ITN to bring broadcast-quality video to BESA events

New partnership will amplify the reach and impact of BESA events and offer members a trusted route to high-quality content production.

London, United Kingdom – The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) announces a partnership with ITN Education to bring broadcast-quality content production to the Association’s sector-leading events. The collaboration will enhance the visibility of BESA’s flagship events and provide exposure for BESA members.

Julia Garvey, Deputy Director General at BESA said: “We are delighted to partner with ITN Education this year. As a leading producer of high-quality video for the education sector, they are a natural choice in helping us create more visual content that showcases our work and that of our members’. We look forward to collaborating on wider projects across our joint networks as video is central to how our community shares impact.”

Dan Mills, ITN Education’s Commercial Director said: “We’re proud to be supporting BESA and the UK education sector. Our team specialises in the production of video content to support learning through storytelling, and we look forward to working with BESA and their members to help them create compelling, impactful content.”

As BESA’s preferred content production partner for BESA-hosted events, ITN Education will capture highlights, keynote moments, member interviews and support across key projects in the education year. BESA members who wish to explore additional content support can contact Dan Mills at ITN Education directly at dan.mills@itn.co.uk.

For media enquiries, please contact:
BESA: comms@besa.org.uk
ITN: sophie.west@itn.co.uk

About BESA
BESA, the British Educational Suppliers Association, is the only trade association covering the entirety of the UK educational suppliers sector. BESA operates on a not-for-profit basis and is accountable to an Executive Council elected by member companies. It has a 90-year heritage serving the UK education sector, and represents nearly 400 educational suppliers in the UK, including manufacturers and distributors of equipment, technology, ICT hardware, digital-content related services, materials, books, furniture and consumables to the education market.  

About ITN
Founded 70 years ago, ITN is one of the UK’s leading production companies, home to three public service broadcaster newsrooms – ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 – and delivering 70 hours of live linear programming each week. This includes flagship news bulletins and 5’s weekday daytime shows – Jeremy Vine, Storm Huntley, and Vanessa. ITN’s live output is set to grow in January 2026 with the addition of ITV’s Good Morning Britain. ITN’s digital content reaches mass global audiences, generating over 7 billion views online last year (2024).

ITN’s content division, ITN Productions, also produces more than 1,000 hours of commissioned programming annually for UK broadcasters and global streamers, spanning documentaries, factual entertainment, education, audio and archive-based formats. From January 2026, a newly formed digital team will drive ITN’s direct-to-consumer strategy – building creator partnerships, trialling formats, and launching new digital content across genres including entertainment, crime, and royals.

ITN is headquartered on Gray’s Inn Road, London, with state-of-the-art studios and post-production facilities. It also operates a newsroom and offices in Leeds, and maintains a global footprint with international bureaus including Washington D.C.