ITVBe
Country | United Kingdom |
---|---|
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Ownership | |
Owner | ITV Digital Channels Ltd (ITV plc) |
ITVBe is a British entertainment, lifestyle and reality television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. The channel launched on 8 October 2014,[1] and is wholly funded by advertising and sponsorship. It is available free-to-air on all the major broadcasting platforms, including Freesat, Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media.[2] The channel was first announced on 12 February 2014.
A high-definition simulcast, ITVBe HD, launched on Virgin Media on 19 November 2014, along with a one-hour timeshift service, ITVBe +1. Both subsidiary channels were exclusive to the Virgin platform until the ITVBe +1 service was made available on the Sky and Freesat platforms on 15 December 2014.
Programming
ITVBe targets a younger audience, including shows such as:[3]
Template:Multicol Original British Series
- 60 Minute Makeover (repeats)
- Be Beautiful
- Dinner Date
- Celebrity Dinner Date
- Elliott Wright: Playa in Marbella
- Fearne & Gok: Off The Rails
- Fearne and Vicky on the Road
- Girlfriends (repeats)
- Ladies of London
- Life on Marbs
- Mark Wright's Hollywood Nights (repeats)
- May the Best House Win (repeats)
- Minors in Designer
- Olly: Life on Murs
- Pampered Pooches: Hollywood
- Party Wright Around the World
- Peter Andre's Bad Boyfriend Club
- Prom Crazy: Frocks and Ferraris
- Sam Faiers: The Baby Diaries
- Sam Faiers: The Mummy Diaries
- Secret Dates
- Seven Days with...
- The Hot Desk
- The Only Way Is Essex
- The Real Housewives of Cheshire
- Utterly Outrageous Celebrity Bodies
- Utterly Outrageous Celebrity Weddings
- Utterly Outrageous Frock Ups
- When Do You Get Off?
- Who's Doing the Dishes? (repeats)
Template:Multicol-break International Series
- Atlanta Plastic
- Beauty and the Geek
- Below Deck
- Bethenny Getting Married
- Big Ang
- Big Rich Atlanta
- Big Rich Texas
- Botched
- Bridezillas
- Bridezillas: The Boot Camp
- Bring It!
- Buying and Selling
- Cake Hunters
- Cake Wars
- Candidly Nicole
- Chrisley Knows Best
- Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
- Date My Ex: Jo & Slade
- Don't Be Tardy...
- Fixer Upper
- Flipping Out
- Game of Crowns
- I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding
- I Wanna Marry 'Harry"
- Jerseylicious
- Kandi's Ski Trip
- Kandi's Wedding
- Kendra on Top
- Love in the Wild
- Married to Medicine
- Manzo'd with Children
- Miami Monkey
- Million Dollar Listing
- Mob Wives
- Mob Wives Chicago
- Newlyweds: The First Year
- Paris Hilton's American BFF
- Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills
- Southern Charm
- Tamra's OC Wedding
- The Bachelor
- The Bachelorette
- The Jeremy Kyle Show USA
- The Kandi Factory
- The Millionaire Matchmaker
- The Real Housewives (U.S Franchises)
- The Real Housewives of Melbourne
- The Real Housewives of Vancouver
- There Goes the Motherhood
- Vanderpump Rules
Most watched programmes
The following is a list of the nine most watched shows on ITVBe since the channel began broadcasting in October 2014. Figures are based on Live +7 data supplied by BARB[4]
Rank | Show | Viewers (millions) |
Date |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Only Way Is Essex | 1.36 | 9 November 2014 |
2 | The Only Way Is Essex | 1.18 | 19 October 2014 |
3 | The Only Way Is Essex | 1.16 | 2 November 2014 |
4 | The Only Way Is Essex | 1.12 | 26 October 2014 |
5 | The Real Housewives of Cheshire | 1.11 | 12 January 2015 |
6 | The Only Way Is Essex | 1.09 | 12 October 2014 |
7 | The Only Way Is Essex | 1.06 | 12 December 2014 |
8 | The Only Way Is Essex | 1.03 | 22 October 2014 |
9 | The Only Way Is Essex | 1.01 | 1 March 2015 |
Continuity Presenters
Amy Solomon Pips Taylor Becky Graham
References
- ^ "ITV confirms ITVBe launch date". ITV. 22 July 2014.
- ^ "ITV to launch ITVBe". ITV plc. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (12 February 2014). "ITV to launch female-focused channel". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ BARB, via [1]