ITV Studios
‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+
Apple TV+ has given the green light for a second season of the adventure comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, starring Noel Fielding. The British series, which debuted worldwide on March 1, has comic and actor Fielding playing 18th century highwayman Dick Turpin alongside his merry band of outlaws. “Together with his gang […]
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BBC Boss on Doing the Right But “Uneconomic” Thing, “Market Failure” of Many Public Broadcasters
“I don’t want to be a market failure,” which is “what’s happening around the world” to public service broadcasters, BBC boss Tim Davie told Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference in London on Tuesday. “It’s scary,” he said, speaking of a “red alert situation” in many parts of the world. Davie in an […]
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ITV Studios Sells Israel-Based Formats Company Armoza Back to Founder
ITV Studios, the production arm of U.K. TV giant ITV, has sold Tel Aviv-based company Armoza Formats — which backed game show Still Standing, docu-reality series Marry Me Now and singing show The Four — back to its founder Avi Armoza. Financial terms weren’t disclosed, but Armoza will become an independent firm again only a few years after ITV had acquired […]
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BBC Studios Buys ITV’s Stake in Streamer BritBox for $322M
BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial content studio and streaming business, is acquiring ITV’s 50 percent stake in BritBox International for $322 million. The deal, announced Friday, will give BBC Studios full ownership of the BritBox streaming platform and values the streamer at $631 million. As part of the agreement, BBC Studios has extended its licensing […]
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Tubi Lands U.S., Canada Rights to U.K. Comedy ‘Dead Hot’
Tubi, Fox’s ad-supported streaming service, has landed the U.S. and Canada rights to the upcoming British comedy thriller Dead Hot. The Liverpool-set series tells the story of two twentysomethings Elliot and Jess, best friends united by a bond of grief at losing Peter—the first and only love of Elliot and Jess’ twin brother, who went […]
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MIPCOM: ITV Studios’ Cattleya Sets Up Production Company With ‘Gomorrah,’ ‘Django’ Writers
ITV Studios-owned Italian production company Cattleya is joining forces with Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli, Italian writers whose credits include such cross-over TV series as Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero and Django to launch Dedalus, a new production company which will develop drama projects for the big and small screens. Dedalus has two projects far along in the […]
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ITV Studios Appoints First In-House Access Coordinator as Part of Television Accessibility Initiative
ITV Studios is upping its commitment to making the TV industry more accessible with the hiring of its first in-house disability access coordinator, alongside becoming an associate member of the TV Access Project. The British multinational TV production and distribution company announced Wednesday that it has appointed Bethany Matthews to serve as its first-ever in-house […]
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ITV Half-Year Profits Slump Amid “Challenging” Advertising Market
U.K. network ITV has posted a drop in its interim earnings, citing a “challenging” advertising market and planned investment in its video on-demand service ITVX. In its half-year financial results, released Thursday, the broadcaster showed that total external revenues had fallen 2 percent to 1.63 billion pounds ($2.11 billion). Earnings before interest, taxes and amortization (EBITA) were […]
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