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Consequently, ITV2 relaunches as an entertainment channel following the transfer of sports coverage from ITV2 to the new channel. 23 December – ITV News Channel stops broadcasting at 6pm. Poor ratings in comparison to BBC News 24 and Sky News and ITV's desire to reuse the channel's allocation on Freeview were cited as the reasons. [11] 2006
This meant ITV plc completely took full control of the two GSB channels, Plus and Men & Motors. Shortly afterwards, ITV plc decided to close Plus, and moved ITV2 to channel 118 making space for ITV3. The slide that was shown on analogue cable after Plus closed down in 2004. It continued to be displayed until 2011 when it was finally removed.
ITV took full control of Granada Sky Broadcasting, and ceased broadcasting the Granada Plus channel, thereby allowing ITV3 to take the channel number, bandwidth, and programme rights, meaning all platforms could receive the channel from launch. ITV3 was also the only channel in the ITV brand not to simulcast CITV breakfast, until ITV launched ...
From 1993, mergers between ITV companies became possible; as a result, companies began to take each other over to increase efficiencies and to expand. By 2004, all of the ITV franchises in England and Wales were owned by the newly formed ITV plc, the four other franchises being Scottish TV, Grampian TV, UTV and Channel.
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.
The Benny Hill Show (BBC TV/ BBC One 1955–1968, ITV/Thames 1969–1989) Big Brother (Channel 4 2000–2010, Channel 5 2011–2018, ITV2/ITV1 2023–present) Bigheads (2017) The Big Match (1968–1992, ITV4 2008–present as The Big Match Revisited) The Bill (1983, 1984–2010, repeated on Drama) Birds of a Feather (BBC One 1989–1998, ITV ...
ITV3 HD ITV Digital Channels (ITV plc) 24 hours 11344 H 27500 2/3 220 118 ITV4 +1: ITV Digital Channels (ITV plc) 24 hours 10906 V 22000 5/6 120 117 (HD boxes) ITV4 HD ITV Digital Channels (ITV plc) 24 hours 11386 V 27500 2/3 131 (Eng, Wales, NI) 119 (HD boxes) ITVBe HD: ITV Digital Channels (ITV plc) 24 hours 11386 V 27500 2/3 132 (Scot) 148 ...
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 ...