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ITVX sees record month driven by World Cup, Love Island

ITVX has reported its strongest monthly performance to date, crossing the 400 million monthly streams milestone for the first time in June. Driven by a summer schedule of live sport and reality content, the platform has recorded 468 million streams, and  21 million users across the month. This represents an increase of 173 million streams […]

July 2, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Love Island returns with 2.1m views

ITV has reported that the debut of its thirteenth season of Love Island attracted a consolidated 2.1 million viewers, up on the most recent Love Island All Stars series. Love Island, the popular reality dating series, continues to generate ITV’s biggest 16-34 audience of the year, currently averaging 0.7 million viewers in this demographic. Meanwhile […]

June 10, 2026

ITVX sees May streams up 19% YoY

ITVX has reported its most successful May on record, outperforming 2025’s previous high-water mark with four days of the month remaining. Total streams for the month rose by +19 per cent year-on-year – representing an increase of over 45 million streams compared to May 2025. May also marks only the second month this year (following […]

June 5, 2026

Love Island trio to front ITV’s The Debrief vodcast

Love Island trio Toni Laites, Shakira Khan and Yasmin Pettet will be leading the conversation as they team up as hosts of the newly named Love Island: The Debrief vodcast this summer. The vodcast will also be available as a nightly companion show for audiences across ITV2 and ITVX, with Laites, Khan and Pettet breaking […]

May 29, 2026By Nik Roseveare

ITV Q1 flat as Sky sale talks continue

ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, has reported that Group total external revenue was up 1 per cent in Q1 2026 and Group total revenue was flat year on year at £877 million (€1.01bn). ITV Studios delivered total revenue growth of 4 per cent to £400 million, driven by strong external revenue growth up 8 per […]

May 14, 2026

ITVX hits 1bn streams in 2026

ITV has reported that its ITVX streaming platform has now surpassed 1 billion streams for 2026. The milestone figure was reached eight days earlier than in 2025. 2026 is now the biggest year ever for streaming for two flagship events on the ITV sport and entertainment schedule – the Rugby Six Nations and the current […]

April 2, 2026

ITV launches 2025 Impact Report

ITV has published its 2025 Impact Report detailing progress across Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Climate Action, and ITV’s social purpose priorities, Mental Wellbeing and Better Futures.  The report details progress in the UK commercial broadcaster’s mission to connect and reflect modern audiences, including stand-out commissions which have attracted wide audiences. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Building […]

March 23, 2026

ITVX sees record-breaking February

In January, BVoD platform ITVX saw its biggest ever month with 383 million streams. ITV has now announced that the platform has maintained its record-breaking trajectory with its best-ever February performance. Building on the momentum from the start of the year, February’s growth was fuelled by a significant performance in the Reality genre, as well […]

March 4, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Lifted Entertainment expands leadership team

Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios, has announced a strengthened and expanded leadership team, reflecting the size, success and momentum of the powerhouse business as it continues to grow its slate of large-scale, original unscripted programming. The changes see Richard Cowles appointed Chief Executive Officer, with Tom Gould named Chief Content Officer. Jeanette Moffat becomes […]

February 10, 2026

ITV reports biggest ever streaming month

ITV has reported that January 2026 was officially its biggest ever month for streaming, recording 383 million streams, surpassing the previous record of 375 million set in June 2024 after the Men’s Euro football tournament. The milestone was driven by particularly strong performances from soap, reality and drama, with ITV noting its continued lead as […]

February 4, 2026By Nik Roseveare