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However, due to amalgamation of several of these companies since the creation of ITV Network Limited (and given Channel Television is now owned by ITV plc), it has been replaced by an affiliation system. [16] Approved by Ofcom, this results in ITV plc commissioning and funding the network schedule, with STV and UTV paying a fee to broadcast it ...
ITV-owned licences in 2004 (Channel TV since 2011) ITV-owned licences since 2016. Through ITV Broadcasting Ltd, ITV plc holds 13 of a total 15 ITV network licences, with STV holding two ITV licences in Scotland. ITV plc holds all licences in England and Wales, and the single ones in both the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland: [43]
The station has been owned by ITV plc since 2012 and the licence was transferred to ITV Broadcasting Limited in March 2017. [notes 1] Until the takeover by ITV plc, Channel Television also had a responsibility to ensure independent productions for ITV complied with the regulator Ofcom's broadcasting rules.
ITV Encore was a drama television channel from ITV plc launched on 9 June 2014. [6] Unlike ITV's other channels it was available exclusively on Sky and Now TV, as part of their subscription packages. A high-definition simulcast and timeshift channel, ITV Encore HD and ITV Encore +1, was also available on Sky.
In January 2006, the company assumed the name "ITV Productions" for all produced shows airing on ITV networks, while the Granada name was retained on shows that aired on non-ITV channels, such as Channel 4's Countdown, University Challenge and The Royle Family for the BBC. However, Welsh programmes would always retain the "ITV Cymru" brand.
itv.com is the main website of ITV plc, the UK's largest commercial television broadcaster which operates 13 out of 15 regions on the ITV network under the ITV1 brand. [1] The website offers the ITVX streaming service, with sections for ITV News , certain ITV1 programmes and competitions.
ITV (TV channel), former brand name used by ITV plc for twelve franchises of the ITV Network covering England, Southern Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands (now known as ITV1) ITV Digital, a UK digital terrestrial TV broadcaster, which opened in 1998 as ONdigital and closed in 2002; ITV plc, a British company which owns ...
It was 50% owned by ITN and 50% owned by NTL. Carlton and Granada gradually bought out the two stakes and renamed the channel the ITV News Channel. It closed down on 23 December 2005. Poor ratings in comparison to BBC News 24 and Sky News, and ITV's desire to re-use the channel's allocation on Freeview, were cited as the reasons. [13]