24 Facts About ITV Studios

ITV Studios is a British multinational television production and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc.

On 1 July 2020, ITV Studios announced a music partnership with BMG Rights Management, which includes a joint venture production music label.

On 28 April 2021, ITV Studios expanded into Spain with the launch of Cattleya Producciones, an offshoot of their Italian subsidiary Cattleya.

ITV Studios produces programmes for other UK broadcasters outside of its own network.

ITV Studios is based in London and Manchester, with the centre in Leeds now only home to Emmerdale and Shiver Productions .

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ITV Studios owns So Television after acquiring Graham Norton's production company in 2012.

Since 14 January 2013, the ITV logo has been added to the opening credits of the majority of ITV Studios-produced shows airing on ITV's channels, similar to the BBC.

ITV Studios was originally operated as a joint-venture until December 2007, when ITV acquired the company for £35 million.

ITV Studios Continuing Drama ia 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 This Morning, Loose Women, Good Morning Britain and Lorraine.

When ITV Studios plc was created, the separate departments of these two subsidiaries were merged into Yorkshire Television and renamed Granada Productions North Factual Entertainment and Features.

ITV Studios produces programmes for radio, mainly for BBC Radio 4, via the So Radio division.

Twofour has produced a range of adventure documentaries such as Harry's Arctic Heroes for BBC One and Harry's Mountain Heroes for ITV Studios, both featuring Prince Harry and a group of wounded soldiers as they attempt to reach the North Pole and Mount Everest respectively.

ITV Studios have a number of formats broadcasting on various networks around the world.

Television movies from Granada and ITV Studios US include: Molly Shannon in 12 Days of Christmas Eve; Jason Priestley in Reality of Love; Farrah Fawcett in Hollywood Lives, based on Jackie Collins' best selling novel; Anne Heche in Dead Will Tell; Melanie Griffith in Lethal Seduction; Jon Voight and Cary Elwes in Pope John Paul II, Matthew Perry in The Ron Clark Story, Aidan Quinn and Mary-Louise Parker in Unexpected Journey, Susan Sarandon in Ice Bound.

On 7 May 2014, ITV Studios announced the acquisition of Leftfield Entertainment, which produces shows such as Pawn Stars, Counting Cars and American Restoration.

In 2018, ITV Studios announced a relocated of a large part of their operations from California and New York City to Stamford, Connecticut, creating 450 new jobs in the process.

ITV Studios Australia is the Australian division of ITV Studios, based at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney.

ITV Studios has its origins in production company Artist Services, a company formed in 1989 by a group of investors including Steve Vizard, producing many classic shows.

Home to a richly diverse slate of programming ranging from primetime entertainment, talent competitions and daily magazine shows to comedy, drama and documentary, ITV Studios France creates content for major broadcasters throughout France.

ITV Studios participates in the fields of fiction, documentaries, magazine series and live entertainment.

ITV Studios Netherlands is the Dutch division of ITV Studios, created on 11 October 2018.

ITV Studios Netherlands produces shows on both RTL 4 and SBS6, including Lang Leve de Liefde, a format exported to the UK, Belgium, Sweden and Portugal.

Independent productions distributed by ITV Studios include programming produced by Wall to Wall:, Darlow Smithson Productions:, Wark Clements:, Aardman Animations:, Ragdoll Productions:, Optimum Television:, Honeycomb Animation:, Chorion:, Carnival Films:, and Red Productions: .