The U.K. government has outlined its plans to overhaul the country's public-service broadcasting laws, promising to create a new "golden age of British TV."
Read More »ITV Establishes £80 Million Diversity Commissioning Fund
ITV is pledging to reserve £80 million ($105 million) of its content commissioning budget over the next three years to drive change toward racial equity and disability equity.
Read More »ITV & STV Plan Concert for Ukraine
ITV, STV and Livewire Pictures have teamed with the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and the media and entertainment group Global to stage the Concert for Ukraine broadcast to raise money for humanitarian aid on March 29.
Read More »ITV Posts Record Ad Revenues, Unveils New Streamer
ITV reported 2021 revenues of £3.45 billion ($4.6 billion), a 24 percent gain on 2020, and has unveiled a new streaming service, ITVX, that will feature AVOD and SVOD tiers.
Read More »ITV to Become U.K. Free-to-Air Home of WarnerMedia Shows
ITV has signed a deal with WarnerMedia International Television Distribution that will make it the exclusive free-to-air home of programs such as The Sex Lives of College Girls in the U.K.
Read More »ITV Projects Record 2021 Ad Revenues
Ad revenues at ITV are projected to hit a record level in 2021, following a 30 percent gain in the first nine months of the year.
Read More »First-Half Revenues Rise at ITV
ITV delivered revenues of £1.5 billion ($2.1 billion) in the first half of this year, a 27 percent increase on the same period in 2020.
Read More »ITV Eyes Youth-Skewing Scripted, Factual
ITV is looking to ramp up commissions of youth-skewing scripted and factual, with plans to premiere some content on-demand first on the ITV Hub.
Read More »2020 Revenues at ITV Down 16 Percent
Total external revenues at ITV fell by 16 percent to £2.8 billion ($3.9 billion) in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with ad revenues down 11 percent and ITV Studios revenues falling 25 percent.
Read More »ITV Forecasts Q4 Ad Gains
Delivering ITV's Q3 trading update, Chief Executive Carolyn McCall said there have been "encouraging signs" in its broadcasting and studios divisions, with fourth-quarter ad revenues expected to see a year-on-year increase.
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