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EXCLUSIVE: Love Island exec producer Simon Thomas has been promoted at ITV America. Thomas, who was previously SVP, programming becomes Executive Vice President, Programming, West Coast at the U.S. production division of the British broadcaster. He recently exec produced reality dating series Love Island for CBS…

CBS has handed dating reality series Love Island a second season. The broadcaster is showing faith in the remake of the British entertainment format, which is hosted by Arielle Vandenberg. The show, which has aired five nights a week in an 8pm slot since July 9, ends its opening run on August 7. Contestants will…

ITV America is "cautiously optimistic" about its remake of Love Island for CBS as boss David George lifts the lid on the reality dating format as well as how he anticipates the forthcoming "streaming wars" will give unscripted a much-needed boost. CEO George admitted that there's a lot of pressure resting on Love Islan…

EXCLUSIVE: Kimmelot, the company formed by Jimmy Kimmel and Wheelhouse Group last year, has struck an unscripted production deal with ITV America. The company has set up its recently announced revamp of Crank Yankers for Comedy Central as its first show to be produced through the exclusive arrangement. The Jimmy Kimmel…

The cancellation of Duck Dynasty and American Grit has hit ITV America's bottom line with the U.S. production division of the British broadcaster suffering a 21% fall in revenue over the last twelve months. ITV America reported a drop in revenue from £310M ($412M) for 2017 to £245M in the twelve months to the end of…

Love Island is heading back to Australia for a second season and is in "active" pre-production in the U.S. as the reality entertainment format wowed buyers in Cannes this week. The ITV Studios format was one of the most talked about entertainment formats at Mipcom, helped largely by six of the international cast…

ITV America CEO David George has lifted the lid on his company's recently streamlined strategy, discussing how the production group is keeping Netflix's Queer Eye fresh, working with CBS to make Love Island a hit in the U.S. and finding his next non-scripted hit. George was promoted to the top job in January following…

ITV's problems with the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) won't go away after the union threatened to protest at the company's annual general meeting next week. The union is supporting a group of employees and former employees, who claim that there is "systematic discrimination and harassment" against women and…

ITV America is doubling down on non-scripted projects for a slew of SVOD services as it emerged that the U.S. production arm of the British broadcaster is making a documentary series about the dark net for Netflix. The company revealed that it is producing Dark Web for the digital platform, a multi-part documentary…

Newly appointed ITV America CEO David George has set his senior executive team, naming Adam Sher president and David Eilenberg Chief Creative Officer. Both report to George. Additionally, Heath Banks and Danielle Bibbo have been elevated to EVPs. Sher, who previously was Chief Creative Officer at ITV America, will now…

Brent Montgomery has revealed full details of his post-ITV America venture, launching a dual coast media company, Wheelhouse Entertainment, and its first production division, Spoke Studios. This comes after Montgomery stepped down as Chief Executive of the U.S. division of the British broadcaster and studio last week…

Updated: David George internal email.  Brent Montgomery is to step down as Chief Executive of ITV America to launch his own production company – three and a half years after the British broadcaster paid $360M to buy his Pawn Stars production company Leftfield and two years after handing him the top U.S…