ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has extended its output agreement with TVNZ in New Zealand for all ITVS GE content. The multi-year deal, which renews next year, means TVNZ will continue to have first look across all ITVS GE genres including drama, entertainment, factual entertainment and documentaries. As well as airing new series including Victoria, Cold Feet and Prime Suspect: Tennison, TVNZ will continue to show some of ITVS GE’s most popular series from Coronation … [Read more...] about ITV Studios renews deal with TVNZ
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ITV Studios extends Seven tie-up
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has renewed its long-standing first-look agreement with Seven for all ITVS GE content in Australia. This multi-year extension will see Seven continue to have first look on all ITVS GE content well into 2021. Recent ITVS GE programmes to have aired first in Australia on Seven’s channels include Endeavour, The Chase and Murdoch Mysteries. In the upcoming months, Seven will broadcast the drama series Little Boy Blue, from BAFTA winning … [Read more...] about ITV Studios extends Seven tie-up
ITV SGE renews its deal with BBC Worldwide Australia and New Zealand
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has renewed its deal with BBC Worldwide Australia and New Zealand for ITV Studios’ popular soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale in Australia. The deal will see UKTV in Australia airing five new series of both Coronation Street (1300 episodes / 650 hours) and Emmerdale (260 episodes / 130 hours) until early 2020. Both programmes have aired on UKTV in weekday strips since 2007. Coronation Street regularly features within the top ten shows on pay-TV … [Read more...] about ITV SGE renews its deal with BBC Worldwide Australia and New Zealand
ITV renews deal with Japanese distributor
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has renewed its agency deal with Intervision in Japan, marking the start of the fiftieth year of the agreement between the two companies. Intervision has been representing ITVS GE’s portfolio of high-quality programming across a range of genres to major Japanese broadcasters since 1965. Key deals that Intervision has negotiated on behalf of ITVS GE during this time include the acquisition of hit drama Agatha Christie’s Poirot by public … [Read more...] about ITV renews deal with Japanese distributor
ITV Studios GE signs multi-year deal with Imagica TV
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has signed a multi-year deal with Japanese satellite broadcaster Imagica TV for its Imagica BS channel to air ITV Collection, a new ITV-branded programming block. ITV Collection will feature 200 episodes annually of premium drama programming from ITVS GE’s catalogue. The flagship title will be ITV Studios’ Mr Selfridge, which stars Jeremy Piven as the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge’s, the renowned London … [Read more...] about ITV Studios GE signs multi-year deal with Imagica TV
ITV Studios GE announces three regional leaders
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) announced on May 15 that it is to combine its Home Entertainment, Digital and TV operations under three regional leaders. Dan Gopal is promoted to EVP EMEA, Distribution & Global Digital Partners. Gopal joined ITVS GE two years ago as Senior Vice President and Director of Global Digital Media and Home Entertainment. His role will include overseeing all global digital business. Greg Johnson, currently Senior Vice President Sales, is … [Read more...] about ITV Studios GE announces three regional leaders