ITV has released data for drama The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe showing that the total audience for the first episode rose by 5.4 million viewers in the 28 days after the initial broadcast, with the four-part series as a whole averaging a total audience of over 9 million viewers, up by 5.1 million/123 […]
Overall, the UK’s main commercial broadcaster ITV was satisfied with its Q1 results, which were in line with expectations. Q1 revenues grew 23 per cent year-on-year to £458 million (€536m), with total advertising revenues rising 16 per cent to £468 million, as expected, and digital revenues increasing 24 per cent to £82 million. Within the […]
ITV has launched a second round of Studio 55 ventures following the success of the first year. A collaboration with strategy consultancy, Founders Intelligence, year two of Studio 55 Ventures will continue its aim of finding and growing innovative and future-facing media businesses. Applications are now open for year two will open for teams of […]
A report from equity analysts at investment bank Berenberg has downgraded its advice to clients to ‘Sell’ shares in the UK commercial broadcaster. The bank believes the market’s consensus estimates for ITV are too optimistic. “While forecasts have fallen following the announcement of additional investment in ITVX, consensus still expects modest growth in advertising revenue […]
Gravity Media, a global provider of live broadcast facilities and production services, has been awarded the contract to bring three of the motorsport calendar’s greatest events to the screens for Goodwood. Hosted by The Duke of Richmond at the Goodwood Estate, the Goodwood season is firmly established in the English sporting and social calendar. The […]
ITV has announced that David Coughtrie has been appointed Director of Distribution Partnerships (Pay TV), and Managing Director of SDN, which is the multiplex operator owned by ITV, which operates one of the national multiplex licences in the UK on Freeview. Reporting to Group Strategic Partnerships and Distribution Director Martin Goswami, Coughtrie will lead on […]
ITV has acquired The Reunion to premiere on ITVX later this year. The six-episode drama series from MGM will then air on ITV’s linear channels in 2023. The French Riviera-set series is adapted from Guillaume Musso’s bestselling novel La Jeune Fille et la Nuit, and started shooting on location in the south of France in […]
International production company and production services provider The ATS Team has announced its appointment of Danny Sanz as MD and EVP Production. It comes with the news that The ATS Team is providing the production services on ITV’s upcoming revamped UK Ninja Warrior series with Potato TV. Previously VP of Production, Sanz’ new role as […]
Starstruck, ITV’s Saturday night singing competition which sees members of the public transformed into music icons, will return to ITV and ITVX in 2023. The series, which sees host Olly Murs and judges Sheridan Smith, Adam Lambert, Beverley Knight and Jason Manford, preside over trios of music acts impersonating their favourite stars, has been recommissioned […]
ITV is launching a call out for young creatives to turn their innovative ideas into reality, backing them with a £25000 budget. From graphic designers to animators, editors and social media wizards, ITV’s BluePrint Network will collaborate with creatives aged 16-34 to produce digital content that will live on their social media platforms. Anyone can […]