The Company’s roots are in the ITV regional broadcasting franchises first awarded over 50 years ago and ITV1 remains the UK’s largest commercial channel in audience share terms by some margin. But ITV today is much more than a single channel.

ITV is the UK’s largest advertising funded broadcaster. Indeed ITV is the largest advertising funded media owner in the UK across all media: television, radio, press, cinema, outdoor and the internet. As a producer, ITV makes more hours of network television than any other UK commercial producer. With the digital transformation of the media sector, ITV is developing new businesses across different platforms and media. And ITV is one of the largest employers in the UK media sector with over 5,000 staff.

In 2007, ITV strengthened its senior executive team (see below) and, following a major strategic review, restructured into three business segments: Broadcasting, Global Content and Online.