Greek star Arielle Vandenberg is to host CBS' version of reality dating series Love Island. Vandenberg is an actress and comedian who has starred in series including How I Met Your Mother and Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns and also has a large social following thanks to her weekly Snapchat show. The U.S. remake of Love…

Love Island continues to be a huge ratings success in the UK as the reality format scored its highest ever opening with 3.3M viewers. It is what it is, as the contestants say. The ITV2 format, which is produced by ITV Studios, returned last night for a fifth season with a 90-minute episode, that performed better than…

Love Island is set to run for five nights a week on CBS from Tuesday July 9. The reality dating series, based on the breakout British hit, will air in an 8pm slot every weeknight through Wednesday August 7. This is a major commitment from the broadcaster and is largely in line with the UK, which airs six original…

EXCLUSIVE: Motion Content Group, the WPP-backed business that has co-produced and financed international hits including reality format Love Island and Syfy's Western horror thriller Wynonna Earp, is one of the most recondite TV producers and financiers in the industry. The company, which is in 26 international markets…

British Health Minister Matt Hancock has warned broadcasters and producers to do more to look after reality TV contestants following the death of Love Island contestant Mike Thalassitis. Thalassitis, who died over the weekend, is the latest star of the ITV2 reality series to have reportedly died by suicide in recent…

Love Island is heading to Belgium, Netherlands and Poland, taking the total number of territories hosting the sexy reality series to 11. This comes ahead of the launch of the U.S. version, which is set to debut on CBS later this year. ITV Studios has closed deals with Polsat, where the Polish series will be produced…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: The UK reality phenom Love Island is getting an American version. CBS has nabbed the U.S. format rights to the smash hit British dating competition series, from  ITV Studios and Motion Content Group. CBS has given a series order to the adaptation, to be produced by ITV Entertainment. Love Island features a…

Motion Content Group, the WPP-company that invests in and co-produces series including ITV2's Love Island and Channel 4's The Jump, bolstered its revenues by 20% and profits by 63% over its last financial year. The business, which was rebranded from GroupM Entertainment in May 2017, recorded revenue of £43.4M (US$56M)…

Love Island, the smash hit British reality dating competition, is “on the verge” of cracking on into the United States and a number of other major markets – fresh from its latest finale scoring record breaking ratings for ITV2. An overnight audience of 3.6M and a peak of 4.1M watched Dani Dyer, daughter of British…

Smash hit British reality format Love Island is set to flirt across Scandinavia after ITV Studios sold a number of local versions. The British distributor has secured commissions in Denmark, Finland and Norway, taking the total number of versions of the dating format to seven. TV3 has ordered a local version in…