ITV Studios is ‘Not For Sale’ Says ITV Boss Carolyn McCall
variety.comK.J. Yossman ITV Studios – the parent company behind labels including Blumhouse Television and Tomorrow Studios – is not for sale, ITV boss Carolyn McCall has categorically told Variety.
Rumors began floating last fall that McCall, who has been at the helm of ITV since 2018, was considering selling off the conglomerate or potentially parceling some of it off.
But in an interview with Variety McCall put paid to that idea. “We don’t really comment on speculation but I will say ITV Studios is not for sale,” McCall said. “We’re an integrated producer-broadcaster so the benefits of that integration are very – it’s very important to Studios, but it’s also very important to the network.” McCall also flatly denied plans to break up the company: “We wouldn’t do that.
Because that wouldn’t make any sense.” ITV Studios is the production arm of U.K. media conglomerate ITV, which also includes multiple networks and a new streaming service, ITVX.
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