: ITV participated in the industry-wide "Diamond" data collection, which monitors diversity in UK broadcasting. In 2017, the ITV Embrace network was launched to support and advocate for Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic staff.
Unlike generic PVRs (Personal Video Recorders) or VCRs, a DVB-er specifically captures the raw transport stream (TS) from digital terrestrial (Freeview), satellite (Freesat), or cable broadcasts. For ITV, this meant recording the exact signal as transmitted, without the compression or DRM restrictions often found on streaming catch-up services like ITV Hub (now ITVX). itv dvber 2016 2021