Sky and ITV Renew Long-Standing Content Deal

Sky and ITV Renew Long-Standing Content Deal

Sky and ITV have extended their long-standing partnership, meaning Love Island and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! will continue to sit alongside the likes of Sweetpea and The Day of the Jackal. ITV’s content and services will remain available across all Sky TV platforms in the U.K., so Sky Stream, Sky Glass…

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Disney and ITV Launch First-of-Its-Kind Alliance, Offering “a Taste” of Each Other’s Content

Disney and ITV Launch First-of-Its-Kind Alliance, Offering “a Taste” of Each Other’s Content

Disney and ITV will launch a new, first-of-its-kind initiative to carry each other’s streaming services. In the form of a promotional selection, the partnership will be billed as a “Taste of ITVX” and a “Taste of Disney+” on their respective platforms, the companies confirmed Thursday. From Jul. 16, a curated and regularly refreshed selection of…

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Channel 4 to Move Into Production Amid IP Focus: “Global Income to Drive U.K. Content Investment”

Channel 4 to Move Into Production Amid IP Focus: “Global Income to Drive U.K. Content Investment”

U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, led by CEO Alex Mahon, who recently said she would step down this summer after eight years, will move into in-house production in a sea change and will also start looking to buy production companies with “strong commercial potential” in an evolution of its acquisition strategy. Over the course of its 40-year history,…

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