Tag: ITV

LONDON: A new strand of youth programming, under the banner of 2Awesome, is set for ITV2 and ITV Hub following a pact between the British broadcaster and AwesomenessTV.

LONDON: Talkback, part of FremantleMedia UK, is producing a new five-part series for ITV that features Keith Lemon (Celebrity Juice, Sketch Show) and Paddy McGuinness (Take Me Out).

LONDON: TV presenters Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, better known as Ant and Dec, have expanded their relationship with ITV through a three-year deal that will see them appear exclusively on the channel until at least the end of 2019.

LONDON: ITV has inked a new three-year deal for Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor that will see the shows remain on the commercial channel until at least 2019.

LONDON/TORONTO: ITV has come on board to broadcast the Breakthrough Entertainment-produced film L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.

LONDON: Boosted in part by its content production and distribution business, ITV reported a 9-percent gain in profit before tax to £425 million ($558 million) for the first six months of the year.

LONDON: Sky and ITV have aligned with Ginx TV to launch the U.K. and Ireland’s first and only 24-hour eSports TV channel, GINX eSports TV.

LONDON: ITV has commissioned the new dating series Meet the Parents from ITV Studios.

LONDON: ITV has taken a majority stake in Cirkus, the on-demand TV service currently operating in the Nordic region.

LONDON: A number of new senior appointments have been made across ITV Studios and ITV, including Polly Hill joining the network commissioning team as head of drama.