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iTV
Ablisa's X Factor Audition (Full Version) - itv.com/xfactor
Euro 2012 On ITV -
[HQ] iTV - Joker's Rule (JayTee, Mr. T, Mr. A, Bueno)
Samantha Brick on ITV This Morning: Why do women hate me for being beautiful?
Euro 2012 on ITV - It's good to dream - Trailer
Apple iTV - Rumor Roundup
Apple iTV Rumors
Apple Showtime Event 2006-The iTV Introduction (Pt.1)
Michael Collings - Britain's Got Talent 2011 Audition - itv.com/talent
Jade Richards audition - The X Factor 2011 - itv.com/xfactor
Apple iTV - Rumor Roundup

ITV

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iTV
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  • Published: 04 May 2012
  • Duration: 3:23
  • Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Author: YTITTY
Der iTV von Apple ist der Beginn einer neuen Ära der Unterhaltung. Nur bei Y-Titty gibt es für mehr Komfort den iStock kostenlos dazu! Facebook: facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com Zu den Extras: bit.ly Zur KomKomShow: bit.ly Die Jungs von Y-Titty liefern dir jeden #FreiTittytag AbGedrehte Comedy. Werde Teil der interaktiven Sketchshow und schreib uns deine Ideen für Songparodien, Filmverarschen oder einfach nur verrückte Clips. Jede Woche neu auf www.y-titty.de ! Animation Kurt Kliebisch youtube.com Y-Titty sind: Philipp Laude, Matthias Roll und Oguz Yilmaz Buch & Regie: Philipp Laude Produktionsleitung: Matthias Roll Kamera: Oguz Yilmaz Cast: Philipp Laude, Matthias Roll und Oguz Yilmaz Produktion: YT-Tainment in Kooperation mit Mediakraft Networks
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Ablisa's X Factor Audition (Full Version) - itv.com/xfactor
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  • Published: 04 Sep 2010
  • Duration: 5:56
  • Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Author: TheXFactorUK
The X Factor 2010: Best friends Abby and Lisa AKA Ablisa take to the stage for their audition, which they claim is just for fun. After a few tantrums and an interesting performance, tensions rise between the pair, leading to a bust up! See more at itv.com
http://web.archive.org./web/20120629023035/http://wn.com/Ablisa's X Factor Audition (Full Version) - itv.com/xfactor
[HQ] iTV - Joker's Rule (JayTee, Mr. T, Mr. A, Bueno)
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  • Published: 24 Feb 2010
  • Duration: 2:42
  • Updated: 07 Jun 2012
Author: vietchannelwp
Underground hip hop crew for iTV iMuzik's 2nd anniversary ad (1/1/2008). Joker's Rule is a large crew of friends from Hanoi with an indefinite amount of members. There are many others (including girls) in the group that aren't in this video.
http://web.archive.org./web/20120629023035/http://wn.com/[HQ] iTV - Joker's Rule (JayTee, Mr. T, Mr. A, Bueno)
Samantha Brick on ITV This Morning: Why do women hate me for being beautiful?
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  • Published: 05 Apr 2012
  • Duration: 9:43
  • Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Author: ITV1
Journalist Samantha Brick, 41, caused a worldwide debate on Tuesday when she proclaimed that she is hated for being beautiful. Blaming jealous women, Samantha claims this negativity had affected her career, her relationships and has even stopped her from ever being a bridesmaid. Samantha is here to talk about the immense reaction to her story and why she believes that all the negativity has proven her right. www.itv.com
http://web.archive.org./web/20120629023035/http://wn.com/Samantha Brick on ITV This Morning: Why do women hate me for being beautiful?
Euro 2012 on ITV - It's good to dream - Trailer
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  • Published: 19 May 2012
  • Duration: 2:12
  • Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Author: SportOnTheBox
ITV has dug into its archives and recreated some of England's most painful football moments since 1966, and turned them around to show what might have been to promote its coverage of this summer's European Football Championships. Imagine the glorious celebrations that might have happened if England had benefited from a little bit of good fortune at crucial moments. Trailer courtesy of ITV Visit sport-onthebox.com for more details
http://web.archive.org./web/20120629023035/http://wn.com/Euro 2012 on ITV - It's good to dream - Trailer
Apple iTV - Rumor Roundup
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  • Published: 04 Feb 2012
  • Duration: 4:46
  • Updated: 01 Jun 2012
Author: MadAssGamers
Discussing All The Rumors Of Apple's Upcoming Apple iTV Which Is Expected To Be Released Sometime This Year. Original Article: www.technobuffalo.com Twitter: twitter.com Thanks MadAssGamers
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Apple iTV Rumors
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  • Published: 01 Nov 2011
  • Duration: 1:58
  • Updated: 05 Jun 2012
Author: iPodUplink
In this video we go over Apple iTV rumors. More information: www.jailbreaknation.com
http://web.archive.org./web/20120629023035/http://wn.com/Apple iTV Rumors
Apple Showtime Event 2006-The iTV Introduction (Pt.1)
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  • Published: 13 Nov 2006
  • Duration: 9:27
  • Updated: 05 Jun 2012
Author: peestandingup
Here we see Steve Jobs giving us a sneak peak at the then unreleased "iTV" streaming video device. Now simply called Apple TV.
http://web.archive.org./web/20120629023035/http://wn.com/Apple Showtime Event 2006-The iTV Introduction (Pt.1)
Michael Collings - Britain's Got Talent 2011 Audition - itv.com/talent
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  • Published: 16 Apr 2011
  • Duration: 5:39
  • Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Author: BritainsGotTalent09
Britain's Got Talent: 19-year-old IT Engineer Michael certainly has an entertaining story, and - with an interesting choice of clothes - the audience and judges seem to have him already sussed. That is, of course, until he starts to perform! See more at itv.com
http://web.archive.org./web/20120629023035/http://wn.com/Michael Collings - Britain's Got Talent 2011 Audition - itv.com/talent
Jade Richards audition - The X Factor 2011 - itv.com/xfactor
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  • Published: 03 Sep 2011
  • Duration: 9:08
  • Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Author: TheXFactorUK
The X Factor: 21-year-old Jade Richards knows what she wants out of The X Factor -- and that's to transform her life in Fife. But will our panel love her version of Adele's Someone Like You as much as her doting granny watching off stage. See more at itv.com
http://web.archive.org./web/20120629023035/http://wn.com/Jade Richards audition - The X Factor 2011 - itv.com/xfactor
Apple iTV - Rumor Roundup
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  • Published: 02 Feb 2012
  • Duration: 5:27
  • Updated: 06 Jun 2012
Author: tysiphonehelp
Jackthreads - jackthreads.com Whats coming in the Apple iTV? Lets find out... Technobuffalo's post - bit.ly Check out the site - tysiphonehelp.com Follow me Twitter - twitter.com Facebook - facebook.com Google+ - gplus.to Subscribe to my daily vlog channel - youtube.com
http://web.archive.org./web/20120629023035/http://wn.com/Apple iTV - Rumor Roundup
Razy Gogonea - Britain's Got Talent 2011 Audition - itv.com/talent
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  • Published: 23 Apr 2011
  • Duration: 4:51
  • Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Author: BritainsGotTalent09
Britain's Got Talent: 28-year-old dancer Razy, originally from Romania, is trying out for Britain's Got Talent with quite a unique act, taking queues from the film The Matrix. With breakdancers being notorious on this show - from Tobias Mead and Aiden Davis to winner George Sampson - has Razy got something special that makes him different? See more at itv.com
http://web.archive.org./web/20120629023035/http://wn.com/Razy Gogonea - Britain's Got Talent 2011 Audition - itv.com/talent
Janet Devlin's audition - The X Factor 2011 - itv.com/xfactor
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  • Published: 21 Aug 2011
  • Duration: 2:22
  • Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Author: TheXFactorUK
The X Factor: Incredibly nervous 16-year-old Janet has flown over from the depths of Ireland to be at her audition. Living in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere has meant that she spends a lot of time on her own, using her songwriting abilities as a form of escapism. She's not sung in public before due to her lack of confidence, but she's managed to summon some courage to perform today. One look at the judges' faces proves that her trip to England wasn't wasted. Incredibly nervous 16-year-old Janet has flown over from the depths of Ireland to be at her audition. Living in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere has meant that she spends a lot of time on her own, using her songwriting abilities as a form of escapism. She's not sung in public before due to her lack of confidence, but she's managed to summon some courage to perform today. One look at the judges' faces proves that her trip to England wasn't wasted. See more at itv.com
http://web.archive.org./web/20120629023035/http://wn.com/Janet Devlin's audition - The X Factor 2011 - itv.com/xfactor
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Der iTV von Apple ist der Beginn einer neuen Ära der Unterhaltung. Nur bei Y-Titty gibt es für mehr Komfort den iStock kostenlos dazu! Facebook: facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com Zu den Extras: bit.ly Zur KomKomShow: bit.ly Die Jungs von Y-Titty liefern dir jeden #FreiTittytag AbGedrehte Comedy. Werde Teil der interaktiven Sketchshow und schreib uns deine Ideen für Songparodien, Filmverarschen oder einfach nur verrückte Clips. Jede Woche neu auf www.y-titty.de ! Animation Kurt Kliebisch youtube.com Y-Titty sind: Philipp Laude, Matthias Roll und Oguz Yilmaz Buch & Regie: Philipp Laude Produktionsleitung: Matthias Roll Kamera: Oguz Yilmaz Cast: Philipp Laude, Matthias Roll und Oguz Yilmaz Produktion: YT-Tainment in Kooperation mit Mediakraft Networks
3:23
iTV
Der iTV von Apple ist der Be­ginn einer neuen Ära der Un­ter­hal­tung. Nur bei Y-Tit­ty gi...
pub­lished: 04 May 2012
au­thor: YTIT­TY
5:56
Ab­lisa's X Fac­tor Au­di­tion (Full Ver­sion) - itv.​com/​xfactor
The X Fac­tor 2010: Best friends Abby and Lisa AKA Ab­lisa take to the stage for their audit...
pub­lished: 04 Sep 2010
2:05
Euro 2012 On ITV - "It's good to dream"
www.​itv.​com...
pub­lished: 18 May 2012
au­thor: ITV1
2:42
[HQ] iTV - Joker's Rule (Jay­Tee, Mr. T, Mr. A, Bueno)
Un­der­ground hip hop crew for iTV iMuzik's 2nd an­niver­sary ad (1/1/2008). Joker's R...
pub­lished: 24 Feb 2010
9:43
Saman­tha Brick on ITV This Morn­ing: Why do women hate me for being beau­ti­ful?
Jour­nal­ist Saman­tha Brick, 41, caused a world­wide de­bate on Tues­day when she pro­claimed th...
pub­lished: 05 Apr 2012
au­thor: ITV1
2:12
Euro 2012 on ITV - It's good to dream - Trail­er
ITV has dug into its archives and recre­at­ed some of Eng­land's most painful foot­ball mo...
pub­lished: 19 May 2012
4:46
Apple iTV - Rumor Roundup
Dis­cussing All The Ru­mors Of Apple's Up­com­ing Apple iTV Which Is Ex­pect­ed To Be Re­leas...
pub­lished: 04 Feb 2012
au­thor: MadAss­Gamers
1:58
Apple iTV Ru­mors
In this video we go over Apple iTV ru­mors. More in­for­ma­tion: www.​jailbreaknation.​com...
pub­lished: 01 Nov 2011
au­thor: iPodU­plink
9:27
Apple Show­time Event 2006-The iTV In­tro­duc­tion (Pt.1)
Here we see Steve Jobs giv­ing us a sneak peak at the then un­re­leased "iTV" strea...
pub­lished: 13 Nov 2006
5:39
Michael Collings - Britain's Got Tal­ent 2011 Au­di­tion - itv.​com/​talent
Britain's Got Tal­ent: 19-year-old IT En­gi­neer Michael cer­tain­ly has an en­ter­tain­ing st...
pub­lished: 16 Apr 2011
9:08
Jade Richards au­di­tion - The X Fac­tor 2011 - itv.​com/​xfactor
The X Fac­tor: 21-year-old Jade Richards knows what she wants out of The X Fac­tor -- and th...
pub­lished: 03 Sep 2011
5:27
Apple iTV - Rumor Roundup
Jack­threads - jackthreads.​com Whats com­ing in the Apple iTV? Lets find out... Tech­nobuf­fal...
pub­lished: 02 Feb 2012
4:51
Razy Gogonea - Britain's Got Tal­ent 2011 Au­di­tion - itv.​com/​talent
Britain's Got Tal­ent: 28-year-old dancer Razy, orig­i­nal­ly from Ro­ma­nia, is try­ing out ...
pub­lished: 23 Apr 2011
2:22
Janet De­vlin's au­di­tion - The X Fac­tor 2011 - itv.​com/​xfactor
The X Fac­tor: In­cred­i­bly ner­vous 16-year-old Janet has flown over from the depths of Irela...
pub­lished: 21 Aug 2011
6:44
Amelia Lily's au­di­tion - The X Fac­tor 2011 - itv.​com/​xfactor
The X Fac­tor: With her fam­i­ly watch­ing from the side of the stage, a ner­vous Amelia steps ...
pub­lished: 11 Sep 2011
3:52
Apple's New iTV & iPad News Re­lease Dates.
Happy New Years! Face­book: www.​facebook.​com CHECK THIS: razzi.​me Twit­ter: twitter.​com...
pub­lished: 01 Jan 2012
3:23
World In Union 2011 - Hay­ley West­en­ra (ITV 'Loose Women')
Hay­ley 海莉 ヘイリー sings "World In Union" ...
pub­lished: 20 Sep 2011
au­thor: hwivid
2:31
Las­cel Woods' au­di­tion - The X Fac­tor 2011 - itv.​com/​xfactor
The X Fac­tor: He's got the voice, he's got the look, and he's got his mum ther...
pub­lished: 10 Sep 2011
6:42
Rumor Roundup: Ama­zon Get­ting Phys­i­cal and More iTV Ru­mors
Fine a LensCrafters store near you: www.​lenscrafters.​com Rumor Roundup: Ama­zon Get­ting Phy...
pub­lished: 11 Feb 2012
au­thor: jon4lak­ers
2:25
New­port (Ymero­draeth State of Mind) on ITV News
New­port (Ymero­draeth State of Mind) fea­tures as the 'And Fi­nal­ly' story on ITV New...
pub­lished: 22 Jul 2010
au­thor: walestv
6:55
Din­ner Date ITV - Episode 1 - Char­lie
DIN­NER DATE - In today's show Char­lie from Lon­don is going to be given five menus each...
pub­lished: 29 Feb 2012
2:17
ITV Dreams v What Re­al­ly Hap­pened (Euro 2012 Eng­land Ad­verts)
I re­al­ly like the ITV ad cam­paign for Euro 2012, and I thought it would be good to see the...
pub­lished: 12 May 2012
au­thor: 199­markp


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  • The Leeds Studios, previously used by Yorkshire Television, before becoming ITV Yorkshire. Each ITV region had its own studios.
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  • Tank destroyer using ATGMs. The M901 ITV (Improved TOW Vehicle) is a United States Army armored vehicle designed to carry a dual M220 TOW launcher.
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  • M901 ITV.Original amateur penetration estimates were 600 mm for B GM-71A/B and 700-800 mm for B GM-71C however according to now declassified CIA study
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  • The Manchester Eye ITV franchisee Granada Television has its headquarters in Quay Street, in the Castle field area of the city.[149] Granada produces the world's oldest and most watched television soap opera, Coronation Street,[150] which is screened five times a week on ITV1.
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  • The National athletics stadium with the Transmitter in the background.When first constructed it only transmitted BBC Television on the old VHF 405-line system. The Croydon transmitter was then built to broadcast ITV
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British Airways Boeing 747-400
The Daily Mail
24 Jun 2012
An interactive version of the latest British Airways advert where people can make a jumbo jet taxi down their own street has become an internet hit. The TV advert, already seen by millions, shows the...



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Roy Keane
Sky Sports
17 Jun 2012
Roy Keane has responded angrily to Giovanni Trapattoni's suggestion that he should not have attacked Republic of Ireland's performances at Euro 2012. The former midfielder's comments that the Republic...



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Five reasons Euro 2012 is so great...
The Independent
16 Jun 2012
That Euro 2012 is on terrestrial TV, and neither figure includes the pub audience, is obviously a factor but Sky's previous biggest audience (3.9m) was for an England match nine years ago (v Turkey,...



  • IMDb A fashion expert on ITV's Lorraine has come under fire for plugging clothes from a shop he works for, it was revealed on Wednesday, sparking...
  • Digital Spy BBC One Saturday night series Magicians and the Jonathan Ross-fronted Penn & Teller: Fool Us have been axed. The two magic shows failed to pull in massive ratings and despite a revamp for the BBC programme's second series earlier this year, neither will return, reports The Sun. A BBC rep said: "We...
  • IMDb A number of ITV stars have reportedly been warned over their involvement with product placement. Executives...
  • The Daily Mail A freelance stylist has been slammed by television executives for plugging a high street brand on air. Mark Heyes, a fashion expert on ITV's Lorraine who is also employed as a brand ambassador for Debenhams, was caught-out after he continually favoured the department store over other brands during...
  • IMDb Rectify is Sundance Channel's first wholly-owned scripted production. Created by Ray McKinnon, the six-episode series is exec...
  • The Guardian Watchdog launches investigation after broadcaster airs 1930s version of The Sun Has Got His Hat On featuring racist language Ofcom is investigating ITV1's Calendar show over the use of the N-word in song lyrics. Photograph: ITV...
  • The Guardian By Maisie McCabe, mediaweek.co.uk, 25 June 2012, 09:45AM Media agencies estimate ITV could make £12m to £15m in TV ad revenue from Uefa Euro 2012, as brands extend campaigns running during football matches to the rest of the schedule. ITV: Euro 2012 coverage The TV ad market is expected to be up...
  • Yahoo Daily News Adam Dandy, of Dandy's Topsoil, Deeside, North Wales, met with members of the ITV Wales Business Club in Newport, South Wales, earlier this week to discuss the economy in general, the newly proposed 'living wage' and to weigh in on how small, family owned businesses are coping in the...
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    ITV plc
    Type Public limited company (LSEITV)
    Industry Media
    Founded 2004
    Headquarters London, United Kingdom
    Area served United Kingdom
    Key people Archie Norman[1]
    (Chairman)
    Adam Crozier
    (CEO)
    Products Broadcasting
    Revenue £2.140 million (2011)[2]
    Operating income £462 million (2011)[2]
    Net income £248 million (2011)[2]
    Website itvplc.com

    ITV plc (LSEITV) is a British media company that operates 12 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. The network, which is currently branded ITV1 by ITV plc, has vied with the British Broadcasting Corporation's BBC One for the status of the UK's most watched channel since the 1950s (a crown it only lost in 2005).

    The company was formed by the merger of Granada plc, the parent company of Granada Television, and Carlton Communications however it was effectively a takeover by Granada of Carlton with Granada being valued at about twice the worth of Carlton and getting 60% of the newly formed ITV plc with Carlton gaining the smaller 40% stake.[3] It began trading on 2 February 2004. This was the most recent stage in a long process of mergers between the original ITV regional franchises, however it acquired the remaining 25% of the Breakfast franchise holder, GMTV, from the Walt Disney Company in 2009[4] and also Channel Television from its previous owners Yattendon Group plc in 2011.

    ITV plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

    Contents

    History[link]

    Pre-merger[link]

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    Former Granada logo

    ITV plc was the result of a merger between Granada and Carlton following the various mergers between the companies of the ITV network that had taken place from 1993 when the ownership rules were relaxed.

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    Flow diagram displaying consolidation of ITV franchises into ITV plc

    The first wave of mergers began with Yorkshire Television acquiring Tyne Tees Television in 1992, forming a parent group called Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television Holdings.[5] In 1994, Carlton Communications – which had previously already owned a 20% stake in Central Independent Television – acquired the remainder of the company[5] and, thanks to Central's shareholdings, inherited a 20% stake in Meridian Broadcasting. Later the same year, Granada acquired LWT[5] (through a hostile takeover worth in the region of £750 million) and MAI, which controlled Meridian Broadcasting, acquired Anglia Television[5] (with MAI becoming United News & Media, after itself merging with United Newspapers – owners of The Daily Express in 1996).[5] Ownership rules, that previously restricted ownership of ITV licences by one company to two outright, plus 20% in a third, were relaxed, and so Carlton went on to acquire Westcountry Television[5] (later re-branding it Carlton, along with Central), Granada acquired Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Holdings[5] (with the parent group becoming Granada Media, later simply Granada) and United acquired HTV.[5]

    The idiosyncrasies and business model of the future ITV plc operation can be found in the way these new conglomerates operated their franchises. Carlton re-branded all of its stations with its own name, creating a single identity across the whole expanse of its territory. By contrast, Granada and United, while keeping the franchisees names, centralised their continuity departments – Granada in Leeds and United in Southampton. All three, however, merged the network production operations of their franchises, creating Carlton Productions, Granada Content and United Productions.[6] This would later be taken several stages further.

    By the end of the 1990s, there were three dominating owners of the ITV franchises in England and Wales: Carlton Communications, Granada plc and United News and Media. In 2000, after an aborted merger attempt with Carlton, UNM decided to leave ITV and Granada bought all the UNM stations,[5] but sold HTV to Carlton in order to comply with the permitted audience percentage covered by a single broadcasting interest.[7] It kept the production arm of HTV, however, renaming it Granada Bristol and moving it out of Bath Road to a new, smaller office in Whiteladies Road (near the BBC). This arm of the company finally closed in 2006, following later rationalisation of ITV's production operations. The last remaining independent ITV franchise in England and Wales, Border Television, had been bought by Capital Group in 2000, and was sold on to Granada in 2001,[8] with Border's radio assets being retained by Capital Radio plc.[9]

    The merger[link]

    In 2004, Granada and Carlton merged, creating a single company for all ITV franchises in England and Wales.[10] One of the consequences of the merger was (according to the company) an over-capacity of studio facilities and production units around the country, which had previously been rivals, but were now all part of the same group. In order to make cost savings, several large regional headquarters, studio sites and programme departments closed and merged. Among the casualties were network production and studio facilities of Tyne Tees in Newcastle upon Tyne, Meridian in Southampton, Carlton in Nottingham and Anglia in Norwich. In all cases, ITV moved the regional franchisee to a new location complete with hi-tech facilities for news production, but with a minimal number of (physically smaller) studios and the loss of many jobs. Tyne Tees' factual department merged with Yorkshire's in Leeds (which has since closed and re-emerged as Shiver Productions);[11] Meridian's factual and sport production moved to London; all network production in Nottingham was re-allocated to London, Manchester or Leeds (and the local Central News studio moved to Birmingham), and Anglia Factual, reduced to a satellite operation of ITV Studios and primarily producing output for the international market or occasionally third parties in the UK, was eventually closed in January 2012.[12]

    Post-merger[link]

    Prior to the merger, and despite being rivals within ITV, Granada and Carlton had already been involved in several joint ventures, including the digital terrestrial television operator ITV Digital that went bankrupt in 2002.[13] They also owned the digital channel ITV2, which had launched on December 1998, and 65% of the (re-branded) ITV News Channel, previously owned by ITN and originally launched as the ITN News Channel. As well as consolidating its (now 40%) shareholding in ITN itself, the newly merged company was able to buy the final 35% stake in the ITV News Channel from ITN's original partners NTL in April 2004.[14] In November the same year, and following a frantic last-minute deal with BSkyB to buy its half of the Granada Sky Broadcasting joint venture, they launched the digital channel ITV3, replacing Granada Plus which ITV plc closed down on satellite and cable. A year later they launched ITV4. However, due to multiplex issues (and the fact that it was losing money) the ITV News Channel controversially had its hours on Freeview reduced, and was finally closed down on 23 December 2005, with its Freeview space being taken over by replacements ITV4 and CITV, which launched in March 2006.[15]

    April 2006 saw the launch of the participation channel ITV Play. Following a series of scandals surrounding participation TV, the dedicated ITV Play channel was closed down in March 2007, followed by the late-night phone-in quiz shows on the ITV Network in December 2007, however the brand continued to be used (until recently) for part of the gaming section of itv.com.[16]

    Recent developments[link]

    The Company was the subject of a flurry of rumoured take-over and merger bids during 2006. For example, on 9 November 2006, NTL announced that it had approached ITV plc about a proposed merger.[17][18] The merger was effectively blocked by British Sky Broadcasting on 17 November 2006 when it controversially bought a 17.9% stake in ITV plc for £940 million,[19] a move that attracted anger from NTL shareholder Richard Branson[20] and an investigation from media and telecoms regulator Ofcom.[21] On 6 December 2006, NTL announced that it had complained to the Office of Fair Trading about BSkyB's move. NTL stated that it had withdrawn its attempt to buy ITV plc, citing that it did not believe that there was any possibility to make a deal on favourable terms.[22] At the same time as the NTL bid, RTL, then the owner of Channel 5, was also rumoured to be preparing a bid for ITV plc, with the possibility of a stock-swap with BSkyB; the plan would have seen RTL acquiring BSkyB's stake in ITV plc (with the aim of further acquisitions of shares in the future) in exchange for BSkyB taking full control of Channel 5.[23] In the end, no movement was made on this possible deal and RTL sold Channel 5 to Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell Network in July 2010.

    Operations[link]

    Organisation[link]

    ITV plc is divided into three divisions: Broadcasting, which operates the TV networks (including the ITV News Group, which runs the ITV regional licensees); ITV Studios, which comprises both UK and international production, ITV's facilities businesses and Global Entertainment which exploits programme rights, and Commercial & Online, which runs itv.com and the ITV Player, ITV's advertising sales arm and has responsibility for ITV plc's shareholdings in Freeview, Freesat, SDN and YouView.

    ITV franchises[link]

    ITV plc currently owns the following ITV franchises in the UK:

    Former Granada-owned franchises:

    Former Carlton-owned franchises:

    Former independently-owned franchises:

    Both Carlton Television and London Weekend Television are now exclusively known as ITV London although both still remain in legal existence. The combined Wales and West franchise also appears to operate as two separate entities (ITV Wales, ITV West), although legally they both form part of the single franchise held by HTV Group.

    ITV plc is also the sole owner of the ITV national breakfast television franchise GMTV which is now known as ITV Breakfast and on screen it is now known as Daybreak and Lorraine. On 18 October 2011, ITV plc agreed to buy Channel Television from Yattendon Group plc for a undisclosed amount, the transaction was completed on 23 November 2011.

    Wholly owned digital channels[link]

    Other assets[link]

    ITV plc owned a 16.9% shareholding in STV Group plc, owner of the Scottish and Grampian ITV franchises, which was reduced to around 5.5% following a Rights Issue that ITV did not take up. It also owns a 40% stake in its news provider, Independent Television News (ITN).

    On 27 April 2005, ITV plc bought SDN, the digital terrestrial franchise holder of Multiplex A (currently transmitting ten channels) from its shareholders, S4C and UBM for £134 million.

    In December 2005, ITV plc bought Friends Reunited, a website dedicated to reunited former school friends or work colleagues in a number of countries. In March 2009, the company announced it was selling the site as part of disposal of non-core assets.

    ITV plc also owned Carlton Screen Advertising, once the largest cinema advertising business in the UK (and still the largest in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). In 2008, the business's UK and Irish operations were separated, with the UK operation passing to Odeon Cinemas and Cineworld, and being renamed Digital Cinema Media. The Irish operation continued to trade as Carlton Screen Advertising, and remained in the ownership of ITV plc until May 2009.

    The company is also the co-founder of Freesat alongside the BBC.

    References[link]

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    External links[link]

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    Mary Byrne (1917 – 2004) was the Mayor of Galway from 1975–1976 and again from 1984–1985.

    One of two children of Michael Byrne of Newry, County Down, and Brigid Kelly of Ballymacward, County Galway, Byrne served as a nurse in the city's old Central Hospital and later as staff-nurse at Galway Regional Hospital. She eventually became a Sister and worked in the Casualty Department for twenty-two years. She was a member of the Western Health Board and Chairperson of the Galway branch of the Irish Nurses Organisation.

    Politically active due to her father's influence, Byrne was an active member of Fianna Fáil from the 1940s, and successfully ran for election to Galway Corporation in 1967, serving seventeen years as a councillor. Her first term of office coincided with International Women's Year. He brother, Michael, died during her term, in May 1975.

    She was re-elected for the term 1984-85, the Quincentennial year of the Mayorality. In commemoration of this, Galway's Quincentennial Bridge, spanning the Corrib from Terryland to Newcastle, was begun. The foundation stone was laid by An Tánaiste, Dick Spring, on 15 December 1984. The following May, she herself laid the foundation stone of the new City Hall at College Road, which was in use by 1991.

    She died in 2004.

    References[link]

    External links[link]

    Civic offices
    Preceded by
    Fintan Coogan, Snr
    Mayor of Galway
    1975–1976
    Succeeded by
    Gerard G. Colgan
    Preceded by
    Michael Leahy
    Mayor of Galway
    1984–1985
    Succeeded by
    Bridie O'Flaherty


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