“In light of continued press speculation, ITV confirms that it has no current intention of making a bid,” the U.K. TV giant says about the producer of Big Brother, MasterChef and Black Mirror.
British media companies BBC Worldwide and ITV Plc launched BritBox in the United States today, a new subscription-based video streaming service that includes iconic British shows including Blackadder, Fawlty Towers and East Enders.
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The British are streaming, the British are streaming. BBC Worldwide and ITV announced today that they will join forces to launch a Netflix-like streaming service in the U.S. The ad-free service will be available online and via Roku, AppleTV and Chromecast starting in the first quarter of 2017. Its name — BritBox — reflects the service’s focus on British TV.
ITV, the small commercial broadcaster based in the U.K., could be the next media industry takeover target, according to several industry sources. The TV network — which became world famous for airing Downton Abbey — looks ripe for the plucking by a big U.S. conglomerate.
LONDON(AP) — British writer Tony Warren, who created the long-running soap opera “Coronation Street,” has died. He was 79. Broadcaster ITV said Warren died Tuesday night, “surrounded by his loving […]
A Comcast spokesman has formally denied the report of ITV Group being in merger discussions with Comcast’s NBCUniversal. “We don’t comment on M&A rumors but the speculation on ITV is just completely inaccurate,” spokesman John Demming said.
The acquisition of Talpa Media, established by John de Mol, the Big Brother creator, is the latest move by the British broadcaster to bolster its content and sell shows globally.
Media mavens in Blighty are buzzing at the prospect that the U.K.’s biggest broadcaster, ITV, may end up in U.S. hands as a rush of consolidation reshapes the British media landscape.
John Malone’s Liberty Global has bought a 6.4% stake in ITV, the U.K.’s leading commercial TV broadcaster. Liberty Global already owns the territory’s leading cabler, Virgin Media. Liberty Global paid £481 million ($824 million) to buy the shares from the Rupert Murdoch-controlled U.K. satcaster BSkyB. Liberty told ITV and U.K. regulators that it has no intention to make a full takeover bid for the company.
In a research note Wednesday, Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets says the “iTV” will be 60 inches on the diagonal, but could also come in 50- and 55-inch versions. Apple will also release a small “iRing” that fits on the viewer’s finger, allowing the user to control the screen by pointing, White says.
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook said technology for televisions was of “intense interest” but stressed the company’s efforts would unfold gradually amid speculation the iPad and iPhone maker was on the brink of unveiling a revolutionary iTV.
There’s a “You say potato, I say potahto’ scenario going on in interactive TV. The term ITV is used to refer to two types of interactivity: one dealing with usage, the other with technology. “Interactive television is about engaging with content [on the TV], not the hardware [with which you engage],” said Ashley Swartz, senior VP-ITV practice lead at Digitas. “TV is the next great disruptor, which is a paradox, as advertisers look at it as their anchor.”
Canada’s largest telecommunications companies are squaring off in a fight about the future of television. Rogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. are in talks with Apple Inc. to become Canadian launch partners for its much-hyped Apple iTV, a product that has the potential to revolutionize TV viewing by turning conventional televisions into gigantic iPads.
Apple’s suppliers are preparing to ship materials the computer giant’s new iTV set in the first quarter to meet Apple’s goal of launching the set in the third quarter, according to a report.
ITV, the U.K.’s largest commercial television network, will streamline its distribution chain using channel-in-a-box content delivery based on Miranda Technologies’ iTX solution. ITV’s move to an IT-based system will begin […]
