The new channel will be dedicated to lifestyle and entertainment programming, celebrating real life and real people. Share ; By. ITV to launch ITVBe February 12, 2014 10.38 Europe/London By Julian Clover ITV is to launch a further new channel; ITVBe will feature lifestyle and reality programming from the UK and the US. The exclusive announcement comes after the first series was ITVBe’s most successful launch of 2020. 10:13, 8 OCT 2014; Updated 07:24, 29 OCT 2014; Chloe Sims opts for a gaping hole instead of … This will set the tone for newly commissioned shows The … Adam Crozier, Chief Executive of ITV, said: "ITVBe will be a terrific new addition to our family of channels. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images The new channel which is aimed at a younger, female audience will launch towards the end of this year and will be wholly funded by advertising and sponsorship. The brand-new ten-part series will see some of the island’s most fabulous Housewives embrace all that Jersey has to offer. It reinforces our plan to maximise audiences and revenues from our broadcasting business. Peter Andre and Jamelia will help launch ITV's new entertainment and lifestyle channel ITVBe. It will be available free on all major broadcasting platforms, including Freeview, Sky and Virgin. Live ITV RNS. Entertainment news about the biggest TV shows, films and celebrities, updated around the clock. Following the success of the award-winning series The Real Housewives of Cheshire, ITVBe is launching a brand-new version of the hit franchise, The Real Housewives of Jersey. Broadcaster ITV plans to launch ITVBe towards the end of 2014, a new ad-funded free-to-air channel for a younger, female audience. Georgia Kousoulou attends the ITV BE launch at ITV Studios on October 7, 2014 in London, England. ITVBe is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc.The channel launched on 8 October 2014. Registration is free and only takes a minute. by Arif Durrani. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images The Sunday People's TV critic takes one … ITV Encore launched at 7 pm on 9 June 2014. Altman throws a lavish launch event for 48 million dollar listing, and Los Angeles wildfires have a devastating impact on the market (Subtitles) Rating: 6.4. Towie: available on ITVbe. The Real Housewives of Jersey is set to launch later in the year with a premier on the ITV Hub and will run weekly on ITVBe. The 10-part series launches on ITVBe and, in a first for the ITV … ITV today confirmed new free to air channel ITVBe is to launch on 8th October 2014. The launch night of the free-to-air channel will feature Welcome to ITVBe and TOWIE: All Back To Essex. ITV Regulatory News. ITVBe, which will launch towards the end of 2014, will be wholly funded by advertising and sponsorship, and will be available free on all the major broadcasting platforms, including Freeview, Sky and Virgin. ITVBe - launch party, ITV Studios South Bank, London UK, 07 October 2014, Photo by Brett Cove, All images via www.piqtured.com Ampika Pickston Amy Childs Amy Willerton Annabelle… Presented by the crack team of Peter Andre and Jamelia, the two-hour special will include interviews with celebrities and the cast of upcoming shows, including The Only Way is Essex and The Real Housewives of Cheshire. The first programme to be shown on the channel was an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot.. ITVBe's launch night will kick off with Welcome to ITVBe, a one-off showbiz bash that's described as a 'celebration of everything on the new channel'. TOWIE cast attend the ITVBe launch. The channel was ITV's first new channel launch in over eight years, and formed part of a wider four-year partnership with Sky - ITV's largest ever with a platform operator. The new channel which is aimed at a younger, female audience will launch towards the end of 2014 and will be wholly funded by advertising and sponsorship. Alivia Smith. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Launch The first ITV contractor to begin broadcasting was the London weekday contractor Associated-Rediffusion, on 22 September 1955 beginning at 7.15pm. On the first night of telecasts, the BBC, who had held the monopoly on broadcasting in Britain, aired a melodramatic episode of their popular radio soap opera The Archers on the BBC Home Service (later became BBC Radio 4 in 1967). ITV has announced that its new digital channel, ITVBe, will launch on October the 8th. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images The announcement follows the news last month that ITV is to launch a pay-TV drama channel for Sky subscribers. ITVBe, which will launch towards the end of the year, will be wholly funded by advertising and sponsorship, and will be available free on all the major broadcasting platforms, including Freeview, Sky and Virgin. ITV to launch ITVBe with Towie. ITV is a British free-to-air television network with its headquarters in London.It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television, which had been established in 1932. Welcome to ITVBe leads celebration for new ITV channel's launch night with Peter Andre and Jamelia presenting . From launch, ITVBe will become the exclusive home of ITV’s award winning series, The Only Way is Essex. ITVBe: ITV to launch channel dedicated to reality shows and aimed at younger women It will be the new home of hit The Only Way Is Essex, which is moving from ITV2, plus US show Real Housewives mirror To continue reading this article you need to be registered with Campaign. History Launch. Mario Falcone attends the ITV BE launch at ITV Studios on October 7, 2014 in London, England. ITVBe will launch later this year on Sky, Freeview, Virgin and other major platforms. Register here or sign in below if you already have an account. Regulatory News Articles for Itv Plc Ord 10P From launch, ITVBe will become the exclusive home of ITV's award winning series, The Only Way is Essex. ITVBe will be the exclusive home of The Only Way Is Essex as well as other UK original commissions and a range of American acquired shows as previously announced. ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Tanya Bardsley attends the ITV BE launch at ITV Studios on October 7, 2014 in London, England. ITV is to launch a new female-focused, free-to-air channel, called ITVBe, which will become the home of shows including The Only Way is Essex.. From launch, ITVBe will become the exclusive home of The Only Way is Essex. ITVbe Launch DOOH.com launched the brand new TV channel from ITV; ITVbe. We took over screens in the Birmingham Bull Ring to show off the new channel and some of its programmes. REAL HOUSEWIVES OF JERSEY TO LAUNCH ON ITVBe. Juliet Angus attends the ITV BE launch at ITV Studios on October 7, 2014 in London, England. ITV Be launched on Wednesday 8th October 2014, as ITV Flagship Female channel. The Real Housewives of Jersey begins the week of Saturday December 26 to Friday January 01 2021. ITVBe launch was bewildering as network somehow manages to create an even WORSE channel than ITV2 .