The first episode of ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office has been watched by 9.2 million viewers, making it ITV’s best new drama for three years since the Pembrokeshire Murders in January 2021 when the UK was in lockdown. The four episodes are the most watched programmes on any channel so far this year. […]

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has reported a strong 2021 with record revenues and revealed an acceleration of its digital strategy which will see the launch in Q4 of ITVX, which it says is the first integrated AVoD/SVoD platform in the UK. But despite the revenue record, softer forecasts and the looming costs of the streaming […]