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The ITV companies best known outside the UK were Creator/{{Granada}}, Creator/ThamesTelevision, and London Weekend Television (LWT). ATV, although a major network provider, used a sister company, Creator/ITCEntertainment, to distribute shows internationally. The minor regions contributed relatively little to the network, although some of the larger minor regions often found niches when it came to their self-made programming - Southern, for example, was noted for its children's programming and Anglia for its flagship gameshow ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury''. Anglia also gained international sales and recognition for its adaptation of Creator/RoaldDahl's ''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected''.

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The ITV companies best known outside the UK were Creator/{{Granada}}, Creator/ThamesTelevision, and London Weekend Television (LWT). ATV, although a major network provider, used a sister company, Creator/ITCEntertainment, to distribute shows internationally. The minor regions contributed relatively little to the network, although some of the larger minor regions often found niches when it came to their self-made programming - Southern, for example, was noted for its children's programming and Anglia for its flagship gameshow ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury''. Anglia also gained international sales and recognition for its adaptation of Creator/RoaldDahl's ''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected''.
''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected'' and the long-running nature series ''Survival''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/IvorTheEngine'' (1959-64; [[ChannelHop channel-hopped]] from ITV to Creator/BBC in 1975 as the series was remade in colour)


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From the 1970s onward, ITV had a teletext service, known as '''[[http://teletext.mb21.co.uk/gallery/oracle/ Oracle]]''' (Oracle stood for "[[FunWithAcronyms Optical Reception of Announcements by Coded Line Electronics]]"); TheRival to the BBC's Ceefax service, it too offered up-to-the-minute news from ITN, weather and travel information, TV listings, fun and games stuff, and much more; it also carried additional information on Channel Four when they launched in 1982. It too fell victim to the early-1990s changes at ITV, losing the teletext franchise to the aptly-named Teletext Ltd., which took over for Oracle on the [=1st=] of January, 1993. Teletext was perhaps best known for being the (often-unwilling) home of ''Series/Digitiser'', the video-game review section and general source of anarchic humor. Teletext eventually began to refocus itself around their successful holidays business, due in large part to the teletext medium itself becoming outmoded by the Internet. Teletext Ltd. ceased services on ITV and Channel Four by 2010, though they still exist as a travel website. Digitiser has been revived independently on the web, as well.

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From the 1970s onward, ITV had a teletext service, known as '''[[http://teletext.mb21.co.uk/gallery/oracle/ Oracle]]''' (Oracle stood for "[[FunWithAcronyms Optical Reception of Announcements by Coded Line Electronics]]"); TheRival to the BBC's Ceefax service, it too offered up-to-the-minute news from ITN, weather and travel information, TV listings, fun and games stuff, and much more; it also carried additional information on Channel Four when they launched in 1982. It too fell victim to the early-1990s changes at ITV, losing the teletext franchise to the aptly-named Teletext Ltd., which took over for Oracle on the [=1st=] of January, 1993. Teletext was perhaps best known for being the (often-unwilling) home of ''Series/Digitiser'', ''Series/{{Digitiser}}'', the video-game review section and general source of anarchic humor. Teletext eventually began to refocus itself around their successful holidays business, due in large part to the teletext medium itself becoming outmoded by the Internet. Teletext Ltd. ceased services on ITV and Channel Four by 2010, though they still exist as a travel website. Digitiser has been revived independently on the web, as well.

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The ITV companies best known outside the UK were Creator/{{Granada}}, Creator/ThamesTelevision, and London Weekend Television (LWT). ATV, although a major network provider, used a sister company, Creator/ITCEntertainment, to distribute shows internationally. The minor regions contributed relatively little to the network, although some of the larger minor regions often found niches when it came to their self-made programming - Southern, for example, was noted for its children's programming and Anglia for its flagship gameshow ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury''. Anglia also gained international sales and recognition for its adaptation of Creator/RoaldDahl's''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected''.

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The ITV companies were in the 1980s responsible for the oversight of Creator/ChannelFour; the channel was funded by the ITV companies, who were in turn responsible for regional ad sales on [=C4=]; this meant they were (roughly) sister networks, and accordingly they often cross-promoted each others' offerings in the 1980s. ITV companies also produced many programmes for Channel Four, most notably ''Series/{{Countdown}}'' (produced by Yorkshire Television, and indeed it was originally a spin-off of their regional newscast ''Calendar'', with anchor Richard Whitely, who pulled double-duty on both shows, gaining the nickname "Twice-Nightly Whitely"). ITV's schools programming also moved to [=C4=] in 1987, once Channel Four had enough nationwide coverage to deem it possible (the BBC had similarly switched their schools programmes from BBC One to BBC Two in 1983). Changes in [=C4=]'s structure in the 1990s meant the two drifted apart by the end of that decade.

The ITV companies best known outside the UK were Creator/{{Granada}}, Creator/ThamesTelevision, and London Weekend Television (LWT). ATV, although a major network provider, used a sister company, Creator/ITCEntertainment, to distribute shows internationally. The minor regions contributed relatively little to the network, although some of the larger minor regions often found niches when it came to their self-made programming - Southern, for example, was noted for its children's programming and Anglia for its flagship gameshow ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury''. Anglia also gained international sales and recognition for its adaptation of Creator/RoaldDahl's''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected''.
Creator/RoaldDahl's ''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected''.



In 1998 Granada and Carlton established the ill-fated [=ONdigital=] (later ITV Digital), a subscription-based digital terrestrial broadcast system. This went bust in 2002 because of technical problems and competition from satellite and cable, in what was seen by some industry critics as a re-run of British Satellite Broadcasting's defeat by Sky Television - the only thing that really survived was the knitted monkey used in the adverts, which was taken on by PG Tips (to prevent digital terrestrial from becoming extinct a new consortium relaunched the system as Freeview, with compatible, though more robust, signals, and no subscriptions. A limited number of subscription channels, called Top-Up TV, were added later).

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In 1998 Granada and Carlton established the ill-fated [=ONdigital=] (later ITV Digital), a subscription-based digital terrestrial broadcast system. This went bust in 2002 because of technical problems and competition from satellite and cable, in what was seen by some industry critics as a re-run of British Satellite Broadcasting's defeat by Sky Television - -- the only thing that really survived was the knitted monkey used in the adverts, which was taken on by PG Tips (to prevent digital terrestrial from becoming extinct a new consortium relaunched the system as Freeview, with compatible, though more robust, signals, and no subscriptions. A limited number of subscription channels, called Top-Up TV, were added later). \n (It was later proven that Rupert Murdoch had employed hackers to crack the encryption scheme used by On/ITV Digital and other rival pay-TV companies in Europe.)



For more on the history of ITV, see ''WebVideo/ITVInTheFace''.



Defunct ITV channels include the ''ITV News Channel'' - operated by ITN, - the ''ITV Sport Channel'', a failed venture into the early terrestial Pay-TV market, the collapse of which nearly bankrupted the British Basketball League, and left a lot of other niche British sports leagues in financial trouble, ITV Play (a channel devoted exclusively to PhoneInGameShows, unceremoniously shut down as part of scrutiny surrounding premium rate call-ins on British television), and ITV Encore, a Sky-only pay channel that broadcasted some of ITV's archive drama programmes. Also included were the Carlton Pay-TV networks (Carlton Food, Carlton Select, Carlton World, Carlton Cinema, and Carlton Kids); these were all shut down by 2003, as well as Granada Sky Broadcasting's channels (a joint-venture between them and Creator/{{Sky}}, which included Granada Plus (Granada archive programming); Granada Men & Motors (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); Granada Talk TV (also ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); and Granada Good Life/Breeze (lifestyle). Breeze shut down in 2002; Granada Plus was unceremoniously replaced by [=ITV3=] in 2004 (on the day of the launch of the latter, so as to get it on Sky as soon as possible); Men & Motors lasted until 2010, when it was shuttered to make way for ITV HD; its remaining programming was moved to [=ITV4=]). ''Creator/{{CITV}}'', ITV's children's programming brand[[note]]not to be confused with TV station CITV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (which was long branded as ITV before it became the city's Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork affiliate, known as "Global Edmonton"[[/note]], ceased to exist as a separate channel on September 1, 2023, with all present and future ITV children's content moving to ITVX Kids. The CITV brand still continues to be used for a daily morning block of kids' shows on [=ITV2=] however.

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Defunct ITV channels include the ''ITV ITV News Channel'' - operated Channel (operated by ITN, - ITN), the ''ITV ITV Sport Channel'', a Channel (part of the failed venture into the early terrestial Pay-TV market, On/ITV Digital venture, the collapse of which nearly bankrupted the British Basketball League, and left a lot of other niche British sports leagues in financial trouble, trouble), ITV Play (a channel devoted exclusively to PhoneInGameShows, unceremoniously shut down as part of scrutiny surrounding premium rate call-ins on British television), and ITV Encore, a Sky-only pay channel that broadcasted some of ITV's archive drama programmes. Also included There were the also channels operated by ITV's corporate predecessors -- Carlton Pay-TV had their own batch of pay-TV networks (Carlton Food, Carlton Select, Carlton World, Carlton Cinema, and Carlton Kids); these were all shut down by 2003, as well as along with Granada Sky Broadcasting's channels (a joint-venture between them and Creator/{{Sky}}, Creator/{{Sky}}), which included Granada Plus (Granada archive programming); Granada Men & Motors (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); Granada Talk TV (also ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); and Granada Good Life/Breeze (lifestyle). Breeze shut down in 2002; Granada Plus was unceremoniously replaced by [=ITV3=] in 2004 (on the day of the launch of the latter, so as to get it on Sky as soon as possible); Men & Motors lasted until 2010, when it was shuttered to make way for ITV HD; HD (with its remaining programming was being moved to [=ITV4=]). ''Creator/{{CITV}}'', '''Creator/{{CITV}}''', ITV's children's programming brand[[note]]not to be confused with TV station CITV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (which was long branded as ITV before it became the city's Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork affiliate, known as "Global Edmonton"[[/note]], ceased to exist as a separate channel on September 1, 2023, with all present and future ITV children's content moving to ITVX Kids. The CITV brand still continues to be used for a daily morning block of kids' shows on [=ITV2=] however.
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From the 1970s onward, ITV had a teletext service, known as '''[[http://teletext.mb21.co.uk/gallery/oracle/ Oracle]]''' (Oracle stood for "[[FunWithAcronyms Optical Reception of Announcements by Coded Line Electronics]]"); TheRival to the BBC's Ceefax service, it too offered up-to-the-minute news from ITN, weather and travel information, TV listings, fun and games stuff, and much more; it also carried additional information on Channel Four when they launched in 1982. It too fell victim to the early-1990s changes at ITV, losing the teletext franchise to the aptly-named Teletext Ltd., which took over for Oracle on the [=1st=] of January, 1993. Teletext was perhaps best known for being the (often-unwilling) home of ''Series/Digitiser'', the video-game review section and general source of anarchic humor. Teletext eventually began to refocus itself around their successful holidays business, due in large part to the teletext medium itself becoming outmoded by the Internet. Teletext Ltd. ceased services on ITV and Channel Four by 2010, though they still exist as a travel website. Digitiser has been revived independently on the web, as well.

Teletext-based in-vision services were also provided by the ITV companies at times for their localized "Jobfinder" services, and ''Series/ITVNightscreen'' was also teletext-based to an extent (before changing technology turned it into more of a [=PowerPoint=]-esque slideshow); both programmes were mostly late-night/early-morning filler, though ''Nightscreen'' kept going into 2021.
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Defunct ITV channels include the ''ITV News Channel'' - operated by ITN, - the ''ITV Sport Channel'', a failed venture into the early terrestial Pay-TV market, the collapse of which nearly bankrupted the British Basketball League, and left a lot of other niche British sports leagues in financial trouble, ITV Play (a channel devoted exclusively to PhoneInGameShows, unceremoniously shut down as part of scrutiny surrounding premium rate call-ins on British television), and ITV Encore, a Sky-only pay channel that broadcasted some of ITV's archive drama programmes. Also included were the Carlton Pay-TV networks (Carlton Food, Carlton Select, Carlton World, Carlton Cinema, and Carlton Kids); these were all shut down by 2003, as well as Granada Sky Broadcasting's channels (a joint-venture between them and Creator/{{Sky}}, which included Granada Plus (Granada archive programming); Granada Men & Motors (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); Granada Talk TV (also ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); and Granada Good Life/Breeze (lifestyle). Breeze shut down in 2002; Granada Plus was unceremoniously replaced by [=ITV3=] in 2004 (on the day of the launch of the latter, so as to get it on Sky as soon as possible); Men & Motors lasted until 2010, when it was shuttered to make way for ITV HD; its remaining programming was moved to [=ITV4=]). ''Creator/{{CITV}}'', ITV's children's programming brand[[note]]not to be confused with TV station CITV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (which was long branded as ITV before it became the city's Creator/{{Global}} affiliate, known as "Global Edmonton"[[/note]], ceased to exist as a separate channel on September 1, 2023, with all present and future ITV children's content moving to ITVX Kids. The CITV brand still continues to be used for a daily morning block of kids' shows on [=ITV2=] however.

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Defunct ITV channels include the ''ITV News Channel'' - operated by ITN, - the ''ITV Sport Channel'', a failed venture into the early terrestial Pay-TV market, the collapse of which nearly bankrupted the British Basketball League, and left a lot of other niche British sports leagues in financial trouble, ITV Play (a channel devoted exclusively to PhoneInGameShows, unceremoniously shut down as part of scrutiny surrounding premium rate call-ins on British television), and ITV Encore, a Sky-only pay channel that broadcasted some of ITV's archive drama programmes. Also included were the Carlton Pay-TV networks (Carlton Food, Carlton Select, Carlton World, Carlton Cinema, and Carlton Kids); these were all shut down by 2003, as well as Granada Sky Broadcasting's channels (a joint-venture between them and Creator/{{Sky}}, which included Granada Plus (Granada archive programming); Granada Men & Motors (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); Granada Talk TV (also ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); and Granada Good Life/Breeze (lifestyle). Breeze shut down in 2002; Granada Plus was unceremoniously replaced by [=ITV3=] in 2004 (on the day of the launch of the latter, so as to get it on Sky as soon as possible); Men & Motors lasted until 2010, when it was shuttered to make way for ITV HD; its remaining programming was moved to [=ITV4=]). ''Creator/{{CITV}}'', ITV's children's programming brand[[note]]not to be confused with TV station CITV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (which was long branded as ITV before it became the city's Creator/{{Global}} Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork affiliate, known as "Global Edmonton"[[/note]], ceased to exist as a separate channel on September 1, 2023, with all present and future ITV children's content moving to ITVX Kids. The CITV brand still continues to be used for a daily morning block of kids' shows on [=ITV2=] however.
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* '''Creator/{{CITV}}''': Kids' channel. For a few hours on Saturdays and Sundays, its programming is broadcast on ITV. Not to be confused with TV station CITV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (which was long branded as ITV before it became the city's Creator/{{Global}} affiliate, known as "Global Edmonton").



Defunct ITV channels include the ''ITV News Channel'' - operated by ITN, - the ''ITV Sport Channel'', a failed venture into the early terrestial Pay-TV market, the collapse of which nearly bankrupted the British Basketball League, and left a lot of other niche British sports leagues in financial trouble, ITV Play (a channel devoted exclusively to PhoneInGameShows, unceremoniously shut down as part of scrutiny surrounding premium rate call-ins on British television), and ITV Encore, a Sky-only pay channel that broadcasted some of ITV's archive drama programmes. Also included were the Carlton Pay-TV networks (Carlton Food, Carlton Select, Carlton World, Carlton Cinema, and Carlton Kids); these were all shut down by 2003, as well as Granada Sky Broadcasting's channels (a joint-venture between them and Creator/{{Sky}}, which included Granada Plus (Granada archive programming); Granada Men & Motors (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); Granada Talk TV (also ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); and Granada Good Life/Breeze (lifestyle). Breeze shut down in 2002; Granada Plus was unceremoniously replaced by [=ITV3=] in 2004 (on the day of the launch of the latter, so as to get it on Sky as soon as possible); Men & Motors lasted until 2010, when it was shuttered to make way for ITV HD; its remaining programming was moved to [=ITV4=]).

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Defunct ITV channels include the ''ITV News Channel'' - operated by ITN, - the ''ITV Sport Channel'', a failed venture into the early terrestial Pay-TV market, the collapse of which nearly bankrupted the British Basketball League, and left a lot of other niche British sports leagues in financial trouble, ITV Play (a channel devoted exclusively to PhoneInGameShows, unceremoniously shut down as part of scrutiny surrounding premium rate call-ins on British television), and ITV Encore, a Sky-only pay channel that broadcasted some of ITV's archive drama programmes. Also included were the Carlton Pay-TV networks (Carlton Food, Carlton Select, Carlton World, Carlton Cinema, and Carlton Kids); these were all shut down by 2003, as well as Granada Sky Broadcasting's channels (a joint-venture between them and Creator/{{Sky}}, which included Granada Plus (Granada archive programming); Granada Men & Motors (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); Granada Talk TV (also ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin); and Granada Good Life/Breeze (lifestyle). Breeze shut down in 2002; Granada Plus was unceremoniously replaced by [=ITV3=] in 2004 (on the day of the launch of the latter, so as to get it on Sky as soon as possible); Men & Motors lasted until 2010, when it was shuttered to make way for ITV HD; its remaining programming was moved to [=ITV4=]).
[=ITV4=]). ''Creator/{{CITV}}'', ITV's children's programming brand[[note]]not to be confused with TV station CITV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (which was long branded as ITV before it became the city's Creator/{{Global}} affiliate, known as "Global Edmonton"[[/note]], ceased to exist as a separate channel on September 1, 2023, with all present and future ITV children's content moving to ITVX Kids. The CITV brand still continues to be used for a daily morning block of kids' shows on [=ITV2=] however.
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ITV gets its news programmes from ITN (Independent Television News), who have provided news bulletins for the network since Day One and which was originally controlled by all of the ITV companies. The station's flagship news bulletin, ''Series/NewsAtTen'', was first broadcast in 1967 and has continued on and off since (also, nowadays most ITV news bulletins still use a variation on the original ''Series/NewsAtTen'' theme tune). ITN also provides Creator/ChannelFour with its news programme, as well as celebrity/entertainment news coverage for Creator/ChannelFour's flagship music channel, 4Music. They used to do the news for Creator/Channel5, as well, until 2005 when they lost the contract to Creator/{{Sky}}. They eventually regained the contract in 2012. ITN also makes a short entertainment news programme for digital channel 5*.

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ITV gets its news programmes from ITN (Independent Television News), who have provided news bulletins for the network since Day One and which was originally controlled by all of the ITV companies. The station's flagship news bulletin, ''Series/NewsAtTen'', was first broadcast in 1967 and has continued on and off since (also, nowadays most ITV news bulletins still use a variation on the original ''Series/NewsAtTen'' theme tune). ITN also provides Creator/ChannelFour with its news programme, as well as celebrity/entertainment news coverage for Creator/ChannelFour's flagship music channel, 4Music. They used to do the news for Creator/Channel5, as well, until 2005 when they lost the contract to Creator/{{Sky}}. They eventually regained the contract in 2012. ITN also makes a short entertainment news programme for digital channel 5*.
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! Stations

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* '''UsefulNotes/{{London}}''': [[Creator/{{Optical}} Optical Television]] (weekdays) / [[Creator/{{LWT}} London Weekend Television]] (weekends)
* '''[[UsefulNotes/TheMidlands Central England]]''': [[Creator/{{Central}} Central Television]]
* '''[[OopNorth North West England]]''': [[Creator/{{Granada}} Granada Television]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Central Scotland]]:''' [[Creator/{{STV}} Scottish Television]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Wales]]:''' [[Creator/{{Wales}} Wales Television]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/HomeCounties South and South East England]]''': [[Creator/{{Southern}} Southern Television]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland North East England]]''': [[Creator/{{Tyne Tees}} Tyne Tees Television]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/EastAnglia East of England]]''': [[Creator/{{Anglia}} Anglia Television]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Republic of Ireland}} Republic of Ireland]]:''' [[Creator/{{Lagan}} Lagan Television]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland Northern Ireland]]''': [[Creator/{{Ulster}} Ulster Television]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry West of England]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry South West England]]''' [[note]]ITV combined the West of England and South West England into ITV Westward in January 2014.[[/note]]: [[Creator/{{Westward}} Westward Television]]
* '''Cumbria, [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} South Scotland]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Northumberland}} Northumberland]] and the Isle of Man''': [[Creator/{{Border}} Border Television]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} North Scotland]]''': [[Creator/{{Grampian}} Grampian Television]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/TheChannelIslands Channel Islands]]''': [[Creator/{{Channel}} Channel Television]]
* '''[[OopNorth Yorkshire]]''': [[Creator/{{Yorkshire}} Yorkshire Television]]

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* '''UsefulNotes/{{London}}''': [[Creator/{{Optical}} Optical Television]] (weekdays) / [[Creator/{{LWT}} London Served by different stations during the week ('''Associated-Rediffusion/Rediffusion London''' from 1955-68, '''Creator/ThamesTelevision''' from 1968-92, and '''Carlton Television''' from 1993) and on weekends ('''ATV London''' from 1955-68, '''London Weekend Television]] (weekends)
Television/LWT''' from 1968).
* '''[[UsefulNotes/TheMidlands Central England]]''': [[Creator/{{Central}} Central Television]]
England]] [[note]]Also covered some of the more southern countries as well, namely Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire[[/note]] ''': Initially served by different stations during the week ('''ATV Midlands''') and on weekends ('''ABC''') from 1955-68, then '''ATV''' all week round from 1968-81, then '''Central''' (also all week round) from 1982.
* '''[[OopNorth North West of England]]''': [[Creator/{{Granada}} Granada Television]]
Initially served by different stations during the week ('''Creator/{{Granada}}''') and on weekends ('''ABC''') from 1956-68, then split to '''Granada''' all week round in the '''[[UsefulNotes/FootballPopMusicAndFlatCaps North West]]''' and '''Yorkshire Television''' all week round in, erm, Yorkshire, from 1968.
* '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Central Scotland]]:''' [[Creator/{{STV}} Scottish Television]]
'''Central UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}''': '''Scottish Television/STV (Central)''' from 1957.
* '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Wales]]:''' [[Creator/{{Wales}} '''UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} and [[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry West of England]] [[note]]The English countries covered were Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Devon and Cornwall were covered by Westcountry broadcasting instead - see below. However if a TV series was being filmed in either of those two places, then HTV would step in to make it, as it had better resources and the money to be able to produce it.[[/note]]''': '''TWW''' (Television West and Wales) from 1958-68 and originally only South Wales Television]]
until 1964, '''Harlech Television/HTV''' from 1968.[[note]]A temporary company creatively named "Independent Television Service (South) Wales (and the West)" served the region from March to May 1968 as a stopgap measure due to TWW selling off the last few months of their franchise contract to Harlech before the latter was ready to broadcast.[[/note]] [[note]] Harlech was infamous for a truly headache inducing black and white [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-agHZuB59N0 ident]] from 1968 to 1970. Reportedly there is a colour version that is so out there that it just doesn't just split your head, it splits '''time.'''[[/note]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/HomeCounties South and South East England]]''': [[Creator/{{Southern}} Southern Television]]
'''Southern Television''' from 1958-81, '''Television South/TVS''' from 1982-92, and '''Meridian Broadcasting''' from 1993.
* '''[[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland North East England]]''': [[Creator/{{Tyne Tees}} Tyne '''UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland''': '''Tyne Tees Television]]
Television''' from 1959.
* '''[[UsefulNotes/EastAnglia East of England]]''': [[Creator/{{Anglia}} Anglia Television]]
'''UsefulNotes/EastAnglia''': '''Anglia Television''' from 1959.
* '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Republic of Ireland}} Republic of Ireland]]:''' [[Creator/{{Lagan}} Lagan Television]]
* '''[[UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland Northern Ireland]]''': [[Creator/{{Ulster}} Ulster Television]]
'''UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland''': '''Ulster Television/UTV''' from 1959.
* '''[[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry West of England]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry South West England]]''' [[note]]ITV combined the West of England England]]'''[[note]]Only covered Devon, Cornwall and South Somerset. The rest of the West England into ITV Westward Country's service was provided by HTV and/or Central, however Westcountry Broadcasting did share resources with HTV, and if a series was being filmed in January 2014.[[/note]]: [[Creator/{{Westward}} Westward Television]]
either Devon or Cornwall, then HTV funded and produced it, as they had more experience and more money.[[/note]]:'''Westward Television''' from 1961-81, '''Television South West/TSW''' from 1982-92, '''Westcountry Broadcasting''' from 1993.
* '''Cumbria, [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} South Scotland]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Northumberland}} Northumberland]] and the Isle of Man''': [[Creator/{{Border}} Border Television]]
'''Border Television''' from 1961.
* '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} North Scotland]]''': [[Creator/{{Grampian}} Grampian Television]]
'''Grampian Television/STV (North)''' from 1961.
* '''[[UsefulNotes/TheChannelIslands Channel Islands]]''': [[Creator/{{Channel}} Channel Television]]
'''UsefulNotes/TheChannelIslands''': '''Channel Television''' from 1962.
* '''[[OopNorth Yorkshire]]''': [[Creator/{{Yorkshire}} Yorkshire Television]]
'''North and West Wales''': '''Wales West and North/Teledu Cymru''' from 1962-64, when the station went bust and its franchise area was merged with the rest of Wales and the West of England.



Regional branding is very rarely seen on screen, apart from ITV Cymru Wales and the still independently-owned STV service, with UTV-being owned by ITV since 2016-being the last to [[https://evoke.ie/2020/11/27/showbiz/julian-simmons-utv adopt ITV's national branding (in 2020).]] While [[MediaWatchdog Ofcom]] still obliges each region to have its own local news programmes (for the time being), regional programming on ITV had became virtually non-existent until recently.

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Regional branding is very rarely seen on screen, apart from ITV Cymru Wales and the still independently-owned STV service, with UTV-being owned by ITV since 2016-being the last to [[https://evoke.ie/2020/11/27/showbiz/julian-simmons-utv adopt ITV's national branding (in 2020).]] While [[MediaWatchdog Ofcom]] still obliges each region to have its own local news programmes (for the time being), regional programming on ITV had became has now become virtually non-existent until recently.
non-existent.



It looked likely ITV could fail, with figures in the TV industry members speculating the company would call in the receivers and go bust. To resolve this, UsefulNotes/{{Carolyn McCall}} set about overhauling ''ITV'' dramatically. McCall then recruited {{Cody Taylor}} to become Programme Controller of ''ITV plc'' from 1 June 2023 (the first time that ITV had recruited someone outside of the network itself), replacing ''John Hart VI'' (who had been mauled by critics for his lack of knowledge in general entertainment).

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It looked likely ITV could fail, with figures in the TV industry members speculating the company would call in the receivers and go bust. To resolve this, UsefulNotes/{{Carolyn McCall}} set about overhauling ''ITV'' dramatically. McCall then recruited {{Cody Taylor}} to become Programme Controller of ''ITV plc'' from 1 June 2023 (the first time that Since 2009, ITV had recruited someone outside of the network itself), replacing ''John Hart VI'' (who had been mauled by critics for his lack of knowledge in general entertainment).
has returned to making a profit.
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It looked likely ITV could fail, with figures in the TV industry members speculating the company would call in the receivers and go bust. Since 2009, ITV has returned to making a profit. Due to quick ratings from ITV declining itself, Ofcom began an review of all the companies that made up the ITV netwrk. The franchise round will take effect on 1 January 2024, with the return of regional identity, even if not the primarily case.

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It looked likely ITV could fail, with figures in the TV industry members speculating the company would call in the receivers and go bust. Since 2009, ITV has returned To resolve this, UsefulNotes/{{Carolyn McCall}} set about overhauling ''ITV'' dramatically. McCall then recruited {{Cody Taylor}} to making a profit. Due to quick ratings become Programme Controller of ''ITV plc'' from ITV declining itself, Ofcom began an review of all the companies 1 June 2023 (the first time that made up ITV had recruited someone outside of the ITV netwrk. The franchise round will take effect on 1 January 2024, with the return network itself), replacing ''John Hart VI'' (who had been mauled by critics for his lack of regional identity, even if not the primarily case.
knowledge in general entertainment).
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Regional branding is very rarely seen on screen, apart from ITV Cymru Wales and the still independently-owned STV service, with UTV-being owned by ITV since 2016-being the last to [[https://evoke.ie/2020/11/27/showbiz/julian-simmons-utv adopt ITV's national branding (in 2020).]] While [[MediaWatchdog Ofcom]] still obliges each region to have its own local news programmes (for the time being), regional programming on ITV has now become virtually non-existent.

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Regional branding is very rarely seen on screen, apart from ITV Cymru Wales and the still independently-owned STV service, with UTV-being owned by ITV since 2016-being the last to [[https://evoke.ie/2020/11/27/showbiz/julian-simmons-utv adopt ITV's national branding (in 2020).]] While [[MediaWatchdog Ofcom]] still obliges each region to have its own local news programmes (for the time being), regional programming on ITV has now become had became virtually non-existent.
non-existent until recently.



It looked likely ITV could fail, with figures in the TV industry members speculating the company would call in the receivers and go bust. Since 2009, ITV has returned to making a profit.

The franchises were reviewed in 2023 due to demands from critics. The franchise round will take effect on 1 January 2024, with the return of regional identity.

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It looked likely ITV could fail, with figures in the TV industry members speculating the company would call in the receivers and go bust. Since 2009, ITV has returned to making a profit. \n\nThe franchises were reviewed in 2023 due Due to demands quick ratings from critics. ITV declining itself, Ofcom began an review of all the companies that made up the ITV netwrk. The franchise round will take effect on 1 January 2024, with the return of regional identity.
identity, even if not the primarily case.

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