UK commercial broadcaster ITV has published its Interim results for the period ending June 30th 2020. Revenues slumped by 17 per cent to £1.21 billion (€1.02bn) largely caused by a lack of demand for advertising bought about by the pandemic. Carolyn McCall, ITV Chief Executive, said: “This has been one of the most challenging times […]
A surge in screen time during lockdown saw UK adults spend 40 per cent of their waking day watching TV and online video services, broadcast regulator Ofcom has found in its annual study of the nation’s media habits. People spend
ITV will continue as the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster of British horse racing until 2023. ITV, which has shown racing exclusively since 2017, has secured the rights to show nearly 100 days of racing each year for a further three years from 2021. The deal includes all the marquee events on ITV main channel, such as […]
ITV Studios has announced it will not exhibit at MIPCOM this October and will instead launch an extension to its Spring Drama and Formats Festivals. The inaugural ITV Studios Fall Festival, will be a series of virtual content and production sessions for buyers held over three weeks from September 14th. In addition to providing a […]
BBC Studios and ITV have revealed plans to roll out their joint venture SVoD service BritBox globally, which could see the streaming platform expanding to up to 25 countries worldwide. Building upon the success of the service in the US and Canada, where it recently hit one million subscribers, as well as the UK, where […]
ITV Studios has expanded its production partnership with Spanish production house Boomerang TV. The partnership gives Boomerang TV the exclusive production rights to all the non-scripted ITV Studios formats uncommitted in this territory. Boomerang has a longstanding relationship with Global Entertainment, ITV Studios. They have been producing multiple shows for the company for many years, […]
With comedy venues currently closed, Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club – a Hotsauce TV Production – will showcase the new talents performing in a recreation of the vibe and atmosphere of a small comedy venue, all filmed within Covid guidelines. The show will launch on ITV later this year. Each 30 minute episode will see four […]
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 […]