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iPlayer now on ScreenHits TV

UK customers of VoD aggregator platform ScreenHits TV can now integrate BBC iPlayer on-demand content and live channels into their personalised TV discovery experience On-demand programmes and live channels from the BBC will appear in the ScreenHits TV interface, and selecting one of the BBC’s programmes will take viewers through to watch on BBC iPlayer. […]

June 28, 2021

Syco Entertainment & Lifted Entertainment announce Walk The Line for ITV

Simon Cowell is to return to ITV in Walk The Line, a brand new high octane musical game show format co-produced and co-developed by Syco Entertainment and Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios and the team behind ITV hits including I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! and Love Island. In a departure from the traditional TV talent […]

June 23, 2021

ITV “cautiously optimistic” as ad market rebounds

ITV has reported that total external Q1 revenue was up 2 per cent on the same period last year to £709 million (€821.1m), despite the Covid-19 restrictions in place throughout the period, unlike the same quarter in 2020 which only had a limited impact. Total ITV Studios revenue was up 9 per cent at £372 […]

May 5, 2021

ITV commissions Cooking With The Stars

ITV, with co-funding by Marks & Spencer, has commissioned South Shore to deliver a new entertainment cooking competition called Cooking With The Stars. The series, transmitting this summer on ITV and the ITV Hub, will feature eight celebrities, each paired with an accomplished chef who will mentor, teach and take them from passionate amateur to […]

April 28, 2021

ScreenHits TV aggregator launched

A new TV Streaming App – ScreenHits TV – which combines a user’s TV streaming channels into one TV guide has launched on Apple iPads, Android TV, Chromecast and Fire Stick platforms. ScreenHits TV allows subscribers to integrate and manage many of the top TV/online streaming services, and users can also see what is trending; share […]

April 8, 2021By Colin Mann

‘Unforgotten’ catch-up requests boost viewing figures

Full series consolidated data for the fourth series of police procedural drama Unforgotten reveals that the average audience has increased by an impressive 3 million viewers on the overnight audience, making it ITV’s most catch-up requested series since drama miniseries The Pembrokeshire Murders. The average audience per episode rose to 8 million viewers across transmissions, […]

April 8, 2021

ITV Hub launches ITV2 Comedy Heroes

ITV Hub is offering a new comedy collection comprising of some of ITV2’s funniest shows. The ITV2 Comedy Heroes collection is now available on the ITV Hub streaming service and includes Seasons 1-3 of BAFTA-nominated sitcom Plebs plus all three seasons of the Stand Up Sketch Show. The collection also includes Timewasters (seasons 1 and […]

April 7, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Extreme E content deal with ITV

New motorsport, Extreme E, has confirmed a deal with ITV which will see live racing action, highlights shows and the championship’s 20-part magazine programme, Electric Odyssey, air on the FTA channel. In addition, fans will be able to watch live and catch up on demand on Extreme E through the ITV Hub. The three year […]

March 22, 2021By Nik Roseveare

ITV upbeat despite market uncertainty

ITV has released its full year 2020 results, which it notes has been materially impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Total external revenue was down 16 per cent at £2.7 billion (€3.1bn). ITV Studios total revenues were down 25 per cent, impacted by the disruption to majority of its productions from March 2020 onwards. Total broadcast […]

March 9, 2021

ITV’s Planet V launches Data Match

ITV has announced full details of Data Match, their new Planet V solution enabling insights, targeting, and full-funnel measurement using advertisers’ own first party data. ITV is working with Omnicom’s client base as the launch agency partner and Deliveroo as the first brand partner. Available exclusively to Planet V customers, the solution utilises ITV’s partnership […]

February 25, 2021