Business
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 pledge extra investment in Freeview
Investment follows last year's decision by Arqiva to pull its investment from Freeview
ITV
Live Production
ITV signs three-year deal with Extreme E
ITV will become the exclusive UK terrestrial broadcaster for Extreme E in 2022 and 2023
Business
ITV revenues hit by Covid, but broadcaster is ‘seeing more positive trends’
BritBox UK, which ITV runs with BBC Studios, is ahead of the company’s business plan after hitting 500,000 subscriptions in January 2021
Media Delivery
BritBox heads to South Africa
BBC/ITV joint venture is set to launch in its fifth worldwide territory
Business
ITV makes key appointments across data division
Four newly created positions have been filled as part of the broadcaster's drive to transform its data and AI strategy
Media Delivery
ITV employs DIMPACT web app to build sustainable design into its VoD service
App enables users to understand their ‘downstream’ carbon impacts, right through to the end-user
Media Delivery
British broadcasters in talks for new joint streaming app
New app would also enable the broadcasters to have a presence on the homescreen of Smart TVs
Business
ITV begins search for Bazalgette’s successor
Peter Bazalgette expected to stand down at the end of his tenure in May 2022
Production & Post
Celebrating 60 years of the Weatherfield cobbles
Philip Stevens looks back over 60 years of ITV's Coronation Street
Live Production
Sport’s eventful year
As 2020 comes to an end, Philip Stevens talks to ITV Sport's Roger Pearce about a year of fewer events – and the hopes...
Media Management
Deltatre, ITV extend BritBox partnership
The two parties say they plan to explore new technologies, including investigating the potential for increased UX personalisation.
Production & Post
BAFTA’s albert launches Creative Offsets scheme
ITV's Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean is the first show to achieve the new standard of albert Certification.
Media Delivery
Lack of Love Island sees fewer viewers to ITV Hub
ITV's online viewing fell six per cent during Q3 2020
Business
Analyst: ITV restructure ‘not so much smart as very necessary’
Analyst Alex DeGroote talks to TVBEurope about ITV's plan to refocus the business.
Business
ITV announces restructure, new focus on broadcast and on-demand
Broadcaster also reveals plans to reduce its London office space "over the coming years"
Production & Post
ITV sets 2030 net zero carbon emissions target
Business will work alongside colleagues, suppliers, programme makers and the albert consortium to achieve net zero target
Media Delivery
ITV and FooEngine cases highlight Telestream’s remote working focus
Company highlights remote working capabilities as post-pandemic business driver
Production & Post
The Tour de France 2020, live from Maidstone Studios
Maidstone Studios has revealed that it has been selected to broadcast the 2020 Tour de France daily live studio output from 29th August to...
Business
ITV partners with InfoSum to enable targeted advertiser access to Hub subs
ITV has this morning announced it is partnering with identity infrastructure provider InfoSum to provide advertisers with access to its 30 million ITV Hub...
Business
Carolyn McCall: ‘This has been one of the most challenging times in the history of ITV’
Broadcaster has announced its earnings for the first half of 2020
Production & Post
ITV’s Regional News achieves albert certification
First UK newsroom to achieve certification
IP Migration
ITV rolls out IP wireless intercom across entire operation
ITV has converted three studios to the FreeSpeak II wireless intercom system, completing its company-wide adoption of Clear-Com which first began in 2014
Media Delivery
BritBox announces plans to launch in another 20 countries
ITV and BBC Studios announce ambitious plans for the 'British Netflix'
Business
UK’s free-to-air broadcasters unite for TV first
Broadcasters say they hope the short film will reach 50 per cent of the UK’s adult population
Production & Post
Catchphrase will be first ITV entertainment show to resume filming
Filming will resume without a studio audience
Production & Post
How Emmerdale’s production team created a new filmic language
Philip Stevens learns how social distancing is affecting soap production
Production & Post
Emmerdale resumes filming with social distancing in place
Show's production team has introduced special measures including fewer scenes to avoid camera movement
Media Management
ITV Studios Daytime overhauls storage and graphics with Avid
Avid's NEXIS storage solution is being employed across Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women
Business
ITV turning old This Morning studio into visitor attraction
Will stage exhibitions and experiences themed around famous TV programmes
Business
ITV furloughs 15 per cent of staff
Broadcaster revealed advertising revenues were down 42 per cent in April
Business
UK’s commercial TV sector ‘faces permanent change’ unless the government helps
Report from Enders Analysis warns of a "bleak future" ahead
Production & Post
ITV sets out carbon footprint plans
Aims to be first broadcaster in the UK to ensure all shows reduce their carbon footprint
Business
UK’s PSBs ask government to work with them to support freelancers
Urge the government "to provide a package of support to freelancers"
Production & Post
Powering the conversation
How Never.no powered the conversation for ITV’s The Martin Lewis Money Show
Business
ITV’s McCall “not considering” BBC director general job
Current DG due to step down in the summer
TVBEverywhere
BritBox heads Down Under
BBC and ITV continue to evaluate opportunities for additional territory launches
Business
Could this be the last Six Nations on free-to-air TV?
Sky is reportedly planning to outbid current holders BBC and ITV
Data Centre
O2: 5G-enabled sports experiences will provide major boost to entertainment industry
Telco working with ITV to explore impact of connected HD cameras on higher-capacity networks
Production & Post
Saturday Night Takeway stays in with BBC Studioworks
Show moves to TC1 for its 16th series
TVBEverywhere
Sky urges Ofcom action against ITV, Channel 5
Current PSB model "no longer fit for purpose" says Sky