Hundreds of hours of ITV shows are about to hit YouTube while the UK commercial net has hired a Channel 4 exec to run a dedicated YouTube sales team.
As UK broadcasters continue to burrow into the digital space, ITV has struck a deal with YouTube that will see the likes of Love Island, I’m a Celebrity..
Get Me Out of Here, The Masked Singer and Vera become available on the platform. Genres from scripted to entertainment to reality comprise the deal.
Genre-based channels including ITV News and ITV Sport will be developed alongside channels for specific shows, while ITV will create and develop fan content specially tailored for YouTube.
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