The channel will close in June 2025
14:19, 18 Apr 2025Updated 14:20, 18 Apr 2025
The broadcaster has revealed that its ITVBe channel will close in June 2025(Image: PA Wire)
ITV has announced a major shake-up as one of its channels will soon be axed. The broadcaster has revealed that its ITVBe channel will close in June 2025.
ITVBe is a lifestyle and entertainment channel, showing content from the UK and US. Shows mainly feature real lives and real people – some of the original British commissions include ‘Billie & Greg: The Family Diaries’ which follows the lives of two young mums and ‘Dinner Date’ which is long-running dating entertainment series.
The channel will be replaced by a new channel focusing on quiz and game shows. People have been able to tune into ITVBe since it first launched over a decade ago, in 2014. It has been home to some of ITV’s reality and unscripted programmes such as The Only Way is Essex and the Real Housewives franchise.
The programmes shown on ITVBe will be taken on by ITV2, the broadcaster said. It has not been announced which programmes will populate the schedule for ITV Quiz.
However, the network said it planned to use the channel slot to “draw on ITV’s popular, market-leading UK quiz and game shows”. Some of the shows currently aired by ITV include The Chase, Tipping Point and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
ITV2 is the channel brand aimed at younger people. ITV says: “From award-winning commissions to American acquisitions, we aim to deliver quality content to a young 16-34 audience, be that in the linear space or, increasingly, via ITV’s free streaming service- ITVX.
“We’re the number one digital channel for under 35s. At our best, we serve a mainstream, young group of viewers with unique content that wouldn’t necessarily be found elsewhere.”
They added: “Commissions are really important to ITV2. They often drive reputation and can certainly define the tone of the channel. Whether on-demand or on the linear channel, most of our original content is post-watershed which allows a greater degree of creative freedom.”
ITV2 programmes include Love Island and Big Brother. Original commissions from the channel include G’Wed and Transaction.