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Love Island
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TBI In Conversation: TikTok’s European chief on brands, formats & drama
TikTok has exploded into the public consciousness like few – if any other – video-led…
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Romania’s Antena signs up for local version of ‘Love Island’
Romania has become the 15th territory to order a local version of ITV Studios’ and…
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‘Love Island’ presenter Caroline Flack stands down from ITV show after assault charge
Love Island presenter Caroline Flack has stood down from the ITV show after being charged…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix finds its ‘Love Island’ amid unscripted drive
A year on since forming its UK outpost and months out from launching Paris and…
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CBS recouples with ‘Love Island’
Love Island is returning Stateside for a second season. US broadcaster CBS has renewed the…
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MediaWorks’ creative chief exits after ‘Love Island NZ’ delay
The chief creative officer of New Zealand broadcaster MediaWorks is leaving the company after it…
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ITV Studios Entertainment promotes for creative director
Love Island producer ITV Studios Entertainment (ITVSE) has appointed Fiona Clark as its creative director…
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ITV boss defends ‘Love Island’ as half-year results unveiled
ITV boss Carolyn McCall has defended Love Island’s duty of care as the broadcaster prepares to…
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‘Love Island’ to get two-series run on ITV2 in 2020
Love Island will get its first winter series on UK broadcaster ITV2 next year. The…
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‘Love Island’ returns with record viewers despite recent controversy
The fifth series of ITV2’s Love Island has launched with 3.3m viewers — its most-watched…
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‘Love Island’ reveals key changes to contestant duty of care
ITV has outlined new duty of care processes for contestants in its hit reality series…
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CBS ‘Love Island’ reboot heads to Canada
Canadian broadcaster CTV has picked up rights to the US reboot of Love Island. The…
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‘Love Island’ set for remake in Hungary with RTL
Reality format Love Island is to be remade in Hungary this year, taking its total…
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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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ITV responds to ‘Love Island’ backlash with bolstered aftercare
ITV has said it is extending its “support processes” for Love Island contestants following the suicide of 2017…
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ITV’s Love Island heads to New Zealand
ITV Studios and Motion Content Group’s format Love Island has been commissioned by Three in…
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ITV’s Love Island heads to Belgium, the Netherlands & Poland
ITV Studios and Motion Content Group hit format Love Island will be adapted in Belgium…
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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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CBS buys US format rights to Love Island
The cultural phenomenon that is Love Island is set to get a US makeover after CBS secured the…
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Kiri & Love Island among the most watched UK titles in 2018
The UK’s most watched broadcasted titles for the first half of 2018 have been revealed…
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In-demand: Ireland (July 16-22, 2018)
Newcomers from Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America? to Netflix’s Insatiable have made an instant impression on…
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In-demand: UK (June 4-10, 2018)
Record-breaking format Love Island has taken the UK by storm this week becoming the most…
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The Nordics take on ITV’s Love Island
ITV Studios (ITVS) has sold its record-breaking format Love Island across the Nordics in Denmark, Finland…
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ITV2 pairs Love Island’s Chris and Kem
Twenty Six 03 Entertainment, the entertainment and formats joint venture founded by Duncan Gray and…
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In-demand chart: Ireland (July 17-23 2017)
Ireland’s latest in-demand chart strongly features soon-to-be returning favourites along with popular new shows. The…
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ITVS Oz appoints Fremantle’s Hart as content head
ITV Studios Australia (ITVSA) has appointed FremantleMedia Australia (FMA)’s Beth Hart as head of content….
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Revived Love Island to head ITV Studios slate
ITV Studios Global Entertainment is launching nine formats in Cannes. These comprise a rebooted Love…