58-465: ITV Play was a short-lived 24/7 participation television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc . It aired as an interactive gaming channel, what its sister channel was planned to air before it was changed. The ITV Play name continued as a strand on ITV1 during the overnight hours until December 2007. It was launched as a standalone channel on Freeview (taking on the slot which
116-495: 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 . In June 2017, ITV Studios announced that they had acquired Swedish production company Elk Production. In October 2017, ITV Studios announced that they had acquired a majority stake in Italian film and television production company Cattleya , which
174-547: A 51% majority stake. 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
232-1037: A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! , Parkinson , Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway , Tonight , The Jeremy Kyle Show and This Morning . 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 Multistory Media (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; it
290-762: A Hero , Take On the Twisters and Big Star's Little Star for ITV 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 . 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 Studios
348-477: A gambling channel, it would have been forced to give 20% of its profits to good causes. Labour MP Paul Farrelly went further in his criticism of channels in the participation quiz TV genre, describing them as "tantamount to theft." On 5 March 2007, ITV announced that all premium rate phone competitions and quizzes, including the ITV Play channel, would be suspended while an audit took place. Programmes ended in
406-466: A joint venture production music label. In March 2021, ITV Studios announced that they had rebranded their division ITV Studios Entertainment to Lifted Entertainment, with Syco Entertainment creative director and executive producer Lee McNicholas joining the rebranded label. On 28 April 2021, ITV Studios expanded into Spain with the launch of Cattleya Producciones, an offshoot of their Italian subsidiary Cattleya. In July 2024, ITV Studios acquired
464-879: A majority stake in Hartswood Films . ITV will also handle worldwide distribution of their future shows. In the same month, ITV sold their 45% stake in Blumhouse Television back to Blumhouse . 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 with Channel 4 's Growth Fund, dropping their 25% stake, whilst ITV Studios will handle distribution of Eagle Eye's future programmes. On 23 November 2024, Sky News reported that CVC Capital Partners , TF1 , RedBird Capital Partners , All3Media , Mediawan and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts had been linked to
522-511: A potential takeover bid for ITV plc and a possible break-up of core assets such as ITV Studios and ITVX . 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 , Emmerdale , Heartbeat , Agatha Christie's Marple and Agatha Christie's Poirot , Brainiac: Science Abuse , I'm
580-541: 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 (the sister company to ITV Studios' rival Fremantle via both companies' parent Bertelsmann ), which includes
638-698: 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 of The Killing ), 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 ), Lucisano Media Group , Palomar and Indiana Production . In April 2017, American horror film production company Blumhouse Productions sold
SECTION 10
#1732802078142696-1097: A then-unnamed business. 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. 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. In July 2012, ITV Studios announced that they had expanded their operations into Norway by acquiring Norwegian production company Mediacircus. In August 2012, ITV Studios announced that they had acquired Graham Norton's independent comedy entertainment production company So Television . In July 2013, ITV Studios announced that they had acquired production company Big Talk Productions with ITV Studios global distribution arm ITV Studios Global Entertainment taking over Big Talk's programmes worldwide. In June 2015, ITV Studios announced that they had acquired
754-432: A time. The Debbie King Show was a magazine-style quiz show shown on the 10pm – 12:30am slot on ITV Play. It began on 5 March 2007 and ended on 6 March 2007, lasting only for one show due to ITV Play being taken off the air the day after the show was launched. The programme was produced by Hamma & Glamma Productions. The Mint was a quiz show featuring celebrity guests in a large Mansion-like set. A £100,000 Jackpot
812-601: Is a British multinational television media company owned by British television broadcaster ITV plc . It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV 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
870-584: 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 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 , Poldark , Victoria and
928-451: 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 , Edgar Wright 's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World , Paul and Sightseers . Television series produced by Big Talk include Mum , Back and
986-485: Is an in-house division that handles the production of the soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale . ITV Studios Daytime is another in-house division that handles the production for the weekday daytime programmes Good Morning Britain , Lorraine , This Morning , and Loose Women . 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
1044-616: Is best known for producing Channel 4 series 24 Hours in A&;E . 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 all be shown on ITV. 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
1102-558: Is known for producing many ITV programmes such as Love Island , Dancing on Ice , 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 (known for The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent ). Mainstreet Pictures
1160-482: Is responsible for sales of finished programmes, formats and commercial licensing deals. 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. Central Television Enterprises, Central Independent Television's international sales operations founded in 1987. Central Television Enterprises was later acquired by Carlton Communications in 1994 when they purchased Central, renaming
1218-595: Is the Place to Play" and not anything else. It ended on 22 December 2006. The series was produced by ITV Productions ( Granada ) in Manchester. The Common Room aired for half an hour in the early evenings. The Common Room's main presenters were Tim Dixon , Emma Lee and Zö Christien. It launched on ITV Play on 31 July. Unlike the rest of the ITV Play games, this was more of a chat show with minor prizes. The show aired for its last time on 10 November 2006. The series
SECTION 20
#17328020781421276-663: Is 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 .. 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. 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
1334-620: The BBC and Channel 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 facilities The London Studios , 3SixtyMedia (based at ITV Granada , and co-owned with BBC Studioworks ), 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)
1392-585: 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. 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 , University Challenge and The Royle Family for
1450-431: The 3pm – 6pm TV slot. Presenters included Anna Fowler and Dave O'Riley. The show ended on 6 March 2007. The series was produced by ITV Productions ( Granada ) in Manchester. The show was generally a Make Your Play clone, with a different colour theme and lower cash prizes. Glitterball was introduced as a replacement for The Mint . The show was broadcast by the same company that produced The Mint , and featured one of
1508-404: The BBC. 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
1566-514: The BBC. However, Welsh programmes would always retain the "ITV Cymru" brand. Granada Media Limited was renamed ITV Productions Limited in December 2006. In December 2007, ITV Productions announced that they had acquired British production company behind entertainment formats 12 Yard , marking their first acquisition. In February 2008, ITV announced that they would wind up the Granada brand and merge Granada International and Granada Ventures into
1624-561: The Flemish part of Belgium as from January 2011. De Neveneffecten revealed in their television show "Basta" fraud on large scale. The games are still aired in the Wallon part of Belgium. • TangoVisa - Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV game show), (July 12, 2023 - July 13, 2023) • IskelmäVisa- Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV game show), (July 19, 2023 - July 20, 2023) Former Quiz Programmes & Channels ITV Productions ITV Studios Limited
1682-435: 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 for Channel 4 , Inside Claridge's for BBC Two , and Squid Game: The Challenge for Netflix . ITV Studios Continuing Drama
1740-513: The call games on these channels in August 2013. The games are no more aired since March 2014. No more call-tv shows are aired since 2007, these games are prohibited by the French law. Till 2011, Sat.1, ProSieben and kabeleins had quick Quiz Shows, called "Quiz Breaks" or "Quiz Time". These Shows only lasted few minutes and interrupted TV-sitcoms like "Scrubs" in the morning to get viewers to call
1798-514: The channel finally closed and was removed from the Sky EPG. The channel slot was replaced by ITV2 +1 on Freeview. All of the shows below were shown on the ITV Play channel. Quizmania is the only one that has been revived since the demise of ITV Play. Quizmania , was presented by Greg Scott, Debbie King, Lee Baldry and others and was produced by FremantleMedia . It was the first phone-in quiz show produced for ITV . The success of this show
ITV Play - Misplaced Pages Continue
1856-399: The company as CTE (Carlton) Limited. In March 1998, CTE was renamed as Carlton International Media Limited. 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
1914-540: 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 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
1972-436: The early hours of 6 March 2007. The audit was announced after a number of problems with premium rate services affecting ITV, BBC One and Channel 4 , all of whom were to meet with the regulator ICSTIS . ITV appointed Deloitte as independent auditors. On 13 March 2007, ITV announced that the ITV Play channel would permanently cease transmission following the recent concerns over participation television. On 16 March 2007,
2030-452: The fictional public house , presented by Rachel Bullen (Roberts) . The Rovers Return Quiz aired for the last time on 13 October 2006. It was replaced by an extended version of This Morning Puzzlebook . The series was produced by ITV Productions ( Granada ) in Manchester. The School Run aired everyday between in the early evening (and on Mondays at 9pm) it was hosted by either Tim Dixon, Emma Lee or Lawrie Jordon until 30 July 2006. It
2088-403: The job and to go undercover. De Winne got the job and was a host for about 4 months and used hidden cameras to record conversations with the management. Neveneffecten also hired a math expert: Gaeten de Weert . After some months, De Weert was able to solve every math puzzle, but noticed the answer of the puzzle is incorrect in 16% of the cases due to miscalculation of the producers. De Weert called
2146-487: The later end of its run the show was broadcast seven nights a week on ITV Play and ITV. The series was produced by ITV Productions ( Granada ) in Manchester. Make Your Play was also the last ITV Play show to be broadcast before the brand was ditched by ITV. However it was announced that ITV Play would not be returning in 2008. The Zone was only on air for six programmes. It was an interactive gameshow that began on 26 February 2007, on ITV Play and Men & Motors in
2204-526: The main TV channels already banned the games between 2008 and 2010, except vtm and 2BE who stopped in 2011. In Wallonia the games are still broadcast. The Belgian cabaret Neveneffecten had a TV-show Basta in January 2011 on channel Eén . In their second episode, Basta could prove these games were a fraud. Neveneffecten found a job posting as host for such games and they asked Maxime De Winne to apply for
2262-519: The maximum was £75 a day on BT. In January 2007, Ofcom found ITV guilty of breaching its broadcasting code for making answers to one of its quizzes too obscure. Viewers complained after two answers to the question "what items might be found in a woman's handbag?" were revealed to be " balaclava " and " rawlplugs ". The 21 September 2006 quiz was found to be in breach of the rule that "competitions should be conducted fairly". Ofcom warned ITV Play that there must be no further incident. Ofcom stated that this
2320-421: The network production divisions from its following predecessor companies: ITV Border and ITV 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 by David Young and
2378-590: The phone numbers. Shortly after adoption of the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (broadcast treaty) in September 2008, which allows the regulators to impose fines to the channels in case of irregularity, several channels announced the end of phone-in quizzes. In the Netherlands, call-in quizzes were officially banned by law after losing all network support in November 2007. These programs were cancelled in
ITV Play - Misplaced Pages Continue
2436-515: The remaining 75% stake in British television production company Mammoth Screen. Later, that same month ITV Studios announced that they had bought Twofour Group. In May 2017, ITV plc acquired production company World 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. That same year, ITV Studios also acquired Swedish game show and entertainment programming producer Elk Production,
2494-515: 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 is a label of ITV Studios run by Dominic Treadwell-Collins . The Garden was created in 2010 to produce "cutting edge, ambitious, distinctive factual programmes for major broadcasters in both
2552-448: The revived Cold 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. 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
2610-420: The series. Playdate was a dating programme. The programme began exclusively on ITV2 late at night, but later had a slot on ITV Play in an early evening slot. The show's presenters included Brendan Courtney , Dave O'Reilly and Kate Lawler . It ended on 17 December 2006. It was produced by Hamma & Glamma Productions. The Rovers Return Quiz was a Coronation Street inspired pub quiz , based on
2668-528: The show's main presenters. Unlike other ITV Play shows, the games were shown on a giant screen in the studio rather than by graphics on the viewers own screens. The show also had a double presenter format, usually male and female. The show also survived the Ofcom investigation into ITV Play, after a few nights break they returned to ITV and ITV Play at the same time, with some callers saying, ' It's good to have you back.' Glitterball Extra, much like The Mint Extra,
2726-519: The studio during a live game and was able to give the correct answer. He also said the show was a fraud and he was going to publish the solution key on the Internet, which he actually did. The episode was aired on 17 January 2011, vtm and 2BE decided to stop the games as from 20 January 2011. The broadcast did not have effect in Wallonia although De Weert was also able to break the solution keys of
2784-499: The studio or not. ITV had promised to make its programmes with higher production values than quiz programmes on other quiz channels, but with little evidence of such. Many of the callers were kept on hold and unable to connect. Restrictions put on the number of attempts to call, 150 per day, meaning that in a 24-hour period, BT callers could still spend a maximum of £112.50 per day. This changed in February 2007 to 100 calls per day, so
2842-403: Was a presenter-less text-in game show that was usually shown as a filler during most of the day. Play DJ was a text-in quiz show which was similar to ITV Playalong , except with hosts and a studio instead of a "static" screen. Presenters of the show included Nigel Mitchell, Ruth Frances, Amy Garcia , Emma Lee, Mark Ryes, Tim Dixon and Greg Scott. It ended on 6 March 2007. Two Way TV produced
2900-434: Was given away twice. The show was presented by Brian Dowling , Kat Shoob, Craig Stevens , Cat Porter, Beverley French and Mark Rumble and co-produced by Ludus and E:TV. The Mint in which over £6 million was given away, finished on 14 February 2007. The Mint Extra was a spin-off from the main show The Mint . The presenters included Milo McCabe, Brian Dowling, Craig Stevens, Mark Rumble and Cat Porter. ITV Playalong
2958-426: Was made even if the caller was not put through to the studio. A free entry route was available through the website. Users were restricted to 150 calls/web entries in a 24-hour period. At peak times callers had a 1 in 8500 chance of getting through to the studio to play. The 75p per call cost of a chance of involvement in shows, higher from mobile phones. Callers were charged for each call they made, whether connected to
SECTION 50
#17328020781423016-453: Was one of the main reasons ITV started ITV Play. The last episode was broadcast on 14 January 2007. The series returned on 17 July 2008 as an online-only programme, co-produced by ScreenPop Ltd. and Illumina Digital. The Call , presented by Tim Dixon, Dave O'Reilly, Zö Christien and Emma Lee, had a feature called the Phrase that Pays and a winner could be made simply by answering saying "ITV
3074-577: Was previously occupied by the Men & Motors channel) on 19 April 2006 and started broadcasting on the Sky platform on 24 July 2006. The ITV Play channel was created in response to and hoping to cash in on the popularity of late night quiz shows on ITV1 and ITV2 such as Quizmania and The Mint that had first launched in December 2005. ITV Play also offered additional gambling services on their website. It cost at least 75p per call to participate. This charge
3132-408: Was produced by ITV Productions ( Granada ) in Manchester. Make Your Play was the first in-house ITV Production to go out on the main ITV channels. The show started off at weekends on ITV, with shows airing on the ITV Play channel the rest of the week. The show had larger cash prizes than most other ITV Play shows, as a result calls were put through to the studio on a much less regular basis. In
3190-612: Was produced by ITV Productions ( Granada ) in Manchester. The Daily Quiz! , presented by Kat Shoob, launched on 13 March 2006 and was produced by Big Game TV Productions . On 19 May 2006, officers from the Fraud Squad raided the offices of Big Game TV , makers of The Daily Quiz! after a BBC Radio 4 investigation for the You and Yours programme found that receptionists were told to ignore all incoming calls for long periods of time while 150–200 calls per minute were clocked up at 75p
3248-435: Was replaced with The Common Room . The series was produced by ITV Productions ( Granada ) in Manchester. This Morning Puzzlebook was a quiz show with large cash prizes first broadcast on ITV Play, then later as part of the daytime magazine programme This Morning . Presenters included Zö Christien, Tim Dixon, Emma Lee, Dave O'Reilly, Allison Hammond and Ben Baldwin. It aired for the last time on 22 December 2006. The series
3306-653: Was shown on the ITV Play channel earlier in the evening, prior to the main shows broadcast. Due to bad publicity from the Ofcom investigation, call volumes dropped, so the show was ditched after seven episodes. In addition to its slate of quiz programmes, the channel also aired delayed repeats of both Love Island and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . Quiz channel List of quiz channels . Although there are no quiz channels in North America, these are interactive programs similar to quiz channels: The games started airing as from 2004. In Flanders
3364-539: Was the first formal breach of the code recorded against ITV Play. For its part, ITV Play described it as a "one-off" incident of poor judgement. The genre of interactive quiz TV shows has also been heavily criticised by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee . They stated that call TV programmes "generally look and feel like gambling", have "a lack of fairness and transparency" and that they encourage people to call more times than they can afford. Had ITV Play been classed as
#141858