BritBox UK, the streaming service created by ITV and the BBC, has confirmed four original commissions. In addition to A Spy Among Friends; the limited series based on the best-selling book written by Ben Macintyre and produced by ITV Studios’ BAFTA award-winner Patrick Spence, BritBox UK has greenlit a raft of scripted drama. The Beast […]
As BritBox escalates its plans to launch in Australia later this year, joint venture partners BBC Studios and ITV have announced the appointment of Moira Hogan as Country Manager. Tasked with leading the BritBox Australia strategy and team, Moira joins from Network 10, where she was Head of Content and Commercial Partnerships for Digital Media. […]
Three Media, a specialist technology company, has joined the DPP, the media industry’s business network, with the aim of expanding its exposure and bringing its distinctive perspective to the forum. Originally founded by UK broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, to standardise tapeless programme delivery, the DPP has broadened its scope to become […]
Cambodian Broadcasting Service (CBS) has commissioned two seasons of ITV Studios’ general knowledge game show Divided. The game show that puts viewers on the edge of their seats has already traveled widely across the globe, marking Cambodia as the 23rd country to license this format. The Cambodian version of the game show will be produced […]
Carolyn McCall, chief executive of UK commercial public service broadcaster (PSB) ITV, says the nation’s PSBs (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5) urgently need a modern framework that recognises a seismic shift in broadcasting. Writing a comment piece in the Daily Telegraph, McCall notes that the UK public service broadcasters have stepped up to […]
ITV is to launch a series of short films offering black people a platform to share stories of racism and their vision of changes they believe should happen. Aiming to promote understanding and discussion around a cause of profound importance, in order to contribute towards inspiring long term change, ITV will feature of range of […]
ITV has outlined its plans to accelerate change in diversity and inclusion on screen and across ITV by creating more opportunities for those from Black, Asian, minority ethnic and other underrepresented groups. Over the next 12 months ITV will increase investment in this area and this plan will deliver measurable change across all levels and […]
A unique collaboration will see the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 come together for the first time to share a short film for all viewers at the same time across their channels. A total of 21 channels will simultaneously broadcast the film. This rare TV moment will serve to mark and celebrate the […]
ITV Hub will revisit another vintage sporting year, delving into its archive to bring viewers the Rugby World Cup 2003 Revisited. Complete coverage of the fifth Rugby World Cup will play out exclusively across ITV Hub from July 20th, with all England matches also playing out on ITV4. Audiences can relive all the euphoria from […]
ITV has announced Nana Hughes as the newly appointed Head of Scripted Comedy. Reporting into Head of Drama, Polly Hill, Hughes will be responsible for driving and developing scripted comedy content and will also support developing scripted comedy drama content. Hughes is a BAFTA, RTS & Broadcast award winning comedy Executive Producer and founder of […]