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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 ...
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.
On 8 November, Granada Sky Broadcasting was renamed ITV Digital Channels Limited, shortly after the closure of Granada Plus left Men & Motors as the sole survivor of the original four channels. As part of ITV's buy-out of Sky's shareholding, Sky would have received 49.5% of any proceeds (net of liabilities) from any future sale of Men & Motors. [1]
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 ...
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
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.
It also owned the ITV Digital Channels Ltd pay-TV business, which at the time offered two channels, Men and Motors and Granada Plus. ITV plc has since taken full control of GSB and closed down archive channel Plus in favour of ITV3. Granada also owned 50% shares in ITV2 and the ITV News Channel, and a 20% share of Independent Television News.
It was expected that ITV4 would replace the existing Men & Motors channel (which was replaced by ITV HD), in the same way Granada Plus was rebranded into ITV3, until ITV plc stated that the two channels would run alongside each other, forcing the ITV News Channel on Freeview to timeshare with ITV4. ITV replaced the failing News Channel with CITV.