Last year the figure was 318M.

Earnings per share were down 62%.

Digital ad platform Planet V helped H1 digital ad revenue to hit 179M.

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The connection said ITVXs performance gave it confidence it would deliver at least 750M in digital revenues by 2026.

ITV maintained its strength in linear in a challenging advertising market.

Some 11M was saved in the first-half of the year.

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This mornings results also show BritBox International subs were up 7% to 3.2 million.

The Best of British service is available in the U.S., Canada and several other territories internationally.