ITVBe

ITVBe is a British entertainment, lifestyle and reality television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. The channel launched on 8 October 2014, and is wholly funded by advertising and sponsorship. It is available free-to-air on all the major broadcasting platforms, including Freesat, Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media. The channel was first announced on 12 February 2014.

A high-definition simulcast, ITVBe HD, launched on Virgin Media on 19 November 2014, along with a one-hour timeshift service, ITVBe +1. Both subsidiary channels were exclusive to the Virgin platform until the ITVBe +1 service was made available on the Sky and Freesat platforms on 15 December 2014.

Programming

ITVBe is predominantly female-orientated and targets a younger audience, including shows such as:

Original British Series

• 60 Minute Makeover (repeats)
• Be Beautiful
• Dinner Date
• Celebrity Dinner Date
• Fearne & Gok: Off The Rails
• Girlfriends (repeats)
• Life on Marbs
• May the Best House Win (repeats)
• Minors in Designer
• Seven Days with...
• The Only Way Is Essex
• The Real Housewives of Cheshire
• When Do You Get Off?

International Series

• Beauty and the Geek
• Below Deck
• Bethenny Getting Married
• Botched
• Big Ang
• Big Rich Atlanta
• Big Rich Texas
• Buying and Selling
• Bridezillas
• Candidly Nicole
• Chrisley Knows Best
• Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team
• Date My Ex: Jo & Slade
• Don't Be Tardy...
• Fixer Upper
• Flipping Out
• Game of Crowns
• I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding
• Kandi's Wedding
• Kendra on Top
• Jerseylicious
• Ladies of London
• Marriage Bootcamp: Reality Stars
• Miami Monkey
• Million Dollar Listing
• Mob Wives
• Mob Wives Chicago
• Mob Wives: New Blood
• Newlyweds: The First Year
• Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills
• Southern Charm
• Tamra's OC Wedding
• The Bachelor
• The Bachelorette
• The Jeremy Kyle Show USA
• The Kandi Factory
• The Millionaire Matchmaker
• The Real Housewives (U.S Franchises) Except Dallas & Potomac
• The Real Housewives of Melbourne
• The Real Housewives of Vancouver
• There Goes the Motherhood
• Vanderpump Rules

Most watched programmes

The following is a list of the nine most watched shows on ITVBe since the channel began broadcasting in October 2014. Figures are based on Live +7 data supplied by BARB

Rank	Show	Viewers (millions)	Date
1	The Only Way Is Essex	1.36	9 November 2014
2	The Only Way Is Essex	1.18	19 October 2014
3	The Only Way Is Essex	1.16	2 November 2014
4	The Only Way Is Essex	1.12	26 October 2014
5	The Real Housewives of Cheshire	1.11	12 January 2015
6	The Only Way Is Essex	1.09	12 October 2014
7	The Only Way Is Essex	1.06	12 December 2014
8	The Only Way Is Essex	1.03	22 October 2014
9	The Only Way Is Essex	1.01	1 March 2015

External links

• ITVBe at itv.com