ITV Granada,formerly known as Granada Television,is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire on weekdays only,as ABC Weekend Television was its weekend counterpart. Granada's parent company Granada plc later bought several other regional ITV stations and,in 2004,merged with Carlton Communications to form ITV plc.
Granada plc was a British conglomerate best known as the parent from 1954 to 2004 of the Manchester-based Granada Television.
ITV1 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc. It provides the Channel 3 public broadcast service across all of the United Kingdom except for the central and northern areas of Scotland where STV provides the service.
Carlton Television was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties from 9.25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday. The company is now managed with London Weekend Television as a single entity,but the two companies are still separately licensed. The station is owned and operated by ITV plc under the licensee of "ITV Broadcasting Limited". Carlton has been branded on air as "ITV1" since 28 October 2002. Carlton Television Ltd,the original holder of the licence,has since been dissolved. Carlton UK Television Limited however is now known as ITV Consumer Limited and legally operates ITV plc's websites. As Carlton's name has no relation to its region,its on-screen identity has been completely removed. Other regions have kept their original company name as a region name and in their local news name.
London Weekend Television (LWT) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends,broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm to Monday mornings at 6:00. From 1968 until 1992,when LWT's weekday counterpart was Thames Television,there was an on-screen handover to LWT on Friday nights. From 1993 to 2002,when LWT's weekday counterpart was Carlton Television,the transfer usually occurred invisibly during a commercial break,for Carlton and LWT shared studio and transmission facilities.
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network,the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom.
ITV Anglia,previously known as Anglia Television,is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich,with regional news bureaux in Cambridge and Northampton. ITV Anglia is owned and operated by ITV plc under the licence name of ITV Broadcasting Limited.
Carlton Communications plc was a British media company. It was led by Michael P. Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004,when it was bought by Granada plc in a corporate takeover to form ITV plc. Carlton shareholders gained approximately 32% of ITV plc.
UBM plc was a British business-to-business (B2B) events organiser headquartered in London,England,before its acquisition by Informa in 2018. It had a long history as a multinational media company. Its main focus was on B2B events,but its principal operations included live media and business-to-business communications,marketing services and data provision,and it principally served the technology,healthcare,trade and transport,ingredients and fashion industries. UBM was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
ITV Meridian is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South and South East of England. The station was launched at 12:00 am on 1 January 1993,replacing previous broadcaster Television South,and is owned and operated by ITV plc,under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting Limited. Meridian Broadcasting Ltd was one of several ITV plc-owned regional companies to have its legal name changed on 29 December 2006,when it became ITV Meridian Ltd. This company is,along with most other regional companies owned by ITV plc,listed with Companies House as a "Dormant company".
The history of ITV,the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies "Independent Television" commercial network,goes back to 1955.
Charles Lamb Allen,Baron Allen of Kensington,is a British businessman,broadcaster,and chairman of Balfour Beatty,Invictus Games,THG plc,Global Radio and Advisory chairman at Moelis &Company. Lord Allen was chief executive of Granada Group from 1996 to 2000,executive chairman of Granada Media plc from 2000 to 2004,chief executive of ITV plc from its formation in 2004 until 2007,and chairman of the music company EMI. He was chairman of Endemol,2 Sisters Food Group and ISS,a non-executive director of Tesco and Virgin Media. In March 2012,he was appointed by Ed Miliband,the leader of the Labour Party,to the position of chairman of the executive board of the party. He has been chairman of the British Red Cross.
Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television was a British broadcasting company,which is now part of ITV plc.
The ITV television network in the United Kingdom began as a group of regional stations,each with their own identities. Each station used its own idents to create an individual identity.
Michael Philip Green is an English businessman and psychotherapist,who is the owner of Tangent Communications. He was previously the chairman of Carlton Communications,until it merged with Granada to form ITV plc.
ITV Wales and West,previously known as Harlech Television (HTV),was an ITV franchisee in the United Kingdom until 31 December 2013,licensed to broadcast by the regulator Ofcom.
Gwyn Edward "Ward" Thomas,CBE,DFC,CdeG was a British television executive,who was at the forefront of independent television in the UK from the 1960s through to the mid-1990s. He was CEO of Grampian Television (1961–67) and managing director and chairman of Yorkshire Television,and chairman of Trident Television (1976–84).
This is a timeline of the history of Granada Television,and of the television interests of its former owner Granada plc.
This is a timeline of the history of the British broadcaster Meridian Broadcasting. It has provided the ITV service for the South and South East of England since 1993.
