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ITV new commissions with Adam Lambert, Kylie Minogue

ITV1, ITVX and Lifted Entertainment (part of ITV Studios) have announced two new commissions: Loud: An Adam Lambert Documentary and An Audience with Kylie. Loud: An Adam Lambert Documentary (working title) is a 60 minute documentary where audiences will see Adam exploring the history of Queer artists in the music industry. Superstar and Grammy nominated […]

August 29, 2023

ITVX hits 2bn streams

ITVX has announced it has reached two billion streams since launch (in December 2022). Last year was ITV’s previous most successful year for streaming with 1.9 billion streams across the whole 12 months. ITVX reached 1 billion streams on April 9th this year. From January to June this year, ITVX attracted more viewers with monthly […]

August 25, 2023

ITV announces The Fortune Hotel

ITV1 and ITVX have announced a high-octane new reality entertainment event, The Fortune Hotel, launching in 2024. Produced by Tuesday’s Child exclusively for ITV and STV, the 8 x 60’ prime-time series will invite viewers into a luxury Caribbean resort filled with glamour, opulence and deception… Hosted by Stephen Mangan, 10 pairs of contestants will […]

August 23, 2023

CITV channel to shutter in September

ITV has announced that its children’s TV channel CITV will close next month to make way for ITVX Kids, the children’s service on the ITVX streaming platform which launched earlier this summer. ITV told Sky News: “As a consequence of this new streaming approach and responding to the changing ways children and their parents are […]

August 21, 2023

ITV commission Big Zuu’s 12 Dishes in 12 Hours

ITV has announced a new entertainment commission hosted by double BAFTA award winning broadcaster, artist and TV chef Big Zuu. Big Zuu’s 12 Dishes in 12 Hours will air on ITV1 and ITVX in 2024 and is co-produced by Twofour and Zuu’s new TV production label Big Productions. In this new six part series the multi-hyphenate Big Zuu will take both viewers and […]

August 17, 2023

ITV invests in Flarin

ITV has announced its third 2023 deal as part of its Media for Equity portfolio, in pain relief brand Flarin – its first consumer healthcare investment to date. As part of ITV Adventures Invest, its Media for Equity investment fund, ITV has agreed to invest up to £5 million of advertising inventory across ITV’s channels […]

August 15, 2023

ITV H1: Digital revenue up 24%

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has released half-year results that show ITV Studios revenues up 8 per cent and digital revenue up 24 per cent, offsetting a decline in linear advertising revenues. “The continued momentum behind ITV’s strategic transformation delivered strong growth in Studios and Digital revenues in the first half of the year, largely offsetting […]

July 27, 2023By Colin Mann

Xero sponsors Women’s World Cup on ITV

ITV has announced a new Women’s World Cup sponsorship agreement with global small business platform, Xero. As Official FIFA Women’s Football Partner, as well as partner of the England Senior Women’s team, Xero will sponsor the coverage across ITV platforms for the duration of the tournament from July 20th to August 20th, spanning 32 games […]

July 19, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Fat Friends on BritBox

Banijay Rights has announced BritBox UK, available as part of ITVX Premium, has acquired Fat Friends, the renowned Kay Mellor comedy-drama that first aired on British TV screens 23 years ago. Produced by Mellor’s Rollem Productions in association with Tiger Aspect Productions, a Banijay UK company, and Yorkshire Television, Fat Friends debuted on ITV1 in […]

July 17, 2023

ITV revives Wheel of Fortune

Iconic game show Wheel of Fortune will return to ITV1 and ITVX in 2024. Based on the successful global brand, the show will be hosted by Graham Norton and produced by Whisper North, part of the Sony Pictures Television- backed Whisper Group. The series will returning for an 8 x 60 run including two celebrity […]

June 28, 2023