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ITV Studios
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ITV Studios close to deal with BBC for extended iPlayer rights
ITV Studios (ITVS) managing director Julian Bellamy has said his company is close to striking…
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ITV’s Kevin Lygo admits risk-aversion in “brutal” industry
ITV’s director of television Kevin Lygo has admitted that the industry has become more “brutal…
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BritBox adds ‘Brexitcast’ for North American audiences
BBC Studios and ITV-backed streamer BritBox has added a new BBC One show about the…
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ITV Studios acquires Armoza Formats
ITV Studios (ITVS) has acquired Israeli format creator and distributor Armoza Formats. The company, founded…
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ITV Studios extends interest in Monumental to take majority stake
ITV Studios (ITVS) has increased its interest in UK-based Monumental Television to take a controlling…
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Sales round-up: Poland’s TVN returns to ‘Big Brother’, Ovation adds detective drama ‘Maigret’
Poland’s TVN returns to Big Brother Polish broadcaster TVN is to air another season of…
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BBC One, Netflix preps Hippie Trail murder drama from Mammoth Screen
BBC One in the UK has commissioned a true-life drama from Poldark producer Mammoth Screen…
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ITV Studios champions future of flexible backing for producers
ITV Studios is positioning itself as a flexible partner to international producers against a competitive…
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ITV Studios Norway appoints long-time Nordisk Film TV exec as MD
ITV Studios has appointed Lars Finnland as MD of its Nordic label, ITV Studios Norway….
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TBI Weekly: Making sense of the tug of war for BritBox (Column)
The reported friction between the BBC and ITV over windowing shows for their joint SVOD…
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Fifty Fathoms’ Patrick Spence sets up new drama label at ITV Studios
BAFTA-winning drama producer Patrick Spence is to join ITV Studios, where he will set up…
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ITV rebrands Shiver label as MultiStory Media
ITV Studios has rebranded its production label Shiver as MultiStory Media, as part of a…
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ITVS GE, NHK tie up for blue chip doc ‘Wild Tokyo’
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has partnered up with Japanese pubcaster NHK on the production of…
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Aftercare or afterthought?: Unpacking duty of care on youth-skewing formats
With TV’s biggest entertainment format facing backlash over its aftercare practices, do casting directors and…
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For My Next Trick: The Garden’s Ninder Billing
Each day this week, in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on Friday (8 March),…
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Operation Live, The Desert highlight ITV Studios’ spring formats slate
ITV Studios has rolled out a slate of new formats including The Garden’s Operation Live,…
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ITV Studios’ Possessed hires Sky & Warner Bros. alums
ITV Studios label Possessed has hired former Sky One director Adam MacDonald as chair and…
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ITV Studios drives revenue growth for broadcaster
ITV delivered 6% growth in revenues over the first nine months of the year, driven…
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Love Island US details emerge as ITV’s War of the Worlds sells globally
US broadcaster CBS is expected to stay loyal to ITV Studios’ hit format Love Island,…
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Netflix picks up BBC1 thriller Bodyguard
Netflix has picked up World Productions’ BBC1 drama Bodyguard. The streaming giant, which boarded the…
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Elephant House taps ITV Studios label for creative director
Viacom International Media Networks’ (VIMN) Elephant House Studios has hired Ed Taylor, from ITV Studios…
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ITV Studios’ Shiver hires Love Productions’ Hansell as head of development
ITV Studios factual arm Shiver has named Love Productions exec Aidan Hansell as head of…
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ITV Studios drives 5% revenue rise for ITV
ITV has released a trading update for Q1, revealing that its revenue has risen by…
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Volume of TV prodco M&A doubled in four years – IHS
Mergers and acquisitions in the television production space more than doubled between 2013 and 2017…
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Cineflix gets new lease of Life as Paramedics leads deals
Cineflix Rights has hired industry veteran Richard Life as VP of acquisitions. His hire comes…
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Brent Montgomery leaving ITV America to launch venture
Brent Montgomery is exiting his CEO spot at ITV America to create a new entertainment…
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Banijay launches scripted outfit Neon Ink
Banijay Group has partnered up with former ITV Studios creative drama execs Kate Lewis and…
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Potato gains Powers through Love hire
ITV Studios (ITVS)-owned prodco Potato has hired Love Productions executive producer Sharon Powers. She joins…
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Twenty Twenty finds replacement for CEO
There’s a new chief at Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP)’s UK prodco Twenty Twenty….
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Different shades of Red: Nicola Shindler one-on-one
Nicola Shindler is surely the most well known drama producer from Manchester, England, with a…