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Ablisa's X Factor Audition (Full Version) - itv.com/xfactor
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Samantha Brick on ITV This Morning: Why do women hate me for being beautiful?
Ella Henderson's performance - Jason Mraz's I Won't Give Up - The X Factor UK 2012
Michael Collings - Britain's Got Talent 2011 Audition - itv.com/talent
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Apple Showtime Event 2006-The iTV Introduction (Pt.1)
Ella Henderson's performance - Cher's Believe - The X Factor UK 2012
Drama Lives on ITV
How! UK ITV 1970's Childrens TV Programme
Lucy Spraggan's Bootcamp performance - Tea And Toast - The X Factor UK 2012
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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: 23 Oct 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
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Apple iTV - Rumor Roundup
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  • Published: 02 Feb 2012
  • Duration: 5:27
  • Updated: 18 Oct 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
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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: 22 Oct 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/20121023034903/http://wn.com/Samantha Brick on ITV This Morning: Why do women hate me for being beautiful?
Ella Henderson's performance - Jason Mraz's I Won't Give Up - The X Factor UK 2012
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  • Published: 29 Sep 2012
  • Duration: 3:04
  • Updated: 23 Oct 2012
Author: TheXFactorUK
See more at itv.com/xfactor Download Ella's live performances on iTunes: bit.ly Visit the official site: itv.com Watch Ella Henderson sing I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz She dazzled the Judges (and put Nicole's waterproof mascara to the test) with her sensational singing at bootcamp. Having sailed through to Judges' Houses, watch Ella make her mark with yet another tear-jerker of a performance. Sob, sniffle, sob... SUBSCRIBE: bit.ly Facebook: bit.ly Twitter: bit.ly Buy Live Tour Tickets: bit.ly Watch full episodes on ITV Player (UK ONLY): bit.ly
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Michael Collings - Britain's Got Talent 2011 Audition - itv.com/talent
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  • Published: 16 Apr 2011
  • Duration: 5:39
  • Updated: 23 Oct 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
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iTV
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  • Published: 04 May 2012
  • Duration: 3:23
  • Updated: 22 Oct 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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Apple Showtime Event 2006-The iTV Introduction (Pt.1)
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  • Published: 13 Nov 2006
  • Duration: 9:27
  • Updated: 16 Oct 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/20121023034903/http://wn.com/Apple Showtime Event 2006-The iTV Introduction (Pt.1)
Ella Henderson's performance - Cher's Believe - The X Factor UK 2012
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  • Published: 23 Sep 2012
  • Duration: 4:58
  • Updated: 23 Oct 2012
Author: TheXFactorUK
See more at itv.com/xfactor Download Ella's live performances on iTunes: bit.ly Visit the official site: itv.com Watch Ella Henderson sing Believe by Cher Bloody Elle! At only sixteen years of age, this little lady has the voice of a seasoned pro. Watch as she makes a Cher song her own, wowing the Judges in the process. Gary tells her he'd pay money to see her performance again and Nicole breaks down in tears. Steady on guys, you've still got the Lives to get through. SUBSCRIBE: bit.ly Facebook: bit.ly Twitter: bit.ly Buy Live Tour Tickets: bit.ly Watch full episodes on ITV Player (UK ONLY): bit.ly
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Drama Lives on ITV
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  • Published: 15 Aug 2012
  • Duration: 2:01
  • Updated: 22 Oct 2012
Author: ITV1
Watch an exclusive preview of the spectacular new dramas, coming soon to ITV.
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How! UK ITV 1970's Childrens TV Programme
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  • Published: 03 Dec 2007
  • Duration: 3:13
  • Updated: 06 Oct 2012
Author: revoxy
A rare clip from Southern Television's 'How' from the 1970's starring Jack Hargreaves putting a ship in a bottle & Fred Dinage cracking up on the potter's wheel. Great fun!
http://web.archive.org./web/20121023034903/http://wn.com/How! UK ITV 1970's Childrens TV Programme
Lucy Spraggan's Bootcamp performance - Tea And Toast - The X Factor UK 2012
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  • Published: 23 Sep 2012
  • Duration: 4:57
  • Updated: 23 Oct 2012
Author: TheXFactorUK
See more at itv.com/xfactor Download Lucy's live performances on iTunes: bit.ly Visit the official site: itv.com Watch Lucy Spraggan sing Tea and Toast We saw Lucy struggle on last night's show without her beloved guitar. Tonight, she's baaaack and doing what she does best. Watch the witty lyricist strum in time to a tune she wrote herself about two of our favourite things; tea and toast SUBSCRIBE: bit.ly Facebook: bit.ly Twitter: bit.ly Buy Live Tour Tickets: bit.ly Watch full episodes on ITV Player (UK ONLY): bit.ly
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Frankie Cocozza's audition - The X Factor 2011 - itv.com/xfactor
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  • Published: 20 Aug 2011
  • Duration: 6:34
  • Updated: 23 Oct 2012
Author: TheXFactorUK
The X Factor: Brighton's Cheeky Chappie takes the first step on his road to stardom With the names of seven girls permanently etched on his behind, Frankie's main ambition is to be famous and get lots of girls. But, of course, he has to win over the judges before he can win over the ladies. So is he any good? Singing the original version of Valerie by The Zutons, it's clear he's a hit with the audience, but can Frankie make it through to bootcamp? See more at itv.com
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Janet Devlin's audition - The X Factor 2011 - itv.com/xfactor
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  • Published: 21 Aug 2011
  • Duration: 2:22
  • Updated: 23 Oct 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/20121023034903/http://wn.com/Janet Devlin's audition - The X Factor 2011 - itv.com/xfactor
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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
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
5:27
Apple iTV - Rumor Roundup
Jack­threads - jackthreads.​com Whats com­ing in the Apple iTV? Lets find out... Tech­nobuf­fal...
pub­lished: 02 Feb 2012
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
3:04
Ella Hen­der­son's per­for­mance - Jason Mraz's I Won't Give Up - The X Fac­tor UK 2012
See more at itv.​com/​xfactor Down­load Ella's live per­for­mances on iTunes: bit.​ly Visit ...
pub­lished: 29 Sep 2012
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
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
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
4:58
Ella Hen­der­son's per­for­mance - Cher's Be­lieve - The X Fac­tor UK 2012
See more at itv.​com/​xfactor Down­load Ella's live per­for­mances on iTunes: bit.​ly Visit ...
pub­lished: 23 Sep 2012
2:01
Drama Lives on ITV
Watch an ex­clu­sive pre­view of the spec­tac­u­lar new dra­mas, com­ing soon to ITV....
pub­lished: 15 Aug 2012
Au­thor: ITV1
3:13
How! UK ITV 1970's Chil­drens TV Pro­gramme
A rare clip from South­ern Tele­vi­sion's 'How' from the 1970's star­ring Jack...
pub­lished: 03 Dec 2007
Au­thor: revoxy
4:57
Lucy Sprag­gan's Boot­camp per­for­mance - Tea And Toast - The X Fac­tor UK 2012
See more at itv.​com/​xfactor Down­load Lucy's live per­for­mances on iTunes: bit.​ly Visit ...
pub­lished: 23 Sep 2012
6:34
Frankie Co­coz­za's au­di­tion - The X Fac­tor 2011 - itv.​com/​xfactor
The X Fac­tor: Brighton's Cheeky Chap­pie takes the first step on his road to star­dom Wi...
pub­lished: 20 Aug 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
2:05
Euro 2012 On ITV - "It's good to dream"
www.​itv.​com...
pub­lished: 18 May 2012
Au­thor: ITV1
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THE TROP­IC OF CAPRI­CORN
Al­ti­plano as well as the At­a­ca­ma Desert, the Namib Desert or the Kala­hari Desert among man...
pub­lished: 28 Aug 2012
Au­thor: Greg Kiss
15:52
TOUR DE FRAN­CIS DOC­U­MEN­TARY
Filmed in May 2012 in Bel­gium and France for Hal­fords' spon­sor­ship of the Tour de France o...
pub­lished: 17 Jul 2012
Au­thor: Nick Mason
3:34
The Mill TV and Film Showreel 2011
The Mill TV & Film showreel high­lights a se­lec­tion of our TV and Film team's very best wor...
pub­lished: 10 May 2011
Au­thor: The Mill
9:06
Today Only
My Grad­u­a­tion film from the NFTS 2009. Di­rec­tor Toby Jack­man Writ­er Ma­hali...
pub­lished: 31 Mar 2011
Au­thor: Toby Jack­man

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Mary Byrne's X Fac­tor Au­di­tion (Full Ver­sion) - itv.​com/​xfactor
The X Fac­tor 2010: 50-year-old su­per­mar­ket work­er Mary al­ways sings at the tills - to the ...
pub­lished: 28 Aug 2010
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 ...
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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...
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2:36
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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.

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