London – ITV plc announced that ITV Worldwide, Granada International, and Granada Ventures will be renamed ITV Global Entertainment Ltd. Led by Peter Iacono, president and managing director, ITV Global Entertainment acts as ITV’s global distribution arm for television, home entertainment, publishing, consumer products and international networks businesses. Combining the merged Granada International and Granada Ventures businesses, which have until now been referred to as ITV Worldwide, ITV Global Entertainment Ltd distributes thousands of hours of television series, television movies and films from ITV Productions and many other independent producers to more than 200 countries worldwide. ITV Global Entertainment is part of ITV’s global content division which unites all of ITV’s UK and international production and content businesses. The ITV Global Entertainment programme portfolio boasts every genre, from dramas such as Prime Suspect, Lewis, Lost In Austen and Britannia High; factual entertainment including the Up series and I Shouldn’t Be Alive to entertainment and formats such as I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Hell’s Kitchen and Dancing On Ice. Long-running dramas such as Coronation Street, Heartbeat and Emmerdale are also included in their content catalogue. The company also comprises more than 1,500 titles from the Rank, Rohauer, Romulus and ITC Libraries with titles such as The African Queen, Bugsy Malone and The Ipcress File, as well as brand new programming delivered by production units that are part of ITV including 12 Yard, Shiver, Silverback and Crackit.
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