ITV Studios is a privately owned company headquartered in the UK, operating as a subsidiary of ITV. Founded in 1954, with approximately 1,000 employees, the company's main product is content rights, and it reported $2.6B in revenue as of 2024, functioning as a tier 1 media tech buyer. The company operates as a global television production and distribution conglomerate and the wholly owned television production and commercial arm of the British media company ITV plc. It is one of the largest independent production companies, outside of major Hollywood studios, comprising over 60 production labels across 13 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and Israel. Annually, ITV Studios manufactures and syndicates more than 7,000 hours of content, managing an international commercial library that spans scripted drama, factual entertainment, daily daytime programming, and unscripted reality formats. Its catalogue includes franchises such as Love Island, The Voice, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Come Dine with Me, Coronation Street, Line of Duty (via World Productions), Schitt's Creek, Poldark, and Snowpiercer.

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Founded

1954

Headcount

1,221

Headquarters

United Kingdom

Primary Segment

Entertainment content rights

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

1

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On July 9, 2026, the ITV Academy launched a production assistant traineeship scheme, marking the first major rollout under its newly-created Next Generation Programme, offering participants nine-month fully funded placements with ITV Studios labels including Bright Entertainment, ITV Sport, Multistory Media, The Garden, and Twofour. Earlier on July 9, ITV Studios' digital-first label Zoo 55 appointed Diane Glynn as SVP Social Video, a newly created role where she will lead strategy for monetizing content across YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and emerging platforms. Glynn, an award-winning social media and digital transformation leader, previously served as Head of Social at Channel 4. Also on July 9, ITV Studios expanded its "Come Dine With Me" format to the Philippines with a new celebrity adaptation. The format, which debuted in the UK in 2005, has been adapted in 50 international territories and produced more than 20,000 episodes globally. Previously, on July 7, ITV Studios and its digital arm Zoo 55 signed a major global distribution deal with BIG Media, a producer and distributor of non-fiction programming, for three of its series.

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ITV Studios offers products in the media and telecoms services industry. ITV Studios's product portfolio comprises of entertainment content rights.
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ITV Studios's revenues were over $1B in 2024. All the revenue comes from entertainment rights and distribution.
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ITV Studios has customers like FIA Formula One World Championship. Examples of ITV Studios's suppliers include EMG (Euro Media Group), Amagi and NEP Group.

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