The London TV Screenings has unveiled its schedule for 2024 and confirmed it will attract more distributors than ever before, alongside founding members Fremantle, All3Media International, Banijay and ITV Studios (ITVS). The event, which welcomed more than 500 buyers in 2023, runs 26 February to Friday 1 March and will welcome 29 distributors next year, […]
Streamers have driven international sales of UK shows to new heights, with exports rising 22% over the past 12 months to reach £1.85bn ($2.28bn), according to data revealed today. UK finished programme exports including Frozen Planet II and Litvinenko made up 60% of exports and rose 11% to £1.11bn – breaching the £1bn mark for […]
ITV Studios-owned factual producer Plimsoll Productions has promoted Mark Brownlow to the role of creative director, natural history. He will continue to report to Martha Holmes, Plimsoll’s CCO of natural history and science, and succeeds Tom Hugh-Jones in the role, who plans to depart at the end of the year, after being elevated into the […]
ITV Studios (ITVS) expects revenues to grow by just 3% in 2023 – down from 19% in 2022 – as declining demand from free-to-air broadcasters hits the prolific production and distribution arm. Unveiling its Q3 results today, ITV said revenues at its Studios arm rose 9% in the first nine months of 2023, helping to […]
Former Youngest Media founder David Flynn has re-emerged with a new production outfit, this time with the backing of ITV Studios-owned South Shore. His new label, Plegazoid, has entered into an exclusive joint venture agreement with Don’t Look Down prodco South Shore to develop and produce unscripted formats together. Flynn has been working with the […]
ITV Studios (ITVS)-backed Italian producer Cattleya is launching a new outfit in partnership with writers Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli. Dedalus will develop and produce films and TV series, with two projects in the works including TV series Erba. The show is based on a series of high-profile murders in Italy in 2006 and will […]
ITV Studios has recruited Fremantle Spain CEO Nathalie Garcia to head up ITV Studios Iberia, a new Spanish entity overseeing the firm’s formats in the country. Garcia will join ITV Studios Iberia as managing director on 1 October, with the company taking over production of formats such as The Voice (La Voz), The Voice Kids […]
ITV Studios has appointed Airbnb exec and Disney alum Tom Clark to the newly created position of EVP of commercial strategy on its global partnerships team. Joining on 2 October, Clark will report to Ruth Berry, managing director of global partnerships, taking the lead on the division’s’ commercial strategy, working closely with the sales, digital […]
C4 embarks on ‘Irish Journey’ UK broadcaster Channel 4 has picked up Julia Bradbury’s Irish Journey, a new 4 x 60-minute travel series from Cornelia Street Productions, the factual producer behind Enslaved. The show follows the titular presenter as she returns to the land of her birth to explore the landscape, culture, history and people […]
Love Nature unveils factual trio Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature has unveiled a new slate of programming, with shows also set to debut on Sky Nature in the UK and Italy, and Arte in France and Germany. Survival Of The Beast (w/t) is from Singapore-based Beach House Pictures and follows explorer Max Djenohan as he […]
