studios’ reality hit Love Island has been commissioned by Quebecor Content in Canada for a French spoken version. Following recently announced commissions in Spain, Nigeria and Italy, this will be the 19th local adaptation of the reality dating format. In Canada, the show will be co-produced by Productions Déferlantes and Zone 3, in collaboration […]
The ITV Hub is to launch two new spin off shows which premiere on the platform, offering audiences a wealth of bonus content around two of ITV’s most popular entertainment shows, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here and The Masked Singer. I’m A Celebrity…The Daily Drop is a new companion show for I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out […]
UK commercial PSB ITV is to restructure its broadcast business in a move it says will better reflect and serve changing viewing habits. ITV will establish a new Media and Entertainment Division with two new business units – Broadcast and On-Demand. The Broadcast business will continue to deliver ITV’s USP of mass simultaneous reach. ITV’s […]
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall has told the RTS digital conference that it will start to commission original programming for its AVoD platform ITV Hub, and has talked up co-production opportunities for its joint venture streamer BritBox. McCall said ITV had “invested a lot in Hub” and added that 80 per cent of 16-34s in the […]
BritBox has ordered a second season of Spitting Image that will air in autumn 2021. The satirical puppet show returned to UK screens on October 3rd as the first BritBox original, and received critical acclaim; new subscribers for BritBox increased ten-fold compared to the average daily rate for the BBC and ITV created streaming platform. […]
ITV Studios, a global creator, producer and distributor of programmes, and Something Special, Korea’s format and creativity-led, global content, development, production and distribution company, have agreed a deal which will see the two companies work together to create and develop new formats to take to the international market. Something Special is a new company which […]
ITV’s premium advanced advertising platform, Planet V, has gone live. After almost 50,000 hours of development work customising and configuring this unique advertising proposition, ITV says Planet V will allow both advertisers and agencies control over the planning, purchasing and reporting of their campaigns across the ITV Hub. Deployed as a wholly self service solution, […]
The Voice UK 2020 competition is returning to ITV this October. Paused earlier this year when Covid-19 halted production, the producers have now announced that they will be bringing the contest to its conclusion and crowning an ultimate winner. Ahead of the Semi-Final and Final, a special catch up show will be screened later this […]