Episode 89: Sky Buys ITV Networks for $2.13B, Studios Left Standalone
Comcast's Sky has officially agreed to acquire ITV's media and entertainment unit — its commercial TV channels and ITVX streaming platform — for £1.6 billion ($2.13B). But the deal's most consequential consequence isn't what Sky is buying. It's what gets left behind: ITV Studios, now a standalone production company with a deep format catalogue and no parent. This episode breaks down what the Sky-ITV deal means for the broader UK production landscape, why the Banijay-All3Media merger directly raises the temperature on ITV Studios' availability, and what agents and producers with exposure to…
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