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GMTV (now legally known as ITV Breakfast Limited) was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final showing of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.
GMTV held the licence for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6:00–9:25 am Channel 3 licence-holder, TV-am, in the 1991 franchise rounds, which were announced on 16 October that year.[citation needed] The first show was broadcast on Friday, 1 January 1993 and was presented by Eamonn Holmes and Anne Davies.[citation needed] Its main weekday presenters at launch were Fiona Armstrong and Michael Wilson. By March 1993, following poor ratings, Wilson had moved to present the news-focused 6.00 - 7.00 a.m. slot, which in 1994 became the "Reuters News Hour". Armstrong continued to co-present with Eamonn Holmes until April 1993, when her departure coincided with a revamp of the main programme, which included a new set that mimicked that of TV-am. Armstrong was replaced by Lorraine Kelly, who had been launch presenter of the post-9 a.m slot "Top of the Morning".
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/ STE-fə-nee jurr-mə-NAH-tə; born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company, her vocal abilities captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album's success allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles, including "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory". Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and LGBT activism.