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ITV Studios Limited[1][5] is a Britishmultinationaltelevisionmedia company owned by British television broadcasterITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on theITV 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, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Israel, France, Spain and Scandinavia.
ITV Studios not only makes programmes primarily for its parent company ITV plc, but also for other networks such as theBBC andChannel 4. It was formed from a gradual amalgamation of the production divisions of all ITV plc owned 'Channel 3' 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 facilitiesThe London Studios,3SixtyMedia (based atITV Granada, and co-owned withBBC Studioworks), and location hire company ProVision (based atITV 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.
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ITV Studios Limited's history can be traced back to Granada Productions, which was founded in 1954 asGranada Television's in-house production arm.
Central Television Enterprises,Central Independent Television's international sales operations founded in 1987. Central Television Enterprises was later acquired byCarlton Communications in 1994 when they purchased Central, renaming the company as CTE (Carlton) Limited. In March 1998, CTE was renamed as Carlton International Media Limited.[6]
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 March 2004, Action Time, the Carlton-owned format distributor for game shows which before the merger had operated as a semi-independent company, was folded into Granada's operations and the name was retired.[7]
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 asChannel 4'sCountdown,University Challenge andThe 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.[8]
In December 2007, ITV Productions announced that they had acquired British production company behind entertainment formats12 Yard, marking their first acquisition.[9]
In February 2008, ITV announced that they would wind up the Granada brand and merge Granada International and Granada Ventures into a then-unnamed business.[10]however, some of ITV Studios' subsidiaries, such as ITV Studios Australia, still carried the Granada name until 2013.
In May 2008, ITV Productions announced that they had acquired Swedish-based Scandinavian independent television production company Silverback.[11]
On 17 November 2009, the company announced that they would split its main production arm into four separate departments for factual, entertainment, daytime and scripted.[12]
In July 2012, ITV Studios announced that they had expanded their operations into Norway by acquiring Norwegian production company Mediacircus.[13]
In August 2012, ITV Studios announced that they had acquired Graham Norton's independent comedy entertainment production companySo Television.[14]
In July 2013, ITV Studios announced that they had acquired production companyBig Talk Productions with ITV Studios global distribution arm ITV Studios Global Entertainment taking over Big Talk's programmes worldwide.[15][16]
In June 2015, ITV Studios announced that they had acquired the remaining 75% stake in British television production company Mammoth Screen.[17] Later, that same month ITV Studios announced that they had bought Twofour Group.[18]
In May 2017, ITV plc acquired production companyWorld Productions. As a result of the takeover, the company became a part of ITV Studios, with ITV Studios Global Entertainment handling international distribution of future series.[19][20] That same year, ITV Studios also acquired Swedish game show and entertainment programming producer Elk Production,[21] a stake in Danish drama producer Apple Tree Productions, founded by formerDR Drama Deputy Head Lars Hermann and Piv Bernth (producer of the hit seriesThe Killing) who had both left public broadcasterDR (which was the home ofThe Killing),[22]Cattleya is also a partner in Vision Distribution, an Italian film distribution company founded in 2016 withSky Italia, Wildside (owned by ITV Studios' rivalFremantle),Lucisano Media Group, Palomar andIndiana Production.[23]
In April 2017, American horror film production companyBlumhouse Productions sold a 45% stake in their independent television studio Blumhouse Television to ITV. Blumhouse is known for their globally successful films such asParanormal Activity andInsidious.[24]
In June 2017, ITV Studios announced that they had acquired Swedish production company Elk Production.[25]
In October 2017, ITV Studios announced that they had acquired a majority stake in Italian film and television production companyCattleya, which is well known for producing the 2015 crime filmSuburra and the2017 RAI/Netflix television series co-production that serves as a prequel to it..[26][27]
In December 2017, ITV Studios announced that they had acquired a 25% stake in Danish scripted production company Apple Tree Productions with ITV Studios' distribution division ITV Studios Global Entertainment will exclusively distribute Apple Tree's shows internationally.[28][22] Four years later, in March 2021, ITV Studios announced that they were increasing their stake in Danish scripted production company Apple Tree Productions by taking major control to a 51% majority stake.[29]
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.[30]
On 1 July 2020, ITV Studios announced a music partnership withBMG Rights Management (the sister company to ITV Studios' rivalFremantle via both companies' parentBertelsmann), which includes a joint venture production music label.[31]
In March 2021, ITV Studios announced that they had rebranded their division ITV Studios Entertainment to Lifted Entertainment, withSyco Entertainment creative director and executive producer Lee McNicholas joining the rebranded label.[32][33]
On 28 April 2021, ITV Studios expanded intoSpain with the launch of Cattleya Producciones, an offshoot of their Italian subsidiary Cattleya.[2]
In July 2024, ITV Studios acquired a majority stake inHartswood Films. ITV will also handle worldwide distribution of their future shows.[34] In the same month, ITV sold their 45% stake in Blumhouse Television back toBlumhouse.[35]
In October 2024, ITV Studios acquired a majority stake in British production company Eagle Eye Drama, along with its Belgian-based production company Happy Duck Films, which globally distributes Eagle Eye's programmes globally withChannel 4's Growth Fund, dropping their 25% stake, whilst ITV Studios will handle distribution of Eagle Eye's future programmes.[36][37]
On 23 November 2024,Sky News reported thatCVC Capital Partners,TF1,RedBird Capital Partners,All3Media,Mediawan andKohlberg Kravis Roberts had been linked to a potential takeover bid forITV plc and a possible break-up of core assets such as ITV Studios andITVX.[38]
On 30 January 2025,Reuters reported that RedBird IMI were in early-stage talks withITV plc to merge theAll3Media and ITV Studios production businesses.[39]
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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. Itsnetwork programmes include, or have included,Coronation Street,Emmerdale,Heartbeat,Agatha Christie's Marple andAgatha 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 andThis Morning.
ITV Studios also produces programmes for other UK broadcasters outside of its ownnetwork. These include theBBC,Channel 4,Channel 5 andSky. ITV Studios is based inLondon andManchester, with the centre inLeeds now only home toEmmerdale andMultistory Media (formerly Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television's then Granada Productions' northern features department). The production centres in Bristol andNorwich closed in 2006 and 2012 respectively. ITV Studios also ownsSo Television after acquiringGraham Norton's production company in 2012.[40] On 22 April 2013, ITV announced they had acquired production company The Garden for £18 million; it is best known for producing Channel 4 series24 Hours in A&E.[41] In 2013, ITV launched a new production company namedPotato.[42] 2016 saw ITV Studios secure a four-year British horse racing deal which saw theCheltenham Festival,Grand National andRoyal Ascot all be shown on ITV.[43]
On 14 January 2013, the ITV logo was added to the opening credits of the majority of ITV Studios-produced shows airing on ITV's channels, similar to the BBC.
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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 Border andITV Westcountry rarely contributed network programmes, so were largely unaffected by the creation of ITV Studios except for the closure of their local news studios. Whilst continuing to present local programming, these are produced from Gateshead and Bristol respectively.
12 Yard was founded in 2001 byDavid Young and the creative team behind the worldwide hitWeakest Link andHat Trick Productions. The company was originally operated as a joint-venture until December 2007, when ITV acquired the company for £35 million.[44]
12 Yard has become one of the world's most successful entertainment format creators, producing hit formats including the BBC's long-running early evening quizEggheads, Saturday nightBBC One lottery formatsThe National Lottery: In it to Win it andWho Dares Wins!, primetime feel-good formatHolding Out for a Hero,Take On the Twisters andBig Star's Little Star forITV andCoach Trip forChannel 4.
Currently, as of 2022, 12 Yard currently produce shows such asCelebrity Coach Trip for E4, a revival ofEggheads for Channel 5, and the British version of ITV Studios/John de Mol'sLet Love Rule format for ITV2, under the local name ofThe Cabins.[45][46][47][48][49]
A new label founded by David P. Davis, formerly of Sony Pictures Television-ownedBad Wolf, which will be based in Cardiff and operate under Patrick Spence's scripted division at ITV Studios.[4]
Big Talk Studios is a film and television production company founded on 11 February 1994 byNira Park and was acquired by ITV Studios on 26 July 2013.
The company has produced critically acclaimed films such asBaby Driver,Edgar Wright'sThree Flavours Cornetto trilogy,Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,Paul andSightseers. Television series produced by Big Talk includeMum,Back and the revivedCold Feet.
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.[50] 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.[51]
Happy Prince is a label of ITV Studios run byDominic Treadwell-Collins.[52]
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."[53] On 22 April 2013, The Garden was acquired by ITV Studios.[54] It is known for producing24 Hours in A&E forChannel 4,Inside Claridge's forBBC Two, andSquid Game: The Challenge forNetflix.
ITV Studios Continuing Drama is an in-house division that handles the production of the soapsCoronation Street andEmmerdale.[55]
ITV Studios Daytime is another in-house division that handles the production for the weekday daytime programmesGood Morning Britain,Lorraine,This Morning, andLoose Women.[56]
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 asLove Island,Dancing on Ice,In for a Penny andThe Voice UK, as well as programmes for other broadcasters such as Channel 4'sCountdown and BBC Two'sUniversity Challenge.[57][58]
In June 2021, it was announced that Simon Cowell's new Syco game showWalk the Line would be developed with Lifted Entertainment rather than withThames/Fremantle (known forThe X Factor andBritain's Got Talent).[59][60][61]
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 seriesUnforgotten.
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 areEndeavour,McDonald & Dodds,Poldark,Victoria and the ITV/Amazon Prime Video co-productionVanity Fair.
Monumental Pictures was founded in 2014 by producersAlison Owen andDebra Hayward, well known for their participation in films such asLes Misérables andSaving Mr. Banks, to produce film and television content.[62] At the end of April 2015, ITV Studios acquired a minority stake in Monumental Pictures,[63] which later became 51% on 18 July 2019 four years later.[64] Examples of Monumental Pictures productions areWill forTNT,Anne with an E forCBC Television andNetflix andHarlots forHulu.
Multistory Media originally started as the factual entertainment and features network production departments ofTyne Tees Television andYorkshire 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 withinITV Yorkshire as part ofITV Productions. At this point an internal reorganisation 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 asShiver Productions. On 23 May 2019, Shiver Productions changed their name toMultistory Media.[65]
Today, Multistory Media is one of the largest producers of factual entertainment for television in the United Kingdom. Examples of Multistory Media productions arePaul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs,60 Minute Makeover andPeter Andre: My Life.
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 atChannel 4.[66]
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 acclaimedAnimal Planet seriesMeerkat Manor.
In March 2008, parent companySouthern 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.[67] In 2009,Fairfax Media sold Southern Star toEndemol but retained OSF. In 2011, OSF was acquired by Boomerang Plus, which transferred it to Boom Pictures in 2012. In 2013, OSF became part of the Twofour Group (now part of ITV Studios).
Potato is the factual entertainment subsidiary of ITV Studios, established in March 2013. Potato produces television shows such asThe Chase,Ninja Warrior UK andCelebAbility,[68] with game shows such asMoneyball andSitting on a Fortune[69] produced in association with Glenn Hugill's Possessed production company, itself a venture with ITV Studios, based at their headquarters in London.[70][71][72][73][74]
Rollercoaster Television was founded in June 2021 by James Fox & Dom Waugh, who formerly worked atEndemol 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.[75]
So Television is a television production company founded in 1998 by Irish television and radio presenter, comedian, actor, and authorGraham Norton and his partner Graham Stuart, best known for producing Norton's chat showsV Graham Norton andThe Graham Norton Show. The company also produces programmes for radio, mainly forBBC Radio 4, via the So Radio division. Both So Television and So Radio are based inLondon. On 30 August 2012, ITV Studios acquired the company for an estimated £17 million.[76]
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 thrillerTrauma, crime thrillerThe Bay and detective thrillerBancroft, both produced for ITV.[77]
Twofour is a Britishtelevision anddigital media group that was founded in 1989 byCharles 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.[78]
Melanie Leach was named Chief Executive for Twofour Group in summer 2014.[79]
Twofour is an international award-winning television production company, producing programming for theBBC,ITV,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 includingThe Jump (Channel 4), multi award-winningThe Real Marigold Hotel[80] (BBC One/BBC Two) and the fastest selling format of the year,This Time Next Year (ITV)[81] and Channel 5's longest running series,The Hotel Inspector.
The company producesob-doc and fixed rig shows such as Channel 4's International Emmy winningEducating Yorkshire,Educating the East End and 2011'sEducating Essex. In May 2012, Series Director David Clews was awarded a BAFTA Television Craft Award for his work directingEducating Essex.
Twofour has produced a range of adventure documentaries such asHarry's Arctic Heroes for BBC One andHarry's Mountain Heroes for ITV, both featuringPrince 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.[51]
World Productions is a television production company founded on 20 March 1990 by acclaimed producerTony Garnett and owned by ITV Studios since May 2017. The company's first major series was the police dramaBetween 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 includeThis Life (BBC Two, 1996–1997), about a group of young law students in London; vampire thrillerUltraviolet (Channel 4, 1998) and police dramaThe 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 made the seriesNo Angels forChannel 4 (2004–2006), a drama based around the lives of young nurses, and alsoGoldplated and forChannel Five it produced thePerfect Day trilogy andTripping Over, a co production withNetwork Ten in Australia. It also co-produced, withBBC Cymru Wales, a one-offThis Life reunion special, which aired in early 2007.
In 2018, the company produced the hit TV seriesBodyguard, which achieved the highest viewing figures for a new BBC drama in the multichannel era and the highest BBC viewing figures since 2008.[82]
ITV Studios have a number of formats broadcasting on various networks around the world. These include franchises for theLove Island andThe Voice formats, as well asLet Love Rule, a programme known in the UK asThe 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 asLaska na chate).[83]
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Co-headquartered inNorth Hollywood, California,New York City, and inStamford, Connecticut,[84] ITV Studios US produces programming primarily for US networks, such as:Fox'sHell's Kitchen,Kitchen Nightmares,Sit Down, Shut Up, andNanny 911;NBC'sHit Me, Baby, One More Time,The Wall,The Voice,Prime Suspect, andLittle Friends;CBS'Eleventh Hour;VH1'sBut Can They Sing? andCelebrity Fit Club;A&E'sAirline,The First 48 andHouse of Dreams; andMTV'sRoom Raiders.
The company had its origins in 1988 as World International Network, a consortium of companies likeCentral Independent Television,[85] which was rebranded into Hamdon Entertainment when the remaining two partners (Carlton andARD/Studio Hamburg) bought it in 1995, before taking it outright as Carlton America in 1999,[86] and Granada Entertainment USA, which was formed byGranada Media Group in 1997,[87] before eventually took on the Granada America moniker when Granada and Carlton merged in 2003.[88]
In 2006, Granada, in association withFremantleMedia North America, producedGameshow Marathon, an American version ofAnt & Dec's Gameshow Marathon for CBS.
Television movies from Granada and ITV Studios US include:Molly Shannon in12 Days of Christmas Eve;Jason Priestley inReality of Love;Farrah Fawcett inHollywood Lives, based onJackie Collins' best selling novel;Anne Heche inDead Will Tell;Melanie Griffith inLethal Seduction;Jon Voight andCary Elwes inPope John Paul II (2005miniseries),Matthew Perry inThe Ron Clark Story (2006),Aidan Quinn andMary-Louise Parker inUnexpected Journey,Susan Sarandon inIce Bound. Hamdon Entertainment and Television programmes now owned domestically from its former ITC library include1978 adaptation ofLes Misérables (Richard Jordan,Anthony Perkins),The Scarlet and the Black (1983Gregory Peck,Christopher Plummer),Not My Kid (1985George Segal,Stockard Channing) andAt Mother's Request (1987).
In 2007, the Chief Executive Officer of the division, then named Granada America, wasDavid Gyngell, son of the lateBruce Gyngell, the former managing director of former ITV breakfast franchiseeTV-am andYorkshire-Tyne Tees Television.[89] By 2008, David Gyngell had left the company and joinedNine Entertainment in Australia.[90] The unit was re-branded under the ITV Studios banner in May 2009.[91]
On 7 May 2014, ITV Studios announced the acquisition of Leftfield Entertainment, which produces reality shows such asPawn Stars,Counting Cars andAmerican Restoration. ITV took an 80% stake in the company initially, according to ITV this will make them "largest unscripted independent producer in the US"[92] In December 2015, with the purchase of Leftfield, ITV Studios US Group was rebranded as ITV America.[93]
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.[94]
In 2018, ITV announced a relocated of a large part of their operations from California and New York City toStamford, Connecticut, creating 450 new jobs in the process.
ITV Studios Australia is the Australian division of ITV Studios, based atFox Studios Australia in Sydney.[100] The company has its origins in production company Artist Services, a company formed in 1989 by a group of investors includingSteve Vizard, producing many classic shows. Half of the company was sold toJohn Fairfax Holdings in 1995 forA$9 million, at a time when the company was generating about $50 million per year.[101] In 1998, the entire company was acquired byGranada forA$25 million.[102]
The company rebranded as ITV Studios Australia in January 2013, with the first programme carrying the new branding being the second season of theAustralian Broadcasting Corporation comedy news programmeShaun Micallef's Mad as Hell.[103][104]
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ITV Studios Germany productions includeIch bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! (the local version ofI'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!),Star Duell andDeutschlands Beste Doppelgänger (Stars And Their Doubles) forRTL; and East-West German comedyEi Verbibbsch forSat.1. 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.[105]
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.[106][107] Bildergarten Entertainment is responsible forDickes Deutschland and the German version ofLange Leve de Liefde (The Cabins) onRTL Zwei,[108]The Voice of Germany for ProSieben/SAT.1 andSing Meinen Song on VOX.
Armoza Formats is an Israeli unscripted television Formats company founded in 2005 by Avi Armoza that is best known forThe Four: Battle for Stardom,La'uf al HaMillion (the original version ofWho's Still Standing?) andI Can Do That. At the end of July 2019, ITV Studios acquired Armoza and integrated it into their Creative Network division.[3] In April 2024, Armoza bought the company back from ITV, returning it to its independent status. Armoza Formats will retain exclusive rights to reproduce ITV Studios' formats in Israel, while ITV will retain rights to Armoza's back catalog.[109]
Ranging from primetime entertainment, talent competitions and daily magazine shows to comedy, drama and documentary, ITV Studios France creates content for broadcasters throughoutFrance. The division has successfully adapted hit international formats for French audiences including4 Mariages Pour 1 Lune de Miel (a French version ofFour Weddings) andThe Voice: la plus belle voix (a French version ofThe Voice) forTF1 andLes 5 anneaux d'or (a French version of5 Gold Rings) forFrance 2 and also produces popular original programming such as daily magazine showJe t'aime etc for France 2, comedy seriesImportantissime forCanal+ and drama featureQuand je serai grande je te tuerai (a French remake of the two-part British thriller television miniseriesUndeniable) 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 offiction (mainly television dramas such asA French Village which is the company is known for producing),documentaries, magazine series, live entertainment,animation,new media,music and distribution; however, Tetra will continue to operate independently from ITV Studios France.[110]
In December 2021,Thierry Lachkar was named as CEO of ITV Studios France.[111][112]
Tetra Media Studio is a French independent television group founded in 1990 by directorsMiguel Courtois,Gilles de Maistre and Jérôme Cornuau. The company participates in the fields offiction (mainly television dramas such asA French Village which is the company is known for producing),documentaries, magazine series and live entertainment.[113] The group consists of:
ITV Studios Nordic is the division of ITV Studios in theNordic countries, operating through five units: ITV Studios Norway, ITV Studios Finland, ITV Studios Sweden (including Elk Production[21]) and two companies inDenmark named United Productions[114] and Apple Tree Productions[22] respectively.
ITV Studios Netherlands is the Dutch division of ITV Studios, created on 11 October 2018.[115] 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.[30] ITV Studios Netherlands produces shows on bothRTL 4 andSBS6, includingLang Leve de Liefde[116] (also known asLet Love Rule orThe Cabins), a format exported to the UK, Belgium,[117][118] Sweden and Portugal.[119][120]
Talpa Media was a Dutch global television production company owned by ITV Studios and before thatTalpa Network which was well known for creating the successful worldwide music reality competition franchiseThe Voice. The company comprised Talpa Netherlands (which consisted of Talpa Content and Talpa Productions) and Talpa Global.[121] On 1 October 2019, founderJohn de Mol left Talpa when ITV Studios began restructuring.[30]
Talpa Global comprised divisions inNorth America, theMiddle East andGermany, although other partnerships were vested in theUnited Kingdom,France,Italy,Portugal, theNordic countries,Australia andSub-Saharan Africa. The North American division was based inLos Angeles,California, theUnited States, while the Middle East division was based inDubai, theUnited Arab Emirates and the German division has offices inBerlin andHamburg.[121] 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.[30]
In addition to its production labels, ITV Studios is the worldwide distributor of programming produced by ITV's production teams and independent producers.[122] Known until 2020 as ITV Studios Global Entertainment, ITVS has distributed programmes and films likeBrief Encounter,The Red Shoes, and theCarry On... films. Also, a part of this collection is theITC Entertainment feature film library, includingThe Eagle Has Landed,The Return of the Pink Panther, andOn Golden Pond. ITV also owns the rights to the film catalogues ofThe Rank Organisation (except forEaling Studios productions) andAlexander Korda (pre-1945). These films are currently distributed theatrically byJanus Films andPark Circus,[123] in conjunction with Westchester Films, whose parent companyShout! Factory 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.[124]
The television library features programming by most of the majorITV network companies (except forThames Television which is divided betweenFremantle for general entertainment andBoat Rocker Media for children's programming;Television South (TVS) which currently belongs toDisney, andSouthern Television which until recently belonged toBanijay'sEndemol Shine Australia); including titles such asPrime Suspect,Doctor Zhivago (2002miniseries),The Forsyte Saga (2002), andAgatha Christie's Poirot, plus children's shows, TV movies (e.g. 2005'sPope John Paul II), wildlife documentaries, and other factual programming. The library also includes hit series such asBodyguard (produced byWorld Productions), which has been picked up byNetflix outside the UK.[125]
Independent productions distributed by ITV include programming produced byWall 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: (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: (Rosemary & Thyme), andRed Productions: (Bob and Rose,Second Coming). ITV also handled non-Spanish, Portuguese and Italian distribution rights toPocoyo from the show's premiere in 2005 until 2011, when ITV and Zinkia Entertainment ended their distribution agreement.[126]
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 (includingCBeebies'Numberjacks).
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