49-568: ITV Studios Australia is an Australian television production company and the Australian arm of UK company ITV Studios . It was formed as Artist Services in 1989, later becoming Granada Media Australia before being rebranded to its current name in 2013. The company produces or co-produces numerous Australian television programs across commercial television, public broadcasters and subscription television in Australia. ITV Studios Australia
98-495: 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
147-547: 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
196-1037: 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
245-762: 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
294-466: 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
343-879: 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
392-438: 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)
441-511: 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
490-541: 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
539-479: A shaded background indicate the program is still in production. ITV Studios ITV Studios Limited 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
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#1732797527861588-698: 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
637-1097: 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
686-972: A time when the company was generating about A$ 50 million per year. In 1998, the entire company was acquired by Granada for A$ 25 million. Under the Granada Media Australia banner, the company produced a variety of programs including the first seven seasons of the Seven Network 's Dancing with the Stars (2004–2007); Nine Network 's Merrick & Rosso Unplanned (2003); six seasons of Fox8 's Australia's Next Top Model ; Ten's Australian Princess (2005–2007), Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation (2009–2012, 2018–2019) and reboot of Young Talent Time (2012); Lifestyle Channel 's Come Dine with Me Australia . The company rebranded as ITV Studios Australia in January 2013, with
735-584: 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
784-451: 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
833-485: 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
882-454: Is 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 shows such as Fast Forward , Full Frontal , SeaChange and Tonight Live with Steve Vizard . Half of the company was sold to John Fairfax Holdings in 1995 for A$ 9 million, at
931-616: 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
980-558: 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
1029-482: 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
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#17327975278611078-663: 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
1127-618: The playout of all the above until 2007, when the service was outsourced to Technicolor Network Services (TNS) (now part of Ericsson ). The play-out is now run from Ericsson's broadcast centre in Chiswick . Ericsson now provides network feeds to transmission centres in Leeds (home of the Northern Transmission Centre, which was also originally taken over by TNS as part of the outsourcing deal) and Glasgow ( STV ). In 1994, Granada Group took over LWT and acquired
1176-585: 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
1225-404: 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
1274-514: 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
1323-635: The ITV national, and some of the network's regional forecasts at ITN's headquarters in Gray's Inn Road. The studios were originally built by the London weekend ITV franchise holder, London Weekend Television (LWT). In 1991, Carlton Television won the London weekday franchise from Thames Television , but unlike Thames, Carlton had no studios of its own. Carlton rented space from The London Studios from 1993 for its own post-production and continuity facilities. This arrangement continued until 2002, when an agreement
1372-655: The ITV network, was also based at the London Studios. When LWT succeeded ATV as the London weekend ITV franchisee in 1968, it rented Associated-Rediffusion 's old studios at Wembley (later known as The Fountain Studios ) while plans for a new studio complex in central London were drawn up. The chosen site stood beside the then new Royal National Theatre on the South Bank of the River Thames . It
1421-980: The ITV/Amazon Prime Video co-production Vanity Fair . Monumental Pictures was founded in 2014 by producers Alison Owen and Debra Hayward , well known for their participation in films such as Les Misérables and Saving Mr. Banks , 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 for TNT , Anne with an E for CBC Television and Netflix and Harlots for Hulu . The London Studios The London Studios (also known as The South Bank Studios , The London Television Centre , ITV Tower , Kent House and LWT Tower ) in Lambeth , Central London
1470-506: The London Studios, as well as continuity before regional programmes in the following regions: Meridian , Westcountry , HTV West , Anglia , the non-franchise ITV Thames Valley region and since 2006 HTV Wales , although between 2002 and 2006 the Welsh station's continuity was recorded and sent electronically to London. The complex also housed the continuity of ITV plc 's digital channels ITV2 , ITV3 , ITV4 and CITV . The site also handled
1519-493: The River Thames is the main studio block, housing studios 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7, the restaurant, the takeaway bar (prior studio cafe), management offices, edit facilities, make-up and wardrobe. It was designed by London-based architecture practice Elsom Pack & Roberts . On the east side of the site, there is a neighbouring building called Gabriel's Wharf . Previously belonging to Younger's Brewery, this three-storey building
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1568-421: 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 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
1617-435: 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
1666-551: The building. When ITV franchises were permitted to take one another over in the 1990s (which had previously been restricted), Carlton and Granada, between the two companies, eventually owned all the franchises in England and Wales. By the time the two companies merged in 2004, all of Carlton's studios had either been sold, or were surplus to requirements, so were sold soon after. Although the parent companies merged, and are now one (called ITV plc ), Granada Television Ltd still exists as
1715-399: 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
1764-540: 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
1813-505: The first program carrying the new branding being the second season of ABC comedy program Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell . Under the ITV Studios name, productions include LifeStyle Channel's Paddock to Plate (2013–2014), Seven game show The Chase Australia (2015–present), Ten's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2015–present) and the sixth season of Nine's The Voice Australia (2017–present). Programs with
1862-639: The logo in reception and around the building. The site closed in April 2018 for demolition. Initially, ITV intended to redevelop the site with three smaller studios, but in October 2018 it announced it would not be returning to the South Bank, and the whole site would be redeveloped into premium housing. In November 2019, it was announced that ITV had reached an agreement to sell The London Studios for £145.6 million to Mitsubishi Estate London . New plans for
1911-579: The main studios for ITV , along with a number of production companies including ITV Studios and Shiver based in Kent House tower, while the studios were home to many entertainment, game and daytime shows. These included Good Morning Britain , The Graham Norton Show , Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway and The Jonathan Ross Show . The studios were also used for other programmes from various other channels including BBC Television and Channel 4 . ITV Creative, which promotes programmes on
1960-498: The most advanced television centre in Europe. On 28 January 2013 ITV plc finally bought the freehold of the now renamed London Television Centre for £56 million from what had become Coal Pension Properties. On social media, the building is named 'ITV Towers' since the purchase in January 2013. The official name of the building is The London Television Centre (with the studio business branded as 'The London Studios'), that being
2009-421: 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
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2058-621: The redevelopment of the site into a commercial development were revealed in February 2021. Kent House is a 24-storey tower block, and was home to ITV plc and many production offices including ITV Studios and Shiver Productions . During the 1990s the block was also home to Carlton Television and GMTV. It was seen in the titles of Good Morning Britain and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway . The tower housed programme production offices, edit suites, dubbing suites, VTR studio booths and graphic booths. Sandwiched between Kent House Tower and
2107-515: 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,
2156-515: 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
2205-448: 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
2254-698: Was a television studio complex owned by ITV plc and originally built for London Weekend Television . The studios were located in Central London, on the South Bank next to the IBM Building and the Royal National Theatre . The building was set on 2.5 acres of land and was 24 floors high. The London Studios closed on 30 April 2018. Many ITV programmes now come from Television Centre in White City, London . The facilities were
2303-539: Was added later to the site as a scenery store. When This Morning moved from Liverpool , the 3,000 square feet (280 m ) studio 8 was converted from the riverside end of the first storey. This area was on lease from Coin Street Community Builders to ITV until 2018, when they left the premises. There were a total of nine different studios during the complex's lifespan. By the time of closure there were six. There were weather studios producing
2352-471: Was bought in 1969, and construction work, awarded to Higgs and Hill , began in 1970. The centre opened for transmission in 1972, though it was not fully operational until 1974. The complex was owned by the pension fund of the National Coal Board and leased by the station. It was originally called The South Bank Television Centre (a name that lasted until the early 1990s) and at the time was
2401-431: Was reached for Carlton to be permanently based within space used by LWT; in the intervening years LWT had been taken over by Granada plc , and a close relationship had developed between Granada and Carlton. This led to consolidation within the ITV network and an agreement for the two to work together as ITV London . Since 2002, all the ITV plc -owned regions' continuity before national programmes has been presented from
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