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ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire on weekdays only, as ABC Weekend Television was its weekend counterpart.
Granada executive, Victor Peers, believed Manchester was the preferred choice even before Granada executives, Peers, Denis Forman, Reg Hammans and Sidney Bernstein, toured possible locations. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] One site was identified by Hammans in Leeds and three were found in Manchester which convinced Bernstein to explore further. [ 18 ]
The city has had a long heritage of producing programmes at various studios, most notably at ITV's Granada Studios and the BBC's New Broadcasting House. Dock10 studios is located in MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, a couple of miles (about three kilometres) outside Manchester city centre.
As of 2013, most bulletins now air under the joint branding of ITV News and Granada Reports with breakfast updates entitled Good Morning Granada. The programme was unaffected by cutbacks to ITV regional news in early 2009. [10] The only major change saw ITV Granada take over coverage of the Isle of Man from ITV Tyne Tees & Border on 16 July 2009.
Granada bought a 64% controlling stake and took over Carlton in 2004 with the amalgamation of ITV. Consequently, programmes produced by all divisions were referred to as 'A Granada Manchester Production', 'A Granada London Production', etc., at the end of credits.
ITV takes full control of Granada Sky Broadcasting. Granada Plus closes to make way for ITV3. All Granada productions are now credited as "Granada Manchester". 2005. Granada closes its offices in Blackburn and Chester. 2006. 16 January – The Granada name stops appearing at the end of programmes when the in-house production arm is renamed 'ITV ...
ITV Granada [11] Granada Cheshire , Greater Manchester , Lancashire , Merseyside , northwestern Derbyshire , southern Cumbrian coast, western North Yorkshire and Isle of Man
3SixtyMedia is a joint venture post production and studio crewing company, based at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays and co-owned by ITV Studios and BBC Studioworks.Formed in 2000, it was originally based at Granada Television's Quay Street headquarters and combined the studio and post production facilities and technical staff of both BBC Manchester and Granada, aiming to cut operating costs. [1]