The ITV Board has declared an interim dividend of 1.7p and remains committed to paying a total dividend of at least 5p for the full year
Other financial highlights include:
Significant revenue growth with total external revenue up 8% at £1,679 million
o Total ITV Studios revenue up 16% at £927 million with growth across the business
o Media & Entertainment (M&E) revenue up 4% at £1,065 million with total advertising revenue (TAR) up 5% and within this digital advertising revenue was up 20%
Adjusted group EBITA was down 3% at £318 million. This reflects strong underlying performance offset in M&Eby additional disciplined investment of £58 million in content and £20 million in data and technology ahead of the launch of ITVX. Additional content investment, as previously guided, relates to a combination of the return of key shows disrupted last year by COVID and front-footed investment. Adjusted EPS was up 2% at 6.0p
EBITA was £228 million. Statutory profit before tax was £219 million (30 June 2021: £133 million) and statutory EPS was 4.8p (30 June 2021: 2.4p)
