System1 and ITV have revealed the UK’s top-performing ads of 2023, with Christmas adverts dominating the top 10. Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot took the top spot with Kevin & the Christmas Factory, meaning Kevin has now scored 5-Stars for the last five years in a row. Six of the top 10 adverts in 2023 were […]
ITV has published its Diversity Acceleration Plan report for 2023, detailing the company-wide progress made. ITV says its Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy is to create and showcase content by, with and for everyone, connecting and reflecting modern audiences. Both as a company and as a workforce, ITV has focused its efforts on mainstream […]
The Rugby World Cup 2023 in France was the most viewed rugby event of all time. The tournament achieved 1.33 billion viewing hours (VH) across all programming on linear and non-linear broadcast, making it 30 per cent more viewed than England 2015 as the last Rugby World Cup in the northern hemisphere (1.01 billion VH) […]
ITV has recommissioned the iconic TV show Deal Or No Deal with host Stephen Mulhern back at the helm, as a new batch of contestants prepare to go head to head with the Banker. The commission sees the game show return with four celebrity specials. Produced by Remarkable Entertainment (a Banijay UK company) the series […]
ITV, founding partners of Saatchi & Saatchi’s creative schools’ platform Upriser, has launched a new partnership with Salford City Academy. Supporting Upriser’s core ambition to inspire state secondary school students with the power of creativity in every corner of the UK, this is ITV’s second creative schools alliance, joining its existing partnership with Kensington Aldridge […]
Former ITV director, William van Rest, has announced the launch of JEM Media Ventures, a new company designed to help businesses, brands and talent create ancillary income streams with IP, assets and/or unused inventory. Building on van Rest’s extensive commercial experience, which has seen him generate additional revenues from IP, manage high-profile content brands, and […]
ITV has announced further updates to its Cultural Advisory Council. For its second term, the broadcaster recently updated the membership to include Prof Jason Arday – Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Cambridge; Jenny Lay-Flurrie – Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft; and Sara Wajid MBE – Co-CEO, Birmingham Museums Trust. Professor Arday, Lay-Flurrie and Wajid […]
Coming to ITV1 and ITVX in early 2024 is a new series fronted by two of ITV’s most popular presenters Ainsley Harriott and Jimmy Doherty. The two five-part programmes, Ainsley’s Taste of Malta and Jimmy Doherty’s Taste of Florida will take viewers on a culinary journey from two of the most exciting places for creative […]
ContentWise, a provider of user experience automation and personalisation software, has been selected by ITV to enhance the UX personalisation of ITVX. The ContentWise UX Engine, a machine learning platform, was launched in production on ITVX in early November 2023. Designed to analyse viewer behaviour, it delivers highly relevant content recommendations, thereby enhancing engagement and […]
For the first time in nearly two decades, UK viewers can tune-in to the Oscars ceremony completely free and exclusively on ITV with a raft of programming to celebrate the event. On the night itself, March 10th, at 10.30pm viewers can join Jonathan Ross live on ITV1 and ITVX as he hosts the ultimate Oscars […]