Independent Television.
Feb 25 2020
ITV Studios has cemented its ambition to deliver European drama to international audiences today with the announcement of a number pre-sales for the ambitious, archaic latin drama Romulus, as well as a raft of deals for its burgeoning selection of non-English language productions. Cattleya, Groenlandia and Sky’s Romulus (10 x 60’), which reconstructs the epic […]
Nov 1 2019
The STV Player service has launched on Sky, giving viewers access to STV content across all major TV platforms for the first time. Sky customers will now be able to catch up with STV programmes including Coronation Street and I’m A Celebrity, which starts next month, as well as viewing all of STV’s local programming. […]
Oct 22 2019
ITV can today announce that its on-demand service the ITV Hub has over 30m registered users. The Hub has increased from 21m registered users in October 2017 and 26m this time last year to reach over 30m users well ahead of ITV’s previously announced target of hitting that figure in 2021. ITV announced as part […]
Oct 1 2019
ITV Studios today unveils the reorganisation of its international distribution and commercial business, which strengthens its position as a creator, producer and distributor of world-leading programmes. The new structure will be operational from January 2020 and focuses on three centres of excellence which will work closely together and with ITV Studios’ world-class international production business. […]
Aug 17 2019
LaLiga Santander 2019/20 season kicks off with weekly match coverage on ITV4 and highlights on ITV and ITV4 in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Friday’s season-opener between Athletic Club and FC Barcelona to be shown free-to-air on ITV4 and ITV Hub LIVE from 8:00 p.m. BST (UK) London, 15th August 2019 – […]
Apr 4 2019
ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, today announces that it has signed an exclusive UK and Ireland licensing agreement with Amobee, a global digital advertising technology company, for end-to-end programmatic buying and selling of premium video inventory on the ITV Hub. This will enable ITV to launch a new, fully programmatic, premium advanced advertising platform, […]
Mar 29 2019
ITV’s Carolyn McCall has defended the broadcaster’s SVOD service with the BBC, BritBox UK, saying the endeavour is sufficiently “distinctive” and will be “liberating” for producers. Unveiled a month ago by McCall, BritBox UK is intended to be the British equivalent of the eponymous two-year-old US SVOD, offering both archive content and originals. However, its […]
Mar 5 2019
STV has confirmed two new partnerships with international content providers, Flame Distribution and Jukin Media to provide additional programming and choice for viewers as its video on demand service, STV Player, continues to expand. Jukin Media is owner/ operator of multimedia entertainment brands FailArmy, The Pet Collective, and People Are Awesome; those immensely popular properties […]
Feb 25 2019
STV today announces the launch of STV Player+, an ad-free subscription video on demand service for Scots at home and abroad. This is STV’s first direct to consumer offering and allows STV to enter the fast-growing pay TV market for the first time. STV Player+ will provide access to all of STV’s must-see programming in […]
Jan 17 2019
New York, NY – January 17, 2019 – BritBox, the subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) streaming service from BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, today announces it is celebrating half million (500,000) subscribers, doubling year-on-year, as it ends its 22nd month in the U.S. and 11th month in […]
Jan 7 2019
STV and Sky have today announced a five-year strategic partnership, which will give Sky customers in Scotland access to STV’s regional variants in full HD, as well as STV’s leading VOD service – STV Player – on their set top boxes for the first time. Sky customers in STV’s broadcast licence areas will be able […]
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Feb 10 2021
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 announce plans to integrate Digital UK and Freesat
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have announced plans to integrate Digital UK Ltd, the joint venture which facilitates the provision of Freeview TV services and Freesat (UK) Ltd, which offers access to the UK’s subscription-free satellite television service. The integration of Digital UK and Freesat will help ensure viewers continue to have access to a […]
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By Expat • BBC, Channel 4, Freesat, ITV, UK Media News • Tags: Digital UK