UK broadcaster ITV reported its 2005 results today, and also elaborated on plans for digital media, through ITV.com and its newly announced brand ITV Play.

Among other things, ITV CEO Charles Allen wants to make programmes such as Coronation Street available on iPods. He added that ITV wanted to digitize its catalog as the company.

Allen said ITV considered mobile phones to be “an interesting opportunity” for distributing content, adding that the new ITV Play digital “participation TV” channel announced today would have mobile phone and broadband streaming elements. It hopes to generate $35 million from the ITV Play business in its first full year.

Friends Reunited, the website ITV bought in December for almost $300 million, is expected to make $3.5 million in revenue this year after reporting revenues up 75% in January compared with a year ago.

NMA: Online ad sales increased to $78 million, up from $36 million in the previous year. ITV has set a new target of generating about $430 million from multi-channel and interactive revenue by 2008.

From the earnings statement: Total online and interactive revenues for 2005 were about $117 million, up from $52 million in 2004.