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Commercial services

The ±«Óătv has two commercial subsidiaries that supplement the licence fee

±«Óătv Studios

±«Óătv Studios produces premium British content for - and takes it to - audiences in the UK and internationally. It builds valuable global entertainment brands like Doctor Who and Strictly Come Dancing, and extends fans’ enjoyment of shows through activities such as live events and games.

Powered by British creativity, ±«Óătv Studios works with outstanding creative talent with a range and quality that is unsurpassed making it Britain’s most-awarded production company.

The business is the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDb; it is the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the world’s biggest distributor of British content.

In the last five years the ±«Óătv Studios has doubled revenues and profits and the business has ambitious plans to double again by 2027/28 through organic and inorganic growth.

±«Óătv Studioworks

±«Óătv Studioworks are a commercial subsidiary of the ±«Óătv providing studios and post production services to all the major TV broadcasters and production companies.

Located across sites in Elstree, Glasgow, and Television Centre in White City, ±«Óătv Studioworks are home to some of the nation’s most watched and loved television shows. They offer world-class studio and post production spaces, equip them with the right technology and engage the most dedicated and talented people in the industry.

From Elstree, ±«Óătv Studioworks offer fully equipped HD TV studios totalling up to nearly 60,000 sq. ft. of studio space. The studios can hold audiences up to 800 people and are supported by 50 ancillary rooms including standard, star and superstar dressing rooms, green rooms, group rooms, production offices, make up and wardrobe rooms.

Across the three studios at Television Centre in White City, they provide over 22,000 sq. ft. of TV studio space as well as scalable post production facilities. The facility is served by an array of flexible technical and support areas including tapeless recording facilities, apparatus rooms, dressing rooms, green rooms and production offices as well as a storage area.

Covering a large footprint of 10,500 sq. ft, ±«Óătv Studioworks Kelvin Hall in Glasgow can accommodate both long-term residencies and spot bookings for a wide range of entertainment shows across multiple genres. The sound and lighting galleries are the largest that ±«Óătv Studioworks has built across its entire UK footprint. As part of a wider redevelopment initiative at the site, it repurposes a previously derelict section of a historically important building.

Credits include ITV Studios Daytime’s Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women, Talkback’s Celebrity Juice for ITV2, CPL’s A League of Their Own for Sky, So Television’s The Graham Norton Show for ±«Óătv One, Remarkable Television’s Pointless for ±«Óătv One as well as ±«Óătv Studios’ EastEnders.

Further information

Further information on how commercial services are governed
  • Commercial Board

    The ±«Óătv Commercial Board oversees the delivery of the Corporation’s commercial ambitions.

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