A peak TV audience of 24.2 million watched the Euro 2024 final last night across ITV and the BBC, with an average of 22.3 million watching the match from 8pm until the final whistle. ITV had a 26 per cent viewing share of those watching or streaming the match through a TV, an increase of […]
A peak of 21.6 million viewers across TV and streaming watched ITV’s coverage of England vs Netherlands on July 10th as Gareth Southgate’s team secured their place in the Euro 2024 final. This is the highest peak audience on a single channel since December 2022, when the nation watched England’s quarter-final game against France on […]
ITV has partnered with eBay and PropUp Project, a not-for-profit organisation which specialises in rehoming and reselling props and other items from the film and television industry, to launch ITV ReLoved, an official eBay marketplace. ITV ReLoved will offer fans the chance to purchase a wide range of props, costumes, furniture and other behind the […]
The BBC has acquired Austin, a new eight-part scripted comedy series starring Ben Miller, Sally Phillips, and Michael Theo. The series has been acquired for BBC iPlayer and TV channels from ITV Studios. When much-loved children’s author Julian Hartswood (Miller) inadvertently causes a social media storm, his career and that of his illustrator wife Ingrid […]
ITV’s Euro 2024 coverage, along with a new season of Love Island and a selection of new dramas drove record streaming numbers in June for ITVX, with 375.8 million streams across the month, making it ITVX’s best ever month in streaming, up 54 per cent year on year. June 30th also saw ITV’s biggest ever […]
ITV has announced a deal with Hayu – the all-reality streaming service – to bolster ITVX Premium, the streaming platform’s subscription tier. The deal will see over 750 hours of content added to ITVX Premium in a branded area of ITVX called Hayu Select – which is scheduled to launch later this summer. Many of […]
ITV drew its biggest audience in two years on June 30th as a peak audience of 18.4 million watched England eliminate Slovakia from the Euro 2024 tournament across ITV1 and ITVX. An average audience of 15.6 million tuned in for the game – equating to 66 per cent of the nation’s TV audience -which saw […]
Welsh language broadcaster S4C has ordered two seasons of Cyfrinachau’r Llyfgell/Best Kept Secrets, a show where celebrities explore their history and heritage by partnering with an archive or museum to delve into artifacts and documents. Produced by Slam Media the first season (4×60 minutes) will be broadcast in September 2024. The format will be internationally […]
The first in a special series of Stick to Football from the YouTube phenomenon The Overlap airs on ITV1 and ITVX tonight (June 28th) at 10.45pm. Over the course of four specially-commissioned episodes, viewers will be treated to insights and discussions about Euro 2024, as football legends Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Jill Scott and Roy […]
WOS Wrestling is returning to live action with WOS: The Return, featuring many of the top stars from the popular 2018 ITV series and successful live tour in 2019. WOS stars already confirmed include Grado, Sha Samuels, Adam Maxted, Martin Kirby, Alpha Male Iestyn Rees and Ashton Smith. WOS: The Return will consist of two […]