Independent Television News

https://www.itn.co.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/company/itn/

Independent Television News, also known as ITN, is a privately owned company headquartered in the UK. Founded in 1955, and employing approximately 1,300 individuals, the company reported $183.6M in revenue as of 2025, functioning as a tier 1 media tech buyer. Its main product is media managed services. The company operates under a shared corporate ownership structure comprising ITV plc (40%), Daily Mail and General Trust (20%), Thomson Reuters (20%), and Informa plc (20%). It acts as a regulated third-party news provider for the UK's main commercial public service broadcasters, producing ITV News, Channel 4 News, and 5 News under distinct contract frameworks. Additionally, ITN operates a commercial division, ITN Productions, which generates factual content, sports television, documentaries, podcasts, and digital media for international streaming networks, linear channels, and corporate brands. The company also manages the ITN Archive, a digital and physical moving-image library encompassing over a million historical video assets captured since its inception, which it monetizes through B2B licensing partnerships and direct-to-consumer digital channels.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1955

Headcount

1,624

Headquarters

United Kingdom

Primary Segment

Media managed services

Ownership

Privately Owned

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ITN's NXTv Programmatic Hub will load over 800 Comscore advanced and qualitative audience segments later in 2026, with CEO Todd Watson framing the integration as the next phase for local linear television. Previously, on June 25, ITN detailed its integration of Comscore data into the NXTv Hub, aiming to close the gap between local TV planning slides and executable programmatic linear buys. Later in 2026, ITN's data store will allow agencies to activate more than 800 lifestyle and behavioral segments while preserving broadcaster control of inventory. This initiative, initially announced on June 22, involves expanding ITN's programmatic local linear TV platform by integrating Comscore’s advanced and qualitative data into the ITN NXTv Programmatic Hub, enabling buyers to move from planning to activation with greater precision, accountability, and workflow efficiency.

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Independent Television News offers 2 products in the media tech and media and telecoms services industries. Independent Television News's product portfolio comprises of entertainment content rights and media managed services.

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Independent Television News's revenues were less than $250M in 2025. Caretta Research has split Independent Television News's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is content production services. For full access to Independent Television News's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Aug

18th

2026

04:00

Partnerships and Alliances, Emerging Tech, New Offerings, B2B Tag, Partnerships, New Offerings

Agentic Buying Is Here For Advertising. Time To Make Local Relationships Count

I said this out loud not long ago on a TVNewsCheck webinar with Sinclair’s Del Parks, Graham Media’s Stephanie Slagle and Hearst’s John Robertson, and I’ll say it again here: Relationships matter in local media buying.

TVNewsCheck

Aug

17th

2026

02:30

Operational Challenges, B2B Tag, Operational Challenges, Facility Expansion

Space craft: TV studios search out new worlds

The television studio sector has had a challenging time of late, with many of the old certainties disappearing, or finding new homes. But those TV studios are now seeking out a new and varied customer base to fill their spaces.

Televisual

Jul

7th

2026

00:00

New Offerings, B2B Tag, New Offerings

ITN NXTv Hub Will Load 800-Plus Comscore Segments for Local Linear Programmatic Buys

ITN will fold Comscore advanced and qualitative audience data into its NXTv Programmatic Hub later this year, CEO Todd Watson said, framing the step as the next phase for local linear rather than a side experiment on digital leftovers.

Broadcast Beat

Jun

25th

2026

01:00

Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag

ITN Integrates Comscore Audiences Into NXTv Hub for Programmatic Local Linear TV

ITN is integrating Comscore advanced and qualitative data into its NXTv Programmatic Hub, aiming to close the gap between local TV planning slides and executable programmatic linear buys. Later in 2026, ITN's data store will let agencies activate more than eight hundred lifestyle and behavioral segments while preserving broadcaster control of inventory.

Broadcast Beat

Jun

23rd

2026

08:45

Partnerships and Alliances, Emerging Tech, New Offerings, B2B Tag

ITN Expands Local TV Platform with Comscore Integration

ITN today announced a new initiative to further expand its programmatic local linear TV platform by integrating Comscore’s advanced and qualitative data into the ITN NXTv Programmatic Hub. Expected later this year, its data store will enable buyers to move more seamlessly from planning to activation with greater precision, accountability, and workflow efficiency.

MarTech Cube

Jun

22nd

2026

07:47

Partnerships and Alliances, Emerging Tech, New Offerings, B2B Tag

ITN Expands Programmatic Local TV Platform with Comscore Integration

NEW YORK, June 22, 2026 NEW YORK , June 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ITN today announced a new initiative to further expand its programmatic local linear TV platform by integrating Comscore's advanced and qualitative data into the ITN NXTv Programmatic Hub.

Morningstar

Jun

17th

2026

04:15

Events, B2B Tag

AV & Broadcast Summit: A new era for control rooms

The changing role of the control room in an era of distributed production and remote operations will be the focus of the sixth panel at the inaugural AV & Broadcast Summit, taking place in London on June 24 and co-hosted by Installation and TVBEurope.

Installation International

May

27th

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence

Digest: ITN Launches Paid YouTube Subscriptions; Meta and Google AI Guardrails Stripped in Minutes

In today’s Digest, we cover ITN launching YouTube subscriptions for archive content, AI guardrails being removed from Meta and Google’s models, and Pope Leo challenging Big Tech in a new AI encyclical. ITN launches paid YouTube subscriptions ITN is expanding its direct-to-consumer strategy by launching a suite of archive-focused YouTube channels designed to turn decades of historical footage into destination content for digital audiences.

ExchangeWire

May

25th

2026

01:00

ITN launches three archive-led YouTube channels and membership tier

ITN has unveiled a major expansion and repositioning of its YouTube presence, launching three new genre-led channels built around its 70-year-old archive, alongside the introduction of its first YouTube Membership offering. As part of the move, the existing ITN Archive channel will be rebranded as Frontline by ITN, alongside two newly created channels: Flashback by ITN and Re-Told by ITN.

Dropmedia (co.uk)

May

22nd

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech

ITN revamps YouTube presence with archive-led channels

UK-based production and broadcast journalism company ITN has launched two archive-led YouTube channels and refreshed several existing ones as part of a wider push to grow subscriptions through YouTube Memberships. ITN described the move as a major expansion and repositioning of its YouTube presence, with three genre-led channels built around its 70-year archive.

C21Media

May

21st

2026

01:00

ITN launches paid subscriptions on Youtube to support archive content

ITN has expanded the use of its archive footage into new Youtube channels targeted directly at consumers and hopes some will choose to pay to support the project. The news and factual content production company has rebranded its ITN Archive channel as Frontline by ITN and launched two other pages: Flashback by ITN and Re-Told by ITN, all using its archive material under ITN Productions.

Press Gazette

May

12th

2026

10:24

Management Changes, B2B Tag

Rachel Corp steps down as ITN chief executive with immediate effect

ITN said on Tuesday that Ms Corp had left her role after four years in post and would be replaced by Ian Rumsey. After joining as a trainee, Ms Corp worked at the company for more than three decades and held a number of senior leadership roles across the organisation including editor of ITV News London, 5 News and ITV News before her time as chief executive.

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Independent Television News's customers primarily consist of broadcast television and radio companies. Examples of Independent Television News's customers include Channel 4, ITV and Channel 5. Independent Television News has commercial and technical partners like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Avid and Grass Valley. Examples of Independent Television News's suppliers include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Adobe and HP.

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