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Ex-ITV exec exits SBS in restructure

Former ITV director of factual and daytime Alison Sharman is returning to the UK after leaving her post at Australian cultural pubcaster SBS, which has undergone major restructuring. Sharman joined SBS three years as head of commissioned content, but will return to the UK with her family at the end of the month. During her […]

MIPTV: Netflix buys ITV crime drama

Netflix has scooped global rights to Marcella, the upcoming ITV drama from The Bridge writer Hans Rosenfeld. The series, which was filmed in London, follows a troubled detective (Anna Friel) investigating a serial killer. It is produced by Cineflix and Tony Wood’s UK prodco Buccaneer. Cineflix’s distribution arm sells the show globally and struck the […]

ITV, Mediaset take Warner’s Little Big Shots

ITV in the UK and Mediaset in Spain have ordered local versions of breakout US variety format Little Big Shots. The Steve Harvey-fronted original series for NBC in the US is the top-rating new series among total viewers in the 2015-16 season, prompting a wave of interest in the Warner Bros. International Television Production-sold show. […]

ITV drama chief latest to exit

The director of drama at ITV is leaving after 16 years at the UK broadcaster. Steve November becomes the latest programming chief to exit following the news Kevin Lygo was succeeding Peter Fincham as director of television. Entertainment boss Elaine Bedell and factual chief Richard Klein have already left the channel. November counts big hitting […]

ITV plants Wishing Tree order

ITV is piloting The Wishing Tree, the feelgood format from Talpa Media, which sits within the UK broadcaster’s stable of prodcos. ITV has ordered a non-TX pilot of the show in which children hang wishes in a ‘wishing tree’, the twist being the wish is not for themselves but for a person they think deserves […]

ITV exec says BBC, NBCU SVOD ‘a good idea’

ITV executive Simon Daglish said that an SVOD partnership between the broadcaster, BBC and NBCU is a “good idea” but would not comment directly on a rumoured project between the firms. Speaking at the Connected TV World Summit in London, ITV’s deputy managing director, commercial, said that ITV is looking at pay video options following […]

ITV poaches Turner’s Eilenberg for key US role

Turner Broadcasting System veteran David Eilenberg has been tapped to run ITV Entertainment, the newly named reality production division of ITV America. As president, Eilenberg (pictured) will run the unit, which was known as ITV Studios America until Brent Montgomery was named CEO of a consolidated ITV America in December. In part, Eilenberg replaces Orly […]

StudioCanal Paranoid about new ITV drama

ITV has ordered Paranoid, a new eight-part drama about a group of detectives sucked into a Europe-wide conspiracy thriller. StudioCanal prodco Red will make the series for ITV and StudioCanal’s sales arm will handle international distribution. The series, which is written by Bill Gallagher (The Paradise) will follow a group of detectives in a fictional […]

BBC, ITV, NBCU ‘have discussed’ Netflix rival

UK pubcaster the BBC has had talks with ITV and NBCUniversal about a streaming service that would rival the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video, according to The Guardian. The UK newspaper says the service would be largely built on library content, but there would be some originals. Both the BBC and ITV […]

ITV uncorks The Wine Show

ITV has ordered a lifestyle series The Wine Show from Infinity Creative Media, the prodco and financier that is chaired by Michael Grade. In the series, actors Matthew Goode (Watchmen), and Matthew Rhys (The Americans) look at all aspects of wine from a Tuscan villa, looking at popular wines and famous labels. Wine experts Joe […]

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