ITV Studios is a British multinational
television production and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster
ITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
network and third-party broadcasters, and is based in 12 countries across 60 production labels, with local production offices in the UK, US,
Belgium,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
,
Germany, The
Netherlands,
Italy,
Israel,
France,
Spain and
Scandinavia.
About
ITV Studios not only makes programs primarily for its parent company ITV plc, but also for other networks such as the
BBC and
Channel 4. It was formed from a gradual amalgamation of the production divisions of all ITV plc owned 'channel three' licensees which occurred from 1994 to 2004, and for a number of years thereafter following the creation of ITV plc.
The division is also responsible for ITV's production facilities
The London Studios,
3SixtyMedia (based at
ITV Granada
ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire but only on weekdays as ABC Weekend Television was it ...
, and co-owned with
BBC Studios and Post Production), and location hire company ProVision (based at
ITV Yorkshire, with sales offices at ITV Granada and The London Studios). ITV Studios Global Entertainment (formerly Granada International and Granada Ventures) is responsible for sales of finished programmes, formats and commercial licensing deals.
History
Granada Media
ITV Studios Limited's history can be traced back to Granada Productions, which was founded in 1954 as
Granada Television's in-house production arm.
Carlton International
Central Television Enterprises,
Central Independent Television's international sales operations founded in 1987. Central Television Enterprises was later acquired by
Carlton Communications
Carlton was a British media company. It was led by Michael P. Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004, when it was bought by Granada plc in a corporate takeover to form ITV plc. Carlton shareholders gained ap ...
in 1994 when they purchased Central, renaming the company as CTE (Carlton) Limited. In March 1998, CTE was renamed as Carlton International Media Limited.
ITV Studios
During the merger of Granada Media and Carlton Communications to form ITV plc in 2004, the international division of Granada Media was folded into Carlton International, which assumed the name of Granada International. Meanwhile, Carlton's TV unit was folded into Granada's but retained the "Granada Media Group" name. In January 2006, the company assumed the name "ITV Productions" for all produced shows airing on ITV networks, while the Granada name was retained on shows that aired on non-ITV channels, such as
Channel 4's ''
Countdown'', and ''
The Royle Family'' for the BBC. However, Welsh programmes would always retain the "ITV Cymru" brand. Granada Media Limited was renamed ITV Productions Limited in December 2006.
In February 2008, ITV announced to wind up the Granada brand, and that they would merge Granada International and Granada Ventures into a then-unnamed business.
however, some of ITV Studios' subsidiaries, such as ITV Studios Australia, still carried the Granada name until 2013.
On 17 November 2009, the company announced to split its main production arm into four separate departments for factual, entertainment, daytime and scripted.
In May 2017, ITV plc acquired production company
World Productions. As a result of the takeover, the company is now a part of ITV Studios, with ITV Studios Global Entertainment handling international distribution of future series. That same year, ITV Studios also acquired Swedish game show and entertainment programming producer Elk Production,
a stake in Danish drama producer Apple Tree Productions, founded by former
DR Drama Deputy Head Lars Hermann and Piv Bernth (producer of the hit series ''
The Killing'') who had both left public broadcaster
DR (which was the home for ''The Killing''),
and another stake in Italian film and television producer Cattleya, well known for producing the 2015 crime film ''
Suburra'' and the
2017 RAI/Netflix television series co-production that serves as a prequel to it. Cattleya is also a partner in Vision Distribution, an Italian film distribution company founded in 2016 with
Sky Italia, Wildside (owned by ITV Studios' rival
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
),
Lucisano Media Group, Palomar and
Indiana Production
Indiana Production is an Italian multimedia company founded in December 2005 by Fabrizio Donvito and Marco Cohen. The international company has its headquarter in Milan, with subsidiaries in Rome and Los Angeles. Core business of the company is ...
.
In 2017, American horror film production company
Blumhouse Productions sold a 45% stake in their independent television studio Blumhouse Television to ITV. Blumhouse is known for their globally successful films such as ''
Paranormal Activity'' and ''
Insidious''.
On 1 October 2019, ITV Studios restructured their entire distribution business. The Creative Network division, led by Mike Beale, consists of all of ITVS' unscripted format labels in and outside the United Kingdom, including recently acquired Israeli company Armoza Formats. The Global Entertainment division, based in the Netherlands, focuses on international sales of ITVS' unscripted formats. As a result, Talpa Media became defunct while Talpa Global was absorbed into the Global Entertainment division. The Global Distribution division will handle ITVS' drama and finished-tape catalogue as well as co-financing, co-production and production of scripted series.
On 1 July 2020, ITV Studios announced a music partnership with
BMG Rights Management
BMG Rights Management GmbH (also known simply as BMG) is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany. It combines the activities of a music publisher and a record label.
BMG was founded in October 2008 after Bertelsmann sold its ...
(the sister company to ITV Studios' rival
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
via both companies' parent
Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA () is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates, and is also active in the service sector and ...
), which includes a joint venture production music label.
On 28 April 2021, ITV Studios expanded into
Spain with the launch of Cattleya Producciones, an offshoot of their Italian subsidiary Cattleya.
Output
ITV Studios is a major commercial TV producer in the UK, creating over 3,500 hours of original programming each year across all genres except news. Its
network programmes include, or have included, ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
'', ''
Emmerdale'', ''
Heartbeat
A heartbeat is one cardiac cycle of the heart.
Heartbeat, heart beat, heartbeats, and heart beats may refer to:
Computing
*Heartbeat (computing), a periodic signal to indicate normal operation or to synchronize parts of a system
*Heartbeat, clus ...
'', ''
Marple'' and ''
Agatha Christie's Poirot'', ''
Brainiac: Science Abuse'',
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', ''
Parkinson'', ''
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'', ''
Tonight'', ''
The Jeremy Kyle Show'' and ''
This Morning This Morning may refer to:
* ''This Morning'' (TV programme), a British daytime television programme
* ''This Morning'' (radio program), a Canadian radio show which aired from 1997 to 2002
* '' CBS This Morning'', an American morning show, succe ...
''.
ITV Studios also produces programmes for other UK broadcasters outside of its own
network. These include the
BBC,
Channel 4,
Channel 5 and
Sky. ITV Studios is based in
London and
Manchester, with the centre in
Leeds now only home to ''Emmerdale'' and
Shiver Productions (formerly Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television's then Granada Productions' northern features department). The production centres in Bristol and
Norwich closed in 2006 and 2012 respectively. ITV Studios also owns
So Television after acquiring
Graham Norton's production company in 2012. On 22 April 2013, ITV announced they had acquired production company The Garden for £18 million; which is best known for producing Channel 4 series ''
24 Hours in A&E
''24 Hours in A&E'' is a British documentary programme, set in a teaching hospital in inner London. Initially it was filmed in King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill, Camberwell, but in the seventh series, the setting was changed to St George ...
''. In 2013, ITV launched a new production company named
Potato. 2016 saw ITV Studios secure a four-year British horse racing deal which saw the
Cheltenham Festival,
Grand National and
Royal Ascot
Ascot Racecourse ("ascot" pronounced , often pronounced ) is a dual-purpose British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, England, which is used for thoroughbred horse racing. It hosts 13 of Britain's 36 annual Flat Group 1 horse races and ...
all be shown on ITV.
Since 14 January 2013, the ITV logo has been added to the opening credits of the majority of ITV Studios-produced shows airing on ITV's channels, similar to the BBC.
Production franchises of ITV Studios
In 2004, a duopoly had formed, and Granada owned six franchises, whilst Carlton Communications owned five. Granada bought a 64% controlling stake and took over Carlton in 2004 with the amalgamation of ITV. Consequently, programmes produced by all divisions were referred to as 'A Granada Manchester Production', 'A Granada London Production', etc., at the end of credits. ITV Studios comprises the network production divisions from its following predecessor companies:
*
ITV Anglia
*
ITV Central formerly Carlton Central, Central Independent Television and
ATV
ATV may refer to:
Broadcasting
* Amateur television
*Analog television
Television stations and companies
* Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra
* ATV (Armenia)
* ATV (Aruba), NBC affiliate
* ATV (Australian TV station), Melbourne
* ATV (Austria)
* AT ...
.
*
ITV Granada
ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire but only on weekdays as ABC Weekend Television was it ...
*
ITV Wales & West (formerly HTV) – including its former subsidiary, Harvest Entertainment.
*
ITV London (
Carlton Television
Carlton Television (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties from 9.25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday. The company is now managed with London Weekend Televi ...
and
London Weekend Television)
*
ITV Meridian
*
ITV Tyne Tees
*
ITV Yorkshire
*
ITV Breakfast (formerly
GMTV
GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...
)
ITV Border
ITV Border, previously Border Television and commonly referred to as simply Border, is the Channel 3 service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the England/Scotland border region, covering most of Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway, the S ...
and
ITV Westcountry rarely contributed network programmes, so were largely unaffected by the creation of ITV Studios.
Local operations
12 Yard Productions
12 Yard
12 Yard Productions is a British television production company. It was founded in 2001 as a joint-venture between David Young and the creative team behind the worldwide hit ''Weakest Link'' and Hat Trick Productions.
12 Yard has gone on to beco ...
was founded in 2001 by
David Young and the creative team behind the worldwide hit ''
Weakest Link'' and
Hat Trick Productions. The company was originally operated as a joint-venture until December 2007, when ITV acquired the company for £35 million.
12 Yard has gone on to become one of the world's most successful entertainment format creators, producing hit formats including the BBC's long-running early evening quiz ''
Eggheads'', Saturday night
BBC One lottery formats ''
The National Lottery: In it to Win it'' and ''
Who Dares Wins!'', primetime feel-good format ''
Holding out for a Hero'', ''
Take on the Twisters'' and ''
Big Star's Little Star'' for
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
and ''
Coach Trip'' for
Channel 4.
Currently, as of 2022, 12 Yard currently produce shows such as ''
Celebrity Coach Trip'' for E4, a revival of ''
Eggheads'' for Channel 5, and the British version of ITV Studios/John de Mol's ''Let Love Rule'' format for ITV2, under the local name of ''The Cabins''.
5 Acts Productions
A new label founded by David P. Davis, formerly of Sony Pictures Television-owned
Bad Wolf, which will be based in Cardiff and operate under Patrick Spence's scripted division at ITV Studios.
Big Talk Productions
Big Talk Productions is a film and television production company founded on 11 February 1994 by
Nira Park and was acquired by ITV Studios on 26 July 2013.
The company has produced critically acclaimed films such as ''
Baby Driver
''Baby Driver'' is a 2017 action film written and directed by Edgar Wright. It stars Ansel Elgort as a getaway driver seeking freedom from a life of crime with his girlfriend Debora (Lily James). Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Jamie ...
'',
Edgar Wright's ''
Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy, ''
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'', ''
Paul'' and ''
Sightseers
''Sightseers'' is a 2012 British black comedy film directed by Ben Wheatley and written by and starring Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, with additional material written by co-editor Amy Jump.
It is produced by Edgar Wright and Nira Park, among other ...
''. Television series produced by Big Talk include ''
Mum'', ''
Back'' and the revived ''
Cold Feet
Cold feet is a phrase that refers to a person not going through with an action, particularly one which requires long term commitment, due to fear, uncertainty, and doubt. A person is said to be "getting cold feet" when, after previously committin ...
''.
Boom Group
On 29 June 2015, a majority stake of Boom Supervisory Ltd was acquired by ITV Studios, which had acquired Twofour five days earlier. Boom Supervisory was the holding company for subsidiaries such as Boomerang, Boom Cymru and Indus. The Boom Group is currently one of the largest Welsh entertainment production companies, comprising four production divisions, Boom Cymru, for Welsh productions, Boom for productions for the rest of the United Kingdom outside of Wales as well as international markets, Boom Kids for children's programming and Boom Social for digital content.
On 9 September 2020, Boom Cymru, along with Twofour, took over production of some series from sister label Boomerang when ITV shut the label down.
Happy Prince
Happy Prince is a label of ITV Studios run by
Dominic Treadwell-Collins.
The Garden
The Garden was created in 2010 to produce "cutting edge, ambitious, distinctive factual programmes for major broadcasters in both the United Kingdom and outside and to be the most ideal production company we can be, where programming producers can do their very best work and that always delivers exceptional television." On 22 April 2013, The Garden was acquired by ITV Studios. It is known for producing ''
24 Hours in A&E
''24 Hours in A&E'' is a British documentary programme, set in a teaching hospital in inner London. Initially it was filmed in King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill, Camberwell, but in the seventh series, the setting was changed to St George ...
'' for
Channel 4 and ''
Inside Claridge's
''Inside Claridge's'' is a British documentary television series that first broadcast on BBC Two on 3 December 2012. The final episode aired on 17 December 2012. The series documented a year behind the scenes of Claridge's, a five-star hotel loc ...
'' for
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
.
ITV Studios Continuing Drama
ITV Studios Continuing Drama ia an in-house division that handles the production of the soaps ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
'' and ''
Emmerdale''.
ITV Studios Daytime
ITV Studios Daytime is another in-house division that handles the production for the weekday daytime programmes ''
This Morning This Morning may refer to:
* ''This Morning'' (TV programme), a British daytime television programme
* ''This Morning'' (radio program), a Canadian radio show which aired from 1997 to 2002
* '' CBS This Morning'', an American morning show, succe ...
'', ''
Loose Women
''Loose Women'' (previously known as ''Live Talk'' from 2000 to 2001) is a British talk show that broadcasts on ITV1 weekdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. The show focuses on a panel of four female presenters who interview celebrities, talk about ...
'', ''
Good Morning Britain'' and ''
Lorraine''.
Lifted Entertainment
Lifted Entertainment (formerly known as ITV Studios Entertainment) is the unscripted production division of ITV Studios that rebranded under its current name in early 2021. The label is known for producing many ITV programmes such as ''
Love Island Love Island may refer to:
Film
* ''Love Island'' (1952 film), an American film directed by Adam Lloyd starring Todd Wathen and Eva Gabor
* ''Love Island'' (2014 film), directed by Jasmila Žbanić
Music
* ''Love Island'' (album), a 1978 album ...
'', ''
Dancing on Ice
''Dancing on Ice'' is a British television series presented by Phillip Schofield alongside Holly Willoughby from 2006 to 2011, who then returned in 2018, and Christine Bleakley from 2012 to 2014. The series features celebrities and their profe ...
'', ''
In for a Penny'' and ''
The Voice UK'', as well as programmes for other broadcasters such as Channel 4's ''
Countdown'' and BBC Two's ''
University Challenge''.
In June 2021, it was announced that Simon Cowell's new Syco game show ''Walk the Line'' would be developed with Lifted Entertainment rather than with
Thames/
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
(known for ''
The X Factor'' and ''
Britain's Got Talent'').
Mainstreet Pictures
Mainstreet Pictures is a drama label of ITV Studios run by joint MDs Sally Haynes and Laura Mackie. Mainstreet Pictures is well known for producing the hit ITV series ''
Unforgotten''.
Mammoth Screen
Mammoth Screen is a British television drama production company that was established in 2007 by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer and is a subsidiary of ITV Studios. It produces drama for key British broadcasters, especially ITV and the BBC, and also for international distribution. Examples of Mammoth Screen productions are ''
Endeavour
Endeavour or endeavor may refer to:
People
Fictional characters
* Endeavour Morse, central character of the ''Inspector Morse'' novels by Colin Dexter
* Endeavor, the hero name for the character Enji Todoroki from the anime series ''My Hero A ...
'', ''
Poldark'', ''
Victoria'' and the ITV/Amazon Prime Video co-production ''
Vanity Fair''.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures was founded in 2014 by producers
Alison Owen
Alison Mary Owen (born 18 February 1961) is an English film producer. Her credits as a producer include '' Moonlight and Valentino'' (1995), ''Elizabeth'' (1998), '' Sylvia'' (2003), ''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), '' Proof'' (2005), ''The Other B ...
and
Debra Hayward, well known for their participation in films such as ''
Les Misérables'' and ''
Saving Mr. Banks
''Saving Mr. Banks'' is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by John Lee Hancock from a screenplay written by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith. Centered on the development of the 1964 film ''Mary Poppins'', the film stars Emma Thompson as author ...
'', to produce film and television content. At the end of April 2015, ITV Studios acquired a minority stake in Monumental Pictures, which later became 51% on 18 July 2019 four years later. Examples of Monumental Pictures productions are ''
Will
Will may refer to:
Common meanings
* Will and testament, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death
* Will (philosophy), or willpower
* Will (sociology)
* Will, volition (psychology)
* Will, a modal verb - see Shall and will
...
'' for
TNT, ''
Anne with an E'' for
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
and
Netflix and ''
Harlots'' for
Hulu
Hulu () is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake. It was launched on October 29, 2007 and it offers a library of films and television serie ...
.
Multistory Media
Multistory Media
Multistory Media (formerly known as Shiver) is a British television production company. It is a subsidiary of ITV Studios and one of the largest providers of factual entertainment in the United Kingdom.
Some of its productions include '' Paul O ...
originally started as the factual entertainment and features network production departments of
Tyne Tees Television and
Yorkshire Television. When ITV plc was created, the separate departments of these two subsidiaries were merged into Yorkshire Television and renamed Granada Productions North Factual Entertainment and Features. It was then renamed again as the Northern factual entertainment and features department within
ITV Yorkshire as part of
ITV Productions. At this point an internal reorganization took place to disband the management structure of Yorkshire Television and transfer the production business from Yorkshire Television Limited to ITV Productions Limited. The departments were then closed as part of a wider company production review but were relaunched in Leeds as Shiver. On 23 May 2019, Shiver changed their name to Multistory Media.
Today, Multistory Media is one of the largest producers of factual entertainment for television in the United Kingdom. Examples of Multistory Media productions are ''
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs'', ''
60 Minute Makeover'' and ''
Peter Andre: My Life''.
Noho Film & Television
Noho Film & Television is a subsidiary of ITV Studios that was originally founded in 2012 as an independent joint by Managing Directors Robert Wulff-Cochrane and Camilla Campbell who both formerly headed the drama department at
Channel 4.
Oxford Scientific Films
Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) is a British company that produces natural history and documentary programmes. Founded on 8 July 1968 by noted documentary filmmaker Gerald Thompson, the independent company broke new ground in the world of documentaries, using new filming techniques and capturing footage of never before filmed activities of its various subjects. In 1996, Oxford Scientific Films was sold to Circle Communications, where it retained its own identity as a division within the company. The following year, Circle Communications was taken over by Southern Star Entertainment UK. Under the new ownership, Oxford Scientific Films continued to enhance its reputation for innovative film-making, producing multiple award-winning series and films, including the highly acclaimed
Animal Planet series ''
Meerkat Manor''.
In March 2008, parent company
Southern Star Group merged its Sydney-based factual business unit into the Oxford Scientific Films division. The merged company used two brands, with the existing Oxford Scientific Films name being used for specialist factual programmes and the Southern Star Factual brand being used for features and factual entertainment shows.
Some time later, OSF became part of the Twofour Group (now ITV Studios).
Potato
Potato is the factual entertainment subsidiary of ITV Studios, established in March 2013. Potato produces television shows such as ''
The Chase'', ''
Ninja Warrior UK'' and ''CelebAbility'', with game shows such as ''
Moneyball
''Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game'' is a book by Michael Lewis, published in 2003, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane. Its focus is the team's analytical, evidence-based, sabermetric approa ...
'' and ''Sitting on a Fortune'' produced in association with Glenn Hugill's Possessed production company, itself a venture with ITV Studios, based at their headquarters in London.
Rollercoaster Television
Rollercoaster Television was founded in June 2021 by James Fox & Dom Waugh, who formerly worked at
Endemol Shine UK subsidiary Remarkable Television. Rollercoaster aims to produce entertainment programmes with the plan to expand them internationally that would be sold through ITV Studios.
So Television
So Television is a television production company founded in 1998 by Irish television and radio presenter, comedian, actor, and author
Graham Norton and his partner Graham Stuart, best known for producing Norton's chat shows ''
V Graham Norton'' and ''
The Graham Norton Show''. The company also produces programmes for radio, mainly for
BBC Radio 4, via the So Radio division. Both So Television and So Radio are based in
London. On 30 August 2012, ITV Studios acquired the company for an estimated £17 million.
Tall Story Pictures
Founded in 2016, Tall Story Pictures is a television drama production company working with the very best established and emerging writing talent, placing the writer's vision at the heart of everything it develops and produces. Examples of Tall Story Pictures productions are psychological thriller ''Trauma'', crime thriller ''
The Bay'' and detective thriller ''
Bancroft'', both produced for ITV.
Twofour
Twofour is a British
television and
digital media
Digital media is any communication media that operate in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital media can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, listened to, and preserved on a digital electronics device. ' ...
group that was founded in 1989 by
Charles Wace, a former BBC news producer. With headquarters in Plymouth, Twofour has offices across the globe including London and Los Angeles.
On 24 June 2015, Twofour Group was acquired by ITV Studios.
Melanie Leach was named Chief Executive for Twofour Group in summer 2014.
Twofour is an international award-winning television production company, producing programming for the
BBC,
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
,
Channel 4,
Channel 5,
UKTV and a variety of other British and foreign broadcasters. Twofour was awarded Broadcast's "Best Indie Production Company" title in 2010 and 2014, with titles including ''
The Jump'' (Channel 4), multi award-winning ''
The Real Marigold Hotel'' (BBC One/BBC Two) and the fastest selling format of the year, ''
This Time Next Year'' (ITV) and Channel 5's longest running series, ''
The Hotel Inspector''.
The company produces
ob-doc and fixed rig shows such as Channel 4's International Emmy winning ''
Educating Yorkshire'', ''
Educating the East End'' and 2011's ''
Educating Essex''. In May 2012, Series Director David Clews was awarded a BAFTA Television Craft Award for his work directing ''Educating Essex''.
Twofour has produced a range of adventure documentaries such as ''Harry's Arctic Heroes'' for BBC One and ''Harry's Mountain Heroes'' for ITV, both featuring
Prince Harry and a group of wounded soldiers as they attempt to reach the North Pole and Mount Everest respectively.
On 9 September 2020, Twofour, along with Boom Cymru, took over production of some series from sister label Boomerang when ITV shut the label down.
World Productions
World Productions is a television production company founded on 20 March 1990 by acclaimed producer
Tony Garnett and owned by ITV Studios since May 2017. The company's first major series was the police drama ''
Between The Lines'' (
BBC One, 1992–1994), and throughout the decade they went on to produce a succession of drama series. The most notable of these include ''
This Life'' (
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
, 1996–1997), about a group of young law students in London; vampire thriller ''
Ultraviolet'' (
Channel 4, 1998) and police drama ''
The Cops'' (BBC Two, 1998–1999), which was so controversial in its depiction of the police force that official police advice was withdrawn for the second series. More recently, the company has made the series ''
No Angels'' for
Channel 4 (2004–2006), a drama based around the lives of young nurses, and also ''
Goldplated'' and for
Channel Five it has produced the ''Perfect Day'' trilogy and ''
Tripping Over'', a co production with
Network Ten
Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...
in Australia. It also co-produced, with
BBC Cymru Wales, a one-off ''This Life'' reunion special, which aired in early 2007.
In 2018, the company produced the hit TV series ''
Bodyguard
A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, w ...
'', which achieved the highest viewing figures for a new BBC drama in the multichannel era and the highest BBC viewing figures since 2008.
International operations
ITV Studios have a number of formats broadcasting on various networks around the world. These include franchises for the ''Love Island'' and ''
The Voice'' formats, as well as ''Let Love Rule'', a programme known in the UK as ''The Cabins'' and broadcast in a number of territories including as commissions from Discovery in Denmark, TV3 in Latvia, and TV JOJ in Slovakia (where it will be known as ''Laska na chate'').
ITV America
Co-headquartered in
North Hollywood, California,
New York City, and in
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford () is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, outside of Manhattan. It is Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 ...
, ITV Studios US produces programming primarily for US networks, such as:
Fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelv ...
's ''
Hell's Kitchen'', ''
Kitchen Nightmares
''Kitchen Nightmares'' is an American reality television series formerly broadcast on the Fox network, in which chef Gordon Ramsay is invited by the owners to spend a week with a failing restaurant in an attempt to revive the business. Produced ...
'', ''
Sit Down, Shut Up'', and ''
Nanny 911'';
NBC's ''
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time'', ''
The Voice'', ''
Prime Suspect'', and ''Little Friends'';
CBS' ''
Eleventh Hour'';
VH1
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's ''
But Can They Sing?'' and ''
Celebrity Fit Club'';
A&E's ''
Airline'', ''
The First 48'' and ''
House of Dreams
''House of Dreams'' is the second album by the AOR side project of former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner under the name Sunstorm. It was released by Frontiers Records in Europe on April 17, 2009. The album was then released in Japan with the ...
''; and
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
's ''
Room Raiders''.
The company had its origins in 1988 as World International Network, a consortium of companies like
Central Independent Television, which was rebranded into Hamdon Entertainment when the remaining two partners (
Carlton
Carlton may refer to:
People
* Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname
* Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy
* Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian ...
and
ARD/Studio Hamburg) bought it in 1995, before taking it outright as Carlton America in 1999, and Granada Entertainment USA, which was formed by
Granada Media Group in 1997, before eventually took on the Granada America moniker when Granada and Carlton merged in 2003.
In 2006, Granada, in association with
FremantleMedia North America, produced ''
Gameshow Marathon'', an American version of ''
Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon'' for CBS.
Television movies from Granada and ITV Studios US include:
Molly Shannon in ''12 Days of Christmas Eve'';
Jason Priestley in ''
Reality of Love
''I Want to Marry Ryan Banks'' (also known as ''Reality of Love'') is a 2004 television film starring Jason Priestley, Bradley Cooper and Emma Caulfield.
Plot
Ryan Banks is a struggling movie star. His best friend and agent, Todd Doherty, creat ...
'';
Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Leni Fawcett (born Ferrah Leni Fawcett; February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was an American actress. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she playe ...
in ''Hollywood Lives'', based on
Jackie Collins’ best selling novel;
Anne Heche
Anne Celeste Heche ( ; May 25, 1969August 11, 2022) was an American actress, known for her roles in a variety of genres in film, television, and theater, receiving numerous accolades, including a National Board of Review Award and multiple Emmy ...
in ''Dead Will Tell'';
Melanie Griffith in ''Lethal Seduction'';
Jon Voight and
Cary Elwes in ''
Pope John Paul II'' (2005
miniseries
A miniseries or mini-series is a television series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. "Limited series" is another more recent US term which is sometimes used interchangeably. , the popularity of miniseries format h ...
),
Matthew Perry in ''
The Ron Clark Story
''The Ron Clark Story'' (also known as ''The Triumph'') is a 2006 television film starring Matthew Perry. The film is based on the real-life educator Ron Clark. It follows the tale of an idealistic teacher who leaves his small hometown to teach ...
'' (2006),
Aidan Quinn and
Mary-Louise Parker in ''
Unexpected Journey'',
Susan Sarandon in ''
Ice Bound''. Hamdon Entertainment and Television programs now owned domestically from its former ITC library include
1978 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' (
Richard Jordan,
Anthony Perkins), ''
The Scarlet and the Black'' (1983
Gregory Peck
Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood ...
,
Christopher Plummer), ''
Not My Kid'' (1985
George Segal
George Segal Jr. (February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021) was an American actor. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing both dramatic and comedic roles. After first rising to prominence with roles in acclaimed films such as ''Ship o ...
,
Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. She is known for playing Betty Rizzo in the film '' Grease'' (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series ''The West Wing'' ( ...
) and ''
At Mother's Request'' (1987).
In 2007, the Chief Executive Officer of the division, then named Granada America, was
David Gyngell, son of the late
Bruce Gyngell, the former managing director of former ITV breakfast franchisee
TV-am and
Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television. By 2008, David Gyngell had left the company and joined
Nine Entertainment in Australia. The unit was re-branded under the ITV Studios banner in May 2009.
On 7 May 2014, ITV Studios announced the acquisition of Leftfield Entertainment, which produces shows such as ''
Pawn Stars'', ''
Counting Cars'' and ''
American Restoration''. ITV has taken an 80% stake in the company initially, according to ITV this will make them "largest unscripted independent producer in the US"
In December 2015, with the purchase of Leftfield, ITV Studios US Group was rebranded as ITV America.
On April 4, 2017,
Blumhouse Productions mainly known for their horror movies, announced the launch of an independent television studio with ITV Studios acquiring a 45% stake.
In 2018, ITV announced a relocated of a large part of their operations from California and New York City to
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford () is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, outside of Manhattan. It is Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 ...
, creating 450 new jobs in the process.
Subsidiaries
*Circle of Confusion Television Studios (joint venture with talent management company Circle of Confusion; well known for producing the cult
AMC post-apocalyptic horror
Horror may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Genres
*Horror fiction, a genre of fiction
** Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction
**Korean horror, Korean horror fiction
* Horror film, a film genre
*Horror comics, comic books focusing o ...
series ''
The Walking Dead'' and its companion piece ''
Fear the Walking Dead'')
*Good Caper Content
*High Noon Entertainment (well known for producing ''
Cake Boss'' for
TLC and ''
Fixer Upper'' for
HGTV
HGTV (an initialism for Home & Garden Television) is an American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The network primarily broadcasts reality programming related to home improvement and real estate. As of February 2015, appr ...
)
*ITV Entertainment
*Leftfield Pictures
*Sirens Media
*Thinkfactory Media (producers of TBS' ''Rat in the Kitchen'' show with Natasha Leggero)
*
Tomorrow Studios (joint venture with
Marty Adelstein)
**Work Friends (animation label)
*ITV Studios America (Los Angeles-based scripted television production division; well known for producing ''
Somewhere Between'' with
Thunderbird Entertainment for
ABC and ''
Good Witch'' for
Hallmark Channel)
**Bedrock Entertainment (joint venture with
Tony To
Tony To is a television producer and director and current president of production and development at Lucasfilm. He is best known for producing and also directing for the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'', for which he won an Emmy Award. To ...
and
Daniel Sackheim)
ITV Studios Australia
ITV Studios Australia is the Australian division of ITV Studios, based at
Fox Studios Australia in Sydney. The company has its origins in production company Artist Services, a company formed in 1989 by a group of investors including
Steve Vizard, producing many classic shows. Half of the company was sold to
John Fairfax Holdings
Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties. The company was founded by John Fairfax as John Fairfax and Sons, who purchased ''The Sydney Morning Herald ...
in 1995 for 9 million, at a time when the company was generating about $50 million per year. In 1998, the entire company was acquired by
Granada
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for 25 million.
The company rebranded as ITV Studios Australia in January 2013, with the first program carrying the new branding being the second season of the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation comedy news program ''
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell
''Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell'' is an Australian comedy news television program hosted by Shaun Micallef. The show first aired on ABC at 8:00 pm on Friday, 25 May 2012. The show was named as Most Outstanding Comedy Program at the Logie Awards ...
''.
ITV Studios Germany
ITV Studios Germany productions include ''
Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!'' (the local version of ''
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!''), ''Star Duell'' and ''Deutschlands Beste Doppelgänger'' (''Stars And Their Doubles'') for
RTL; and East-West German comedy ''Ei Verbibbsch'' for
Sat.1
Sat.1 is a German free-to-air television channel that is a part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media Group.
It is considered the first privately owned television network in Germany, having been launched in January 1984 as ''PKS'' ''(Programmgesellschaf ...
. ITV Studios Germany was previously known as Granada Germany.
At the start of October 2008, ITV acquired a 51.2% controlling stake in German television production company Imago TV, founded in 1999 by journalists Andrea Schönhuber-Majewski and Fabian Sabo. This deal gave ITV exclusive international rights to distribute and exploit content, format and series rights retained by Imago.
Bildergarten Entertainment
Bildergarten Entertainment was launched by ITV Studios on 19 May 2021 as the replacement for Talpa Germany, the company originally founded by John de Mol and co-owned by Axel Springer SE until 2015. Bildergarten Entertainment is responsible for ''Dickes Deutschland'' and the German version of ''Lange Leve de Liefde'' (''The Cabins'') on
RTL Zwei, ''The Voice of Germany'' for ProSieben/SAT.1 and ''Sing Meinen Song'' on VOX.
Armoza Formats
Armoza Formats is an Israeli unscripted television Formats company founded in 2005 by Avi Armoza that is best known for ''
The Four: Battle for Stardom'', ''
La'uf al HaMillion'' (the original version of ''
Who's Still Standing?
''Who's Still Standing?'' is an American adaptation of the Israeli game show ''La'uf al HaMillion'', ( he, לעוף על המיליון) or ''Fly on the Million'', which offers contestants the opportunity to win up to US$1 million while competing ...
'') and ''
I Can Do That''. At the end of July 2019, ITV Studios acquired Armoza and integrated it into their Creative Network division.
ITV Studios France
Home to a richly diverse slate of programming ranging from primetime entertainment, talent competitions and daily magazine shows to comedy, drama and documentary, ITV Studios France creates content for major broadcasters throughout
France. The division has successfully adapted hit international formats for French audiences including ''
4 Mariages Pour 1 Lune de Miel'' (a French version of ''
Four Weddings
''Four Weddings'' is a British reality television series that premiered on Sky Living, on 6 July 2009. It has become popular enough to have inspired the creations of versions in other countries. One episode included the real-life wedding of ...
'') and ''
The Voice: la plus belle voix'' (a French version of ''
The Voice'') for
TF1
TF1 (; standing for ''Télévision Française 1'') is a French commercial television network owned by TF1 Group, controlled by the Bouygues conglomerate. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network.
TF1 is par ...
and ''
Les 5 anneaux d'or'' (a French version of ''
5 Gold Rings'') for
France 2 and also produces popular original programming such as daily magazine show ''Je t’aime etc'' for France 2, comedy series ''Importantissime'' for
Canal+ and drama feature ''Quand je serai grande je te tuerai'' (a French remake of the two-part British thriller television miniseries ''
Undeniable'') for TF1.
At the end of February 2017, ITV Studios acquired a majority stake in independent production group Tetra Media Studio, which participates in the fields of
fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...
(mainly television dramas such as ''
A French Village'' which is the company is known for producing),
documentaries, magazine series, live entertainment,
animation
Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...
,
new media,
music and distribution; however, Tetra will continue to operate independently from ITV Studios France.
In December 2021,
Thierry Lachkar
Thierry is a French male given name, derived from the Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German " Dietrich" and " Dieter", English Terry, Derek and Derrick, and of various forms in other European languages. It is also a surname.
People wi ...
has been named as of CEO of ITV Studios France.
Tetra Media Studio
Tetra Media Studio is a French independent television group founded in 1990 by directors
Miguel Courtois,
Gilles de Maistre and Jérôme Cornuau. The company participates in the fields of
fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...
(mainly television dramas such as ''
A French Village'' which is the company is known for producing),
documentaries, magazine series and live entertainment. The group consists of:
Fiction (Tetra Media Fiction)
*Beaubourg
*Macondo
Documentaries, magazine series & live entertainment
*Tangaro/CLC Productions
ITV Studios Nordic
ITV Studios Nordic is the division of ITV Studios in the
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; literal translation, lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmar ...
, operating through five units: ITV Studios Norway, ITV Studios Finland, ITV Studios Sweden (including Elk Production
) and two companies in
Denmark named United Productions and Apple Tree Productions
respectively.
ITV Studios Netherlands
ITV Studios Netherlands is the Dutch division of ITV Studios, created on 11 October 2018. On 1 October 2019, it absorbed Talpa Netherlands (including Talpa Global, Talpa Productions and Fictie) and also MasMedia and Vorst Media as part of ITV Studios' restructuring.
ITV Studios Netherlands produces shows on both
RTL 4 and
SBS6, including ''Lang Leve de Liefde'' (also known as ''Let Love Rule'' or ''The Cabins''), a format exported to the UK, Belgium, Sweden and Portugal.
Talpa Media
Talpa Media was a Dutch global television production company owned by ITV Studios and before that
Talpa Network which was well known for creating the successful worldwide music reality competition franchise ''
The Voice''. The company comprised Talpa Netherlands (which consisted of Talpa Content and Talpa Productions) and Talpa Global.
On 1 October 2019, founder
John de Mol
Johannes Hendrikus Hubert "John" de Mol Jr. (born 24 April 1955) is a Dutch Mass media, media Business magnate, tycoon. De Mol is one of the men behind production companies Endemol and Talpa Network, Talpa. He created the reality television form ...
left Talpa when ITV Studios began restructuring.
Talpa Global
Talpa Global comprised divisions in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, the
Middle East and
Germany, although other partnerships were vested in the
United Kingdom,
France,
Italy,
Portugal, the
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; literal translation, lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmar ...
,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
and
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...
. The North American division was based in
Los Angeles,
California, the
United States, while the Middle East division was based in
Dubai, the
United Arab Emirates and the German division has offices in
Berlin and
Hamburg.
When ITV started restructuring on 1 October 2019, Talpa's German division was absorbed into ITV Studios Germany and the Middle East division was renamed ITV Studios Middle East.
Distribution
In addition to its production labels, ITV Studios is the worldwide distributor of programming produced by ITV's production teams, as well as independent producers. Known until 2020 as ITV Studios Global Entertainment, ITVS has distributed programmes and films like ''
Brief Encounter'', and the ''
Carry On...'' films. Also a part of this collection is the
ITC Entertainment feature film library, including ''
The Eagle Has Landed'', ''
The Return of the Pink Panther'', and ''
On Golden Pond''. ITV also owns the rights to the film catalogues of
The Rank Organisation (except for
Ealing Studios productions) and
Alexander Korda (pre-1945). These films are currently distributed theatrically by
Janus Films and
Park Circus, in conjunction with Westchester Films, whose parent company
Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy ...
signed a North American theatrical, television, and home video distribution deal with the ITV library in March 2018. This deal covers over a hundred films and series.
The television library features programming by most of the major
ITV network companies (except for
Thames Television which is divided between
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
for general entertainment and
Boat Rocker Media
Boat Rocker Media is a Canadian entertainment company, based in Toronto, Ontario. The company owns Boat Rocker Studios, which incorporates Temple Street Productions. Its majority shareholder is Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. Boat Rocker Media i ...
for children's programming;
Television South (TVS) which currently belongs to
Disney, and
Southern Television
Southern Television was the ITV broadcasting licence holder for the South and South-East of England from 30 August 1958 to 31 December 1981. The company was launched as 'Southern Television Limited' and the title 'Southern Television' was con ...
which until recently belonged to
Endemol Australia); including titles such as ''
Prime Suspect'', ''
Doctor Zhivago'' (2002
miniseries
A miniseries or mini-series is a television series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. "Limited series" is another more recent US term which is sometimes used interchangeably. , the popularity of miniseries format h ...
), ''
The Forsyte Saga'' (2002), and ''
Agatha Christie's Poirot'', plus children's shows, TV movies (e.g. 2005's ''
Pope John Paul II''), wildlife documentaries, and other factual programming. The library also includes hit series such as ''
Bodyguard
A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, w ...
'' (produced by
World Productions), which has been picked up by
Netflix outside the UK.
Independent productions distributed by ITV include programming produced by
Wall to Wall: (''Ancient Egyptians'', ''The Story Of Us''), Darlow Smithson Productions: (''Seconds From Disaster''), Wark Clements: (''A Mother's Journey''),
Aardman Animations: (''
Creature Comforts''),
Ragdoll Productions
Ragdoll Productions is a British television production company founded in 1984 by Anne Wood, who had previously worked for Yorkshire Television and TV-am. It is located in Stratford-upon-Avon, and has produced a number of children's programm ...
: (''
Rosie and Jim'', ''
Tots TV''), Optimum Television: (''
Old Bear Stories''), Honeycomb Animation: (''
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids''),
Chorion: (''Agatha Christie's Marple and Poirot''),
Carnival Films
Carnival Films is a British production company based in London, UK, founded in 1978. It has produced television series for all the major UK networks including the BBC, ITV (TV network), ITV, Channel 4, and Sky (United Kingdom), Sky, as well as ...
: (''
Rosemary & Thyme''), and
Red Productions
Red Production Company is a British independent television production company owned by StudioCanal.
Background
Red Production Company was formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, a television producer who had worked on ''Our Friends in the North'' ...
: (''Bob and Rose'', ''Second Coming''). ITV also handled non-Spanish, Portugese and Italian distribution rights to ''
Pocoyo'' from the show's premiere in 2005 until 2011, when ITV and Zinkia Entertainment ended their distribution agreement.
The company also incorporates ITV Studios Home Entertainment and a publishing and consumer licensing division, responsible for merchandising rights of ITV Productions and third-party programmes (including
CBeebies' ''
Numberjacks
''Numberjacks'' is a British 3D animated children's television series, aimed particularly at children aged two to five, shown regularly on CBeebies and occasionally on BBC Two in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It w ...
'').
References
External links
ITVstudios.com
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Peabody Award winners
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