ITV has reported total revenue up 1 per cent at £2.97 billion (€3.4bn) in the first nine months of 2023 to September 30th, with growth in ITV Studios and M&E digital revenues offsetting the decline in linear advertising revenue. Total external revenue was flat at £2.53 billion. Carolyn McCall, ITV Chief Executive, commented: “ITV continues […]

Love Island will return to South Africa for the first series of Love Island: All Stars as familiar faces from the show venture back for a second chance at finding love. Love Island: All Stars will make its on screen debut in the 2024. Produced by Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios, and GroupM Motion […]

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 […]

Janine Thomas, has been appointed as Commissioning Editor Current Affairs for the youth strand Untold and will directly report to Louisa Compton, Head of News and Current Affairs, Specialist Factual and Sport. Now in its second series, the youth programming has proved to be remit-defining, with noisy journalism with titles such as Inside the Shein […]

Streaming service ITVX is celebrating a successful six months since its launch in December 2022. The full ITVX experience, including all Premium content, is now available on over 22 different platforms across smart TVs, mobile devices, consoles and browsers including (but not limited to) Amazon Fire, Android, Apple, Freesat, Freeview Play, LG and Samsung TVs, […]

Maya Jama is the latest star to feature on Audible’s Sleep Sound series, following in the steps of Jamie Dornan and Sienna Miller. In the series, Love Island presenter Jama will guide listeners across the world via stunning immersive soundscapes, helping them journey into a satisfying sleep. Jama’s voice aims to put the listener in […]

ITV has published its Q1 trading update for the 3 months to March 31st. Total external revenue was down 7 per cent to £776 million (€893.3 million). Carolyn McCall, ITV Chief Executive, commented: “ITV continued to make significant strategic progress in the quarter and all parts of the business performed in line with expectations. ITVX […]

ITV Studios and Television New Zealand (TVNZ), New Zealand’s largest television network, have announced the renewal of the partners’ long-standing first-look output deal, gaining exclusive access to ITV Studios’ upcoming programming across genres, including drama, entertainment, factual entertainment and documentaries. In addition to the output deal, marquee brand Love Island and its three English language […]

On April 9th, ITVX officially hit the one billion streams mark. The milestone came just over four months after the service’s launch on December 8th 2022. 2022 was ITV’s previous most successful year for streaming, when it took nearly seven months to hit the one billion streams mark. This follows on from ITVX achieving its […]

Love Island and ITV’s World Cup coverage were the most watched events in broadcaster streaming in 2022, with 273 million streams and 146 million streams respectively. Reality series Love Island tops the table as the biggest series in UK broadcaster streaming, with more than 273 million streams in summer 2022, making it the show’s most […]