TVNZ snags Kiwi rights to ‘Love Island’ & extends ITV Studios overall deal

Love Island

Television New Zealand (TVNZ) has extended its long-standing output deal with ITV Studios and struck an additional deal handing it rights to shows including a new Love Island spin-off. 

The output deal covers drama, entertainment, factual entertainment and documentaries, while TVNZ has also secured rights to the UK, Australia and US versions of Love Island, alongside selected international seasons from around the world.

Lengths of the deals have not been revealed.

The UK’s companion series, Love Island: Aftersun, and the brand’s first-ever spin-off series, Love Island Games, which brings together former Islanders from around the world for a second chance at love as they compete in couple and team challenges, will also be available on TVNZ+ following its debut in the US on Peacock in June.

As part of the multi-year deal, TVNZ will continue to show some of ITV Studios’ most popular series such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, The Chase, The Voice UK, The Voice USA and The Voice Australia and Hell’s Kitchen.

TVNZ has acquired more than 10,000 hours of scripted and non-scripted programming from ITV Studios in the Asia-Pacific region over the last decade, including drama Malpractice and Maternal, the six-part medical drama.