The report states that as the number of unscripted commissions slowed in late Q2, “a review of the labels across the portfolio was undertaken resulting in a series of actions including stopping development activity in STV Studios Entertainment and ceasing continued investment in Mighty Productions.”

Across the scripted labels, STV said that in addition to the recently announced commission of a new six-part series for Channel 4 secured by Two Cities Television, “commissioning decisions are expected in the coming weeks on several ideas in advance development.”

So far this year, STV Studios and its labels have secured 30 new commissions including STV Studios Factual orders for new army docuseries The Troops for BBC Scotland and iPlayer; a 5th series of The Travelling Auctioneers for BBC One and the 32nd series of Antiques Road Trip (BBC One). STV Studios Entertainment secured an 11th series of Celebrity Catchphrase for ITV. Crackit Productions secured two series commissions for Channel 4 with Crime Scene Cleaners and Supercruising: Life at Sea and Rumpus Media, which became a wholly owned label in H2 2024, secured a 4-part series from More4.

2025 saw the release of the second series of The Fortune Hotel on ITV from Tuesday’s Child, alongside returners including The Hit List, Antiques Road Trip, The Travelling Auctioneers and The Yorkshire Auction House.  Blue Lights returns to the BBC on 29 September for a  third series.

The report shows that STV Studios delivered revenue of £42.2m in the first half of 2025 (2024: £37.5m), growth of 13% “in a very difficult market. The seasonality of the division is such that most of the adjusted operating profit is generated in the second half of the year and the first half breakeven performance continued to reflect that traditional H1/H2 split.”