ITV2
Summary
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial (Freeview) platforms. The channel has the biggest audience of any UK multichannel, thanks to its wide availiablity.The channel is known for its American programming such as Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries and Entourage, spin-off shows such as Xtra Factor, Britain's Got More Talent and I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! Now, and for original programming, with shows such as Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Celebrity Juice.The term can also refer to the continuum of proposals to create a second commercial television network, from the 1950s until the idea was realised with the start of Channel 4 and S4C in 1982.
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Celebrity Juice finale tops BBC2, C4 and C5
THURSDAY: ITV2’s Celebrity Juice ended its current series more than a million viewers ahead of comedy on BBC2 and Channel 5.
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BBC3's Russell Howard scores record return
THURSDAY: Russell Howard delivered good news to BBC3 with his biggest series debut to date – while ITV2’s Celebrity Juice nearly beat new Ricky Gervais comedy Derek.
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Russell Howard scores record return
THURSDAY: Russell Howard delivered good news to BBC3 with his biggest series debut to date – while ITV2’s Celebrity Juice nearly beat new Ricky Gervais comedy Derek.
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BBC3’s Mugged knocked out by ITV2
WEDNESDAY: BBC3’s documentary about mugging could not compete with comedy film Knocked Up on ITV2.
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Celebrity Juice takes 600k dip
THURSDAY: ITV2’s Celebrity Juice has lost 600k viewers since its return last month.
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Celebrity Juice pulls 1.6m
THURSDAY: ITV2’s Celebrity Juice continued to leave the competition in the shade with another terrestrial-sized audience.
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ITV2’s Brits coverage draws 500k
TUESDAY: Celebrity Juice host Keith Lemon helped pull more than 500,000 viewers to the red carpet and backstage coverage of the Brit Awards.
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Being Human dips to 540k
SUNDAY: Supernatural drama Being Human has dropped to its second lowest audience to date on BBC3 – while TOWIE pulled more than a million on ITV2.
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TOWIE recorded by 400k
CONSOLIDATED: ITV2’s The Only Way is Essex was recorded by 400k viewers to take its total audience close to 1. 3m.
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Celebrity Juice hammers the terrestrials
THURSDAY: Celebrity Juice returned to ITV2 with more than 2m viewers, bulldozing the competition on all the terrestrial channels bar the BBC1 Ten O’Clock News.
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