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News and multimedia company ITN has today published its accounts for 2012, reporting operating profit of £3.7m on revenues of £108.7m for the year that saw the return of 5 News to the company, a raft of new one-off and series commissions, as well as services provided to a host of international broadcasters around major UK events.

 

Download ITN's 2012 Annual Report and Accounts

World Wide Entertainment has partnered with ITN Productions, the production hub of leading news and multimedia company ITN, to commission "World Wide Icons", a 12-part series of biographical documentaries about some of the most famous and influential people in the world.

ITN Productions and Channel 5 News produce fast-turnaround documentary on Philpott guilty verdict.
 

ITN Source has signed a deal to license material from Daybreak, Lorraine and the GMTV back catalogue in an extension of its existing representation of clips sales of ITV material

ITV has commissioned a documentary from ITN Productions about the death of ITV News reporter Terry Lloyd

Adam Barnett joins ITN Productions to grow ITN's TV commercial production offering.
 

ITN swept the board at the Royal Television Society journalism awards last night, winning eight awards including the coveted News Programme of the Year for Channel 4 News.

ITN Productions has appointed Guy Davies, Executive Producer of two of 2012’s most talked-about factual series, to the newly created post of Head of Documentaries.

ITV News has appointed award-winning journalist Rageh Omaar as a special correspondent, to further enhance its line up of dedicated on-screen journalists across its network news programmes.

ITN statement in response to today’s Intellectual Property Office policy statement about the introduction and widening of exceptions to copyright

Discussion show produced by ITN Productions and fronted by ITV News Political Editor to return in January 2013 

Citizen journalism YouTube channel launches today

Channel 5 has commissioned ITN Productions to produce Motor Morphers, a new four-part series presented by Jason Bradbury.

ITN Productions is launching a new citizen journalism channel on YouTube as part of YouTube’s original channels initiative.

Ben de Pear’s first senior hire as Newsnight’s Shaminder Nahal becomes Deputy Editor

Award-winning Political Editor to host long-form interviews with leading figures from each party

Budding film-makers urged to enter competition to find the most creative interpretation of the story of the Nativity.

ITN Productions part of local TV bid headed by Luke Johnson

ITN.co.uk relaunches as a video-rich news portal and the UK’s first video news website to utilise responsive design.

ITV commissions a second series of the discussion show from ITN Productions. 
 

ITN CEO John Hardie on the passing of Sir Alastair Burnet, aged 84.

Head of Foreign News promoted to top job.

Daily news update and weekly hour-long programme to feature from launch week.

ITN Productions has been commissioned to make ‘The Big Celebrity Clean Up’, a one-off programme funded by Procter & Gamble to be broadcast on Channel 5.

Royal landmarks of London will come to life this summer through the video-rich “Diamond Jubilee Tour” iPhone app from AlwaysOnMessage and ITN Source.

Statement from ITN on ruling to overturn a decision to grant a wide-ranging production order to hand over unbroadcast footage from the Dale Farm evictions to Essex Police.
 

Working group welcomes the lifting of the ban of cameras in court

Details announced of ITN-produced Diamond Jubilee coverage for ITV.

Jim Gray, the Editor of Channel 4 News, has announced that he will step down from the role after 14 years.

ITN Productions to make 24 x 60 series testing the public’s knowledge of antiques and collectibles.

ITN Productions to make third series of hit show Mud Men for HISTORY.

ITN has appealed Chelmsford Crown Court's decision to order disclosure to the police of footage filmed at the Dale Farm evictions.

ITN has scooped 14 nominations in this year's Royal Television Society (RTS) Journalism Awards.

Today, the BBC, ITN and Sky sent a co-signed letter to the three main party leaders and parliamentarians calling for the lifting of the ban on cameras in courtrooms.

ITN digital content now connected to advertisers and publishers via Rightster software services.

Leading independent distributor DRG is expanding its portfolio of high-end current affairs documentaries, securing the international rights to Channel 4’s Syria’s Torture Machine produced by ITN Productions.
 

ITV News has appointed two award-winning journalists as specialist editors, to further enhance its line up of dedicated on-screen experts.

Foreign Secretary William Hague last night introduced an ITN Productions film telling the stories of people preparing for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Channel 4 News has announced three new additions to its award winning programme. The appointments complete the onscreen team after a year that has seen big name hires and promotions for homegrown talent.

ITN wins contract to make at least eight programmes for Channel 4.
 

ITN Source has signed its largest international deal to license content from Education Clip Library.

Winner announced for the festive online and social media competition from ITN Productions with support from Jerusalem Productions.

ITN Productions to make an investigative programme about torture in Syria, fronted by Channel 4 News journalist Jonathan Miller.

First ever weather presenter to make TV debut tonight

Mark Austin is to front a two-part programme on ITV1 reviewing an extraordinary year of non-stop UK and international news to run at the end of 2011. Produced by ITN Productions, That Was 2011: the ITV News Review of the Year will tx in two 30’’ instalments.
 

Channel 4 is to bring its distinctive news and commentary to live cross track projector screen advertisement boards (XTPs) on the London Underground network, as part of a marketing push for the flagship 7pm Channel 4 News bulletin. 

ITN has appointed CNN International’s Director of Coverage and former ITV News Programme Editor Geoff Hill as Editor of 5 News.

ITV News at Ten presenter Mark Austin’s address made at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, on Wednesday 9th November 2011, to commemorate the journalists, camera operators and support staff that have lost their lives to bring news to the public.

ITN has won back the contract to produce Channel 5’s news programming for an initial three-year term beginning in early 2012.

ITN Source News, which syndicates on-the-day content to broadcasters and agencies worldwide, is offering international media outlets a new web-based subscription service for immediate download of breaking news video content.

ITV has commissioned a new discussion show for 2012, to be fronted by ITV News' political editor, Tom Bradby.
 

Channel 4 News has announced that Liam Dutton is to join the programme as Weather Presenter. Currently working across BBC News, BBC World News and BBC Breakfast, Dutton will become the first ever dedicated weather presenter for the flagship 7pm programme.

ITN Productions is launching a new festive competition online and via social media to find the most creative interpretation of the story of the Nativity.

 ITN Productions has been commissioned by Sky 1 to produce a weekly multi-platform fan show for its exclusive property series three of Glee, starting this Thursday.

ITV News has appointed Richard Edgar as its Economics Editor to complete the line up of its new-look business unit.

ITN Productions is partnering with Rightster to bring to a mass online audience live video coverage of the historic UK Parliamentary hearing into the on-going News International phone hacking scandal.

Newsnight Political Editor is latest high-profile name to join the programme.

The Royal Television Society, Britain's leading forum for television and related media, has announced that ITN CEO, John Hardie has been appointed as Chairman of the Royal Television Society.

ITV announced today that Laura Kuenssberg, currently Chief Political Correspondent for the BBC, will take up the newly created role of Business Editor for ITV News.

ITN Productions is enhancing its Video on Demand (VoD) services and live event coverage in a major new partnership with Rightster.

ITV News at Ten won the News Coverage Award at the TV BAFTAs for its programme broadcast on the night of the Cumbria Murders in June 2010.

Channel 4 News has today announced new appointments to the core presenting team, as well as the Washington and Social Affairs briefs.

4Music has agreed to a two year deal for ITN Productions to supply entertainment news content for The Breakfast Fix.

The Independent is the latest news title to commission ITN Productions to supply video news content for use on its unique website news player.

ITN Productions has signed a deal with MercuryMedia to develop four new topical magazine formats for the international market.

Cineflix International Distribution has acquired the international distribution rights to two fast-turnaround documentaries, Tsunami Search and Rescue and Nuclear Meltdown, from ITN Productions.

Channel 5 today announced that it has commissioned a documentary from ITN Productions on the recent Japanese earthquake and resulting tsunami.

David Mannion announced today that he is stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of ITV News to take on a new role at the company.

ITN scooped six gongs at the Royal Television Society journalism awards including the coveted News Programme of the Year for ITV News' flaghship bulletin, News at Ten.

ITN has received an impressive 19 nominations in this year's Royal Television Society (RTS) Journalism Awards.

ITN Productions has won Broadcast magazine's Best Daytime Programme Award for Climbing Great Buildings, while Channel 4 News scooped Best News Programme Award.

Emma Read, previously Creative Director: Factual, Features & Factual Entertainment at ITN Productions, has been promoted with immediate effect to the position of Head of Factual and Features for the division.

ITN Productions has launched a royal wedding channel on YouTube that will feature unique video content uploaded daily in the run-up to Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day.

Chris's appointment is a significant addition to ITN Production's senior management team.

Avon and Somerset Police and ITV News make a joint statement that resolves differences between the two organisations.

ITV News explains its position regarding Avon and Somerset Constabulary banning ITN's ITV News journalists from a key press conference.

ITV News is partnering with pollster ComRes to produce a unique insight into the impact of the cuts announced in George Osborne's Spending Review.

ITN SOURCE, the footage sales arm of ITN which syndicates on the day and archive content to a global customer base, has announced a new deal with Imagina International Sales, one of Spain's major audiovisual content distributors.

4Music, the UK music channel watched by more than 11 million viewers per month, has today announced a new line-up of breakfast show programming to complement its current daytime schedule.

Keir Simmons has been promoted from Crime Correspondent to be named UK Editor for ITV News.

Channel 4 News is set to relaunch its website, placing it at the heart of an online community. The new site has been designed to accommodate commentary from users, and incorporate more live-blogging and real-time analysis. Building on the success of live-blogging events such as Channel 4's 'Ask the Chancellors' and the three Leaders' debates earlier this year, the 7pm bulletin will now be live-blogged every single evening.

ITN Productions announce commission of new archaeology series starring Johnny Vaughan.

ITN is opening a new bureau in Dubai and is reshuffling its ITV News foreign correspondents following an extensive review of its international operations.

Metro Content deal for ITN Productions

The Golden Joystick Awards are proud to announce ITN's Game On as a media partner for this year's event, which will be held in London on 29th October.

Top ITN video clips running across AOL portal and leading UK sites.

ITN, which makes Channel 4 News, has announced that the South Bank Show's former Executive Producer Matthew Cain is set to join the programme in the newly created role of Culture Editor

Two more groups join Mail Online, Express Group and Midland News Association on ITN's ad funded video news solution.

On the day that Chancellor George Osborne delivers his Emergency Budget, ITV News will launch an interactive on-air and social media strand to help viewers understand what the cuts mean for them.

ITN Source, the footage sales arm of news producer ITN, is expanding its business-to-business education proposition, Education Clip Library (ECL), to include TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) content.

ITN has launched ITN Source News, its news agency business selling on-the-day footage gathered by ITN to broadcasters and producers globally. Previously known as ITN International, the business now forms part of footage sales arm ITN Source and offers multiple products to broadcasters around the world.

Highly experienced newscaster Nina Hossain will join Donal MacIntyre as a main presenter of ITV London Tonight.

Some of the children worst affected by the Haiti earthquake are changing the way disasters are reported through an innovative film partnership between Save the Children and ITV News.

ITN Productions is producing bespoke World Cup tournament content for ITV which will form an integral part of the broadcaster's red button coverage, ITV Sports Extra.

ITN Productions has appointed Miguel Tatay as Head of Mobile. Miguel will be tasked with expanding ITN's interests in mobile, working closely with operators, manufacturers and brands to deliver fresh new content solutions and drive advertising and sponsorship revenues across the platform.

BBC Two Daytime is to celebrate the history of architecture and engineering in Britain with an innovative new series called 'Scaling Britain', produced by ITN Productions. The 15 x 30' series is ITN Productions' first ever daytime commission for the BBC.

ITV News will deliver compelling and easy to understand coverage of the unfolding polls with innovative Election Night graphics.

ITN has appointed Mark Browning to the role of Managing Director, ITN Productions and Steve Carsey as Chief Creative Officer, ITN Productions.

ITN Productions continues its run down the catwalk launching a whole host of unique content under The Fashion 411 banner.

ITN's footage sales business ITN Source continues its expansion in China having sold 500 minutes of content to the country's largest television broadcaster, China Central Television (CCTV).

ITV will offer comprehensive coverage of the General Election 2010 with an experienced line up of presenters and correspondents, groundbreaking election night graphics, and The First Election Debate in the history of British politics.

ITN Productions' factual arm has hired former Sky One and Discovery commissioner Emma Read to be Creative Director - Factual, Features & Factual Entertainment.

Outdoor Sport Channel, the multi-platform global sports channel, today announced that it will be providing a live video stream of the sporting action from the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup.

Award-winning investigative journalist, documentary maker and presenter Donal MacIntyre is joining the capital's flagship news programme ITV London Tonight.

Taliesin News has expanded its consortium with the addition of a number of new partners to further strengthen its bid for the news pilot in Wales.

ITN Productions - ITN's newly-launched multiplatform video creation business - has been commissioned by Virgin Media Television to produce online and on-air celebrity news for its short-form online channel Liv and for leading pay-TV channel LIVING.

ITN today announces that Nicholas Wheeler, Managing Director of ITN On, is leaving the company.

Great North News - the ITN-led consortium bidding for the news pilot in the North East and Borders region - is pleased to announce that it has secured the support of Durham University.

ITN has extended its relationship with YouTube and is now producing a German showbiz channel called Promi411. As well as being ITN's first ever foreign language product, it is also the first time that a UK partner has created a bespoke foreign language channel specifically for YouTube users.

Taliesin News, an alliance of the nation's top independent news providers set up to bid for the news pilot project in Wales, has launched its new website at Y Senedd in Cardiff Bay.

UN Investigation finds Channel 4 News Sri Lanka execution video 'appears to be authentic':human rights rapporteur makes new call for independent inquiry.

One of the biggest names in television news is to partner the University of Sunderland in an exciting new media project.

STV joins with ITN and Bauer Media to announce IFNC bid.

John Hardie pays tribute to former ITN Chief Executive, Bob Phillis

ITN Led Consortium Bids for Border Tyne Tees News Pilot

Taliesin News I Geisio Am Beilot Newyddion Teledu I Gymru

Taliesin News to Bid for TV News Pilot in Wales

ITN Source, the world's leading archive footage business continues to strengthen its grip on the Chinese market by signing a deal with the country's largest commercial broadcaster, Shanghai Media Group.

ITN On, the multimedia arm of ITN, is spreading Christmas cheer and goodwill with the launch of the first official Christmas channel on YouTube, and as a free app on the iPhone.

Midland News Association has become the first regional newspaper to sign up for ITN's Premium News Network, a full service ad-funded video news player solution monetised at premium rates for national, regional and local websites.

ITN response to DCMS Consultation on sustainable, independent and impartial news in the nations, locally and in the regions.

John Hardie, CEO of ITN, has called on the industry to put viewers first when deciding how to secure the future of independent regional television news across the UK and warned that audiences will desert substandard programmes.

ITN Source, the world's leading provider of moving footage, has signed an exclusive international programme clip archive representation deal with ITV Global Entertainment Ltd, adding tens of thousands of hours of classic television and film clip content to its collection.

ITN On wins global video production contract for multiplatform fashion publication.

ITN On, the multimedia arm of ITN, is launching a books channel on YouTube called Beyond Books.

ITN Source has won a competitive pitch to supply 210 hours of content to Digital Images for Education an initiative funded by JISC Collections.

The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday has signed up ITN On, the multimedia video production arm of ITN, to deliver daily video content to its websites.

ITN On launches second app and announces advertising partners for ITN News app.

Statement from ITN's Chief Executive Officer, John Hardie, following the publication of Digital Britain.

ITN Source today launches the New Classics collection giving producers a unique and fresh perspective of historic events caught on camera between 1896 and 1970. Featuring 10,000 hours of fully digitised content, the collection includes new and rarely seen footage unearthed from old newsreels offering a new take on iconic moments gone

ITN On has been commissioned by the Bauer Media and Channel 4 joint venture Box Television to produce a new bespoke celebrity lifestyle television programme called The Fix for 4Music, the UK's number one music TV channel.

ITNSource.com and KPM Music's PLAY Production service form new strategic online partnership.

IPCN, the Anglo-Chinese media company created by Mick Desmond and Rebecca Yang, brokers deal between ITN Source and the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

ITN, the UK's leading independent news provider, today announces the appointment of John Hardie as Chief Executive Officer.

Read ITN's response to Lord Carter's interim Digital Britain report.

ITN Source has supplied two hours of footage to artist Aernout Mik's Raw Footage installation.

Channel 4 News has appointed Mike Radford as Commissioning Editor of its Independents Fund.

ITN has launched the first ever video focussed news application for Apple's iPhone™ and iPod® Touch which can be downloaded free of charge through the iTunes® App Store globally.

Read ITN's submission to Ofcom's second PSB review.

ITV News has appointed Faye Barker as presenter of ITV Morning News. Faye is a well known television journalist having spent over 10 years in the industry and has presented for Sky News, Five News, ITV News, and Setanta Sports News.

New weekly bespoke programme brings film, music and telly FHM style to online and mobile audiences.

Asian News International signs multi-platform global representation deal with ITN Source.

ITV can today confirm that Sir Trevor McDonald will step down from his role as co-presenter of News at Ten in late-November, after presenting the broadcaster's coverage of the US Elections from Washington.

ITN Source today announces the creation of Diagonal View, a leading digital production business. ITN Source and Matt Heiman, founder Mobix Interactive and digital entrepreneur, formed the joint venture six months ago as an incubator business.

ITN was today named as global news launch partner for Google's WiFi enhancedGeolocation API announced at the Google Developer Day in Milan.

ITN On one of the world's leading producers of news and entertainment content for multimedia platforms joined Livestation today.

After 6 years with the company Mark Wood has indicated that he will step down early next year as Chief Executive of ITN in order to pursue opportunities outside the company.

ITN Source today launches Clips on Demand, the world's largest collection of broadcast-quality, 'rights-ready' video clips available for purchase and download online for the first time.

ITN's multimedia division, ITN On, has appointed Mark Browning in the newly created position of Commercial Director.

ITN's multimedia division, ITN On, has extended its relationship with Bebo to launch Game On, a new channel profile on Bebo's revolutionary self-service Open Media platform the Open Media platform.

ITN's multimedia division, ITN On today announced an extensive content deal with Dailymotion, the world's largest independent video sharing site. ITN On is delivering five new channels on the platform including ITN News, ITN Entertainment, ITN Sport, ITN Music, Games and Gadgets and OMG.

Siobhan joins Channel 4 News from the Times where she's currently Politics andBusiness correspondent, based at Westminster.

Exclusive behind the scenes access to Skywalker Ranch and preview of the forthcoming Star Wars video game The Force Unleashed.

ITN Source has signed a six figure global deal with Al Jazeera giving the network access to over 800,000 hours of video content for use in its programming.

ITN's multimedia division ITN On has made its first foray into green programming with the launch of two exciting new services on MSN UK's Environment channel.

The UK's largest radio groups have signed a deal with commercial radio news supplier IRN for a 24/7 breaking news video service.

ITN Source has signed an exclusive global clip sales representation deal with Northern Ireland based broadcaster UTV to represent its news and regional programming content, giving ITN Source customers access to almost fifty years of unique Northern Ireland footage across politics, entertainment, wildlife and sport.

The UK's leading commercial radio news teams from across the UK gathered in London today to celebrate the annual IRN News Awards.

Following the success of ITN's showbiz channel on YouTube, ITN's multimedia division, ITN On, is launching two exciting new channels on the platform called ITN Music News and ITN News.

Telegraph Media Group and ITN On have expanded their relationship to produce aseries of eight original DVDs for Telegraph readers.

ITN and Media Trust Productions have joined forces with Mencap, the UK learning disability charity, to produce a news programme, your News (working title) premiering on the Community Channel, for viewers with a learning disability or difficulty.

ITN Source has provided footage for two of this year's biggest music feature films on two of the UK's greatest bands - Joy Division and the Rolling Stones.

Education DIGITAL 2 Limited has beaten off strong competition and is set toretain the prestigious Department for Children, Schools and Families' (DCSF) contract for digital TV channel Teachers TV for a further five years.

Newsrooms at ITN are today celebrating success following their win last night of three Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards, beating the BBC, Five News and Al Jazeera in respective categories.

ITN Source, one of the world's leading providers of professional video content, today announced the appointment of Ian CheeWah as Managing Director for its North American business.

ITN Source, one of the world's leading providers of professional video content, congratulates the producers of Atonement for winning Best Film, and This is England for collecting the Best British Film accolade at the BAFTA Awards held in London yesterday evening.

ITV can today reveal News at Ten's return to ITV1 on Monday 14th January will combine the programme's great heritage with a completely new set and the latest production techniques.

5,000 Hours of professional video content from ITN Source now available at www.blinkx.com

ITN Source is adding original sports news and features content to its remarkable video content library in an exclusive global representation deal with the Setanta Sports News channel, which launched on 29 November 2007.

ITN was unveiled as Bebo's worldwide news launch partner on the social networking site's new video service Open Media. ITN is launching its own player on the service with showbiz, sports and quirky content aimed at Bebo's 40 million users worldwide.

ITN Source and Espresso Group, both leaders in their respective fields, have joined forces to create the Education Clip Library, a unique, video licensing service for educational publishers and broadcasters around the world.

ITN Source has joined MarketPlace, a new online global video exchange initiative from The NewsMarket, which gives news organisations, creative and marketing professionals' direct access to a selection of its world class editorial and stock footage video content.

ITN Source has signed a new six-figure-two-year-deal with UK-broadcaster Five, which gives television producers commissioned by the channel free access to ITN Source's remarkable video content library.

ITN is making its bespoke mobile news and entertainment content available for free to ipod users and other portable video players. The deal will allow customers to download ITN's latest news and entertainment programming from Apple's iTunes store when on the move.

Setanta and Virgin Media are delighted to announce the appointment of Geoff Hill as Editor-in-Chief of the soon-to-launch Setanta Sports News channel, produced by ITN.

ITN's multimedia division, ITN On today unveiled its latest online initiative with the launch of an ITN channel on YouTube. The ad-funded channel will have entertainment at its heart, plus sports, film and Bollywood programmes made specifically for online platforms allowing YouTube users to view, comment on and link to their favourite ITN content.

ITN On today announces it has signed a deal with IPTV platform Joost, the world's first broadcast-quality internet television service, to provide its news, entertainment and sports content and a new weekly programme entitled Movie Buff.

IRN, the UK's leading news and content provider for commercial radio, has won four contracts to supply news to commercial radio stations in the UK.

ITN Source continues to expand its moving image collections with four new representation deals, giving the broadcast and creative production industries access to more unique footage. Already representing the world's largest and most diverse collection of footage libraries, these latest deals confirm ITN Source as the media industries' first choice for professional video content.

ITN has been appointed producer of Setanta Sports News,a vibrant and distinctive new 24-hour sports news channel jointly owned by Setanta Sports and Virgin Media. The channel will be available initially to Virgin Media 's 3 million digital subscribers across the UK later this year and to a wider base in the early part of next year.

ITN's technology team has been awarded with the prestigious Content Delivery award at this year's IBC Innovation Awards for developing the NeMeSys (New Media System)system. The IBC Innovation Awards celebrate excellence in the creation of complete technical and operational solutions in the broadcasting arena.

Telegraph Media Group, announces the signing of a new agreement with ITN's multimedia division, ITN On, to make video programmes for Telegraph Media Group's website.

In partnership with US-based Current TV, ITN Source, the world's leading provider of motion imagery, will be providing Current TV viewers with provocative video footage to be incorporated in the ':60 Seconds to Save the Earth' contest.

ITN On is launching a new made-for-mobile programme called Bollywood Insider. The programme, the first of its kind on mobile, will form part of ITN's made-for-mobile news channel currently available on 3, Vodafone Live, Orange and Virgin Mobile.

ITV News viewers will now be able to get their Newsfix on the go by subscribing to ITV 's made for mobile news bulletins.

IRN, the UK's leading news and content provider for commercial radio, has won a new contract to provide news for Bristol's newest commercial radio station Original 106.5 FM.

ITN Source has provided footage for the Julien Temple directed film 'The Future is Unwritten - Joe Strummer' a feature length documentary that chronicles the Clash front-man's life and philosophies that guided him and in turn influenced countless bands across the world from U2 to the The Libertines.

Kylie Morris is the new face of More4 News.

ITV News is placing citizen journalism at the very heart of its editorial agenda and is today launching a new website Uploaded - creating the UK's first nationwide network of citizen correspondents who can shape TV news coverage on a daily basis.

News and entertainment content to be offered for free to 3 subscribers on new ad-funded content channel.

Today the top commercial radio news talent from across the UK are celebrating their award wins at the IRN Radio Journalism Awards fast becoming one of the most talked about events in the radio industry's calendar.

ITN today announces that it has agreed terms with ITV for a new six-year contract, worth in excess of £250m, for the production of ITV News until the end of 2012.

IRN today announces the shortlist for the annual IRN Awards, the UK's only national journalism awards for commercial radio. This year IRN received a record number of entries for what is fast becoming one of the most talked about events in the radio industry's calendar.

ITN Source has further confirmed its status as the world's leading source of diverse moving image content.

ITN Source, the world's leading provider of motion imagery, today announced an exclusive worldwide distribution deal with Australian commercial broadcaster, Nine Network, to represent its complete news catalogue.

Newsrooms at ITN are today celebrating success following their outstanding win of seven Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards, beating both Sky News and the BBC, at a ceremony held in London last night.

Producers and filmmakers can now purchase high quality footage online and have it delivered to their desktop following the latest upgrade to ITN Source's advanced digital website.

London Microsoft has selected ITN's multimedia division, ITN On, as its news launch partner for its new operating system Windows Vista.

Taking a mix of interviews and news pieces from ITN Source's music catalogue, anyone can now download high quality video clips from one of the largest archives in the world through Wippit.

ITN Source, the world's leading provider of professional video content, has completed an agreement which will allow entertainment news picture agency WENN to license still images from the incredible ITN stills library to its global customer base.

The new services provided by ITN's multimedia division, ITN On, will feature the latest UK, world, business, sports and entertainment news. The stories will be delivered as text, stills and video bulletins updated frequently throughout the day to the Orange web site as well as Orange mobiles.