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ITV acquires The Box format

ITV has acquired the rights to the Norwegian TV format, The Box. The high octane adventure reality show debuted in Norway earlier this year, and places a cast at the mercy of a programme  hat could take them anywhere to do anything. The contestants are placed in boxes and transferred to different locations, before being […]

February 11, 2025

Virgin TV adds 2 new reality FAST channels

Virgin Media O2 has announced the launch of two new reality TV FAST channels, in collaboration with ITV Studios, on Virgin TV. Virgin TV customers with a Stream, V6 or Virgin TV 360 box can immerse themselves in popular reality shows with round-the-clock episodes, all at no extra cost. The new FAST channels launching are: […]

February 4, 2025

TOWIE, Real Housewives to celebrate milestones on ITV in 2025

ITV has announced a slate of both new and returning commissions across its reality offering for 2025, with two of its biggest reality franchises celebrating milestone years. The Only Way Is Essex (TOWIE), produced by Objective Entertainment 0 part of All3Media’s Objective Media Group, will mark a monumental milestone as it celebrates fifteen years on […]

January 30, 2025

The Traitors returns to BBC on New Year’s Day

The third season of The Traitors will launch on January 1st on BBC One and iPlayer. This award winning reality series, hosted by Claudia Winkleman returns on New Year’s Day, welcoming a new group of strangers to play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning up to £120,000. The […]

November 29, 2024

Hayu commissions The Real Housewives of London

Hayu – the all-reality, SVoD service from NBCUniversal – has announced the commission of its first original series. Produced by Monkey, The Real Housewives of London will be the next instalment in the popular franchise and will premiere on the service in late 2025. The announcement was made during the first-ever Hayu FanFest held at […]

October 28, 2024

Kartoon Channel launching third season of Kidaverse Roblox Rumble

Kartoon Studios will launch a Roblox-based competition series for kids, which will premiere this autumn on the company’streaming service Kartoon Channel. Tapping into the game’s massive audience played by over 30 million every day, the third season of Kidaverse Roblox Rumble will have a global premiere in over 60 territories, including North America, Asia, Europe, […]

September 5, 2024

Paramount+’s Dating Naked UK reveals TX date, cast

Paramount+ UK and MTVE Studios have announced the lineup for the naked reality series, Dating Naked UK, set to premiere on August 23rd and hosted by Rylan Clark. The first-of-its kind series, produced by Nest Productions, celebrates love, body confidence and the braveness to bare all. The ten naked singletons take their search for love to […]

July 25, 2024

At Home with Katherine Ryan returns to U&W in 2025

Comedian Katherine Ryan will once again open the doors to her family home for At Home With Katherine Ryan (4×60’) on U&W, Broadcast Digital’s Entertainment Channel of the Year. Viewers will witness Katherine’s unfiltered and honest approach to family life with husband Bobby Kootstra and children Violet, Fred and Fenna, as she continues to balance […]

July 12, 2024

ITVX launching Hayu Select

ITV has announced a deal with Hayu – the all-reality streaming service – to bolster ITVX Premium, the streaming platform’s subscription tier. The deal will see over 750 hours of content added to ITVX Premium in a branded area of ITVX called Hayu Select – which is scheduled to launch later this summer. Many of […]

July 3, 2024

Pluto TV adds PRIDEtv Channel

Pluto TV has partnered with Your Channels and OUTtv to launch PRIDEtv Channel across international markets on Pluto TV this June, in celebration of Pride Month.    PRIDEtv is the lifestyle television channel for the LGBTQI+ community & open-minded, featuring arthouse films, captivating documentaries, popular queer series, short films, reality shows and original TV shows.  The channel is available exclusively […]

June 6, 2024