ITV Quiz

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ITV Quiz
Logo used since 9 June 2025
Country United Kingdom
Programming
Language English
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner ITV plc
Sister channels
History
Launched9 June 2025;8 months ago (2025-06-09)
Replaced ITVBe
Links
Website www.itv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview Channel 28 (SD)
Streaming media
ITVX Watch live (UK only)

ITV Quiz is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV plc. The channel was launched on 9 June 2025, replacing former sister channel ITVBe. The channel primarily airs reruns of game shows produced for ITV.

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History

On 16 April 2025, ITV plc announced a new game show ‍–‍oriented channel known as ITV Quiz and would replace ITVBe’s channel space in June. [1] [2] [3] The new channel's schedule would primarily be focused on reruns of ITV game shows; it had been reported that game show channels were among the most popular free ad–supported streaming television (FAST) channels on ITVX. [4]

The channel's format is unrelated to that of the short-lived ITV Play channel, which focused exclusively on phone-in shows using premium-rate calls, and shut down amid scandals surrounding such programmes. [5]

ITV Quiz launched on 9 June 2025, replacing ITVBe in its channel slots; its launch lineup featured recent ITV game shows such as Stephen Mulhern's Deal or No Deal , Lingo , Tenable , Tipping Point , Graham Norton's Wheel of Fortune , and Jeremy Clarkson's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? [4] It competes primarily with Sky's long-running FTA channel Challenge, which itself carries ITV's game shows such as The Chase , Cash Trapped , 5 Gold Rings , The Cube , and Roy Walker's Catchphrase . [4]

As with the other ITV channels, ITV Quiz features its own edition of Unwind with ITV , which shares the channel's late night hours with teleshopping.

Programming

References

  1. ↑ "Television channel ITVBe to become ITV Quiz, with The Only Way Is Essex moving to ITV2". BBC News. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "TOWIE AND THE REAL HOUSEWIVES MOVE TO A SUPERCHARGED ITV2". ITV Press Centre. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Butler, Clare (30 May 2025). "ITV Quiz launch date confirmed following ITVBe closure". South Wales Argus . Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Thornham, Marc (3 June 2025). "ITV launching new Freeview Quiz channel with a major show missing". RXTV. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Thornham, Marc (17 April 2025). "ITV replacing ITVBe with Quiz channel". RXTV. Retrieved 17 April 2025.