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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Former UK breakfast television franchisee</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote 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For the broadcasting group formerly known as Sunrise Television, see <a href="/wiki/Smith_Media" title="Smith Media">Smith Media</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">GMTV</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GMTV.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/GMTV.svg/200px-GMTV.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/GMTV.svg/300px-GMTV.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/GMTV.svg/400px-GMTV.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="528" data-file-height="189" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_television" title="Breakfast television">Breakfast television</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline;" class="country-name">United Kingdom</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_London_Studios" title="The London Studios">The London Studios</a>, London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Launch date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1 January 1993<span class="noprint">; 32 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1993-01-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data">3 September 2010<span class="noprint">; 14 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2010-09-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Picture format</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>4:3 <a href="/wiki/PAL" title="PAL">PAL</a> (1993–2004)</li> <li>16:9 PAL / <a href="/wiki/Standard_definition_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard definition television">SDTV</a> (2004–2009)</li> <li>16:9 <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">HDTV</a> (2009–2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">Affiliation(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV2" title="ITV2">ITV2</a> (GMTV2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Replaced</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/TV-am" title="TV-am">TV-am</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ITV_Breakfast" title="ITV Breakfast">ITV Breakfast</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>GMTV</b> (an initialism for Good Morning Television), now legally known as <b><a href="/wiki/ITV_Breakfast" title="ITV Breakfast">ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited</a></b>, was the name of the national <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> breakfast television contractor/licensee,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-buyout_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buyout-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_GMTV_programmes#GMTV" title="List of GMTV programmes">GMTV</a></i> was broadcast on 3 September 2010. </p><p>GMTV transmitted daily from 6 am with GMTV's weekday breakfast magazine programme <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_GMTV_programmes#GMTV" title="List of GMTV programmes">GMTV</a></i> broadcasting until 8:25 (9:25 on Friday), followed by <i><a href="/wiki/GMTV_with_Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="GMTV with Lorraine">GMTV with Lorraine</a></i> (Monday to Thursday), until the regional ITV franchises took over at 9:25 am. In later years, the switchover was practically seamless and the station was 'surrounded' in the most part by ITV Network continuity on either side of transmission. Consequently, most viewers perceived GMTV simply as a programme on ITV; however, until the complete buyout by ITV plc., it was essentially an independent broadcaster with its own news-gathering operation, sales and management teams and in-house production team. GMTV also broadcast its own children's programmes, independent from <a href="/wiki/CITV" title="CITV">CITV</a> until <i><a href="/wiki/Boohbah" title="Boohbah">Boohbah</a></i> was cross-promoted on both sides, with different credits for each. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GMTV&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creation">Creation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GMTV&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GMTV won the licence for the breakfast <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">Channel 3</a> franchise from 1993, outbidding the previous licence holder, <a href="/wiki/TV-am" title="TV-am">TV-am</a>, in the 1991 franchise round for £34 million.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station was backed by <a href="/wiki/London_Weekend_Television" title="London Weekend Television">LWT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Television" title="Scottish Television">STV</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Guardian_Media_Group" title="Guardian Media Group">Guardian Media Group</a>. GMTV promised a 'cheerful morning and with more information' - termed the 'F-factor'. A new children's news bulletin was to be broadcast at 7:20 am every morning, while at 8:50 am during the week, a new female-led format was also planned.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Communications" title="Carlton Communications">Carlton</a> bought a 20% stake in the consortium in November 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GMTV was originally intended to be called 'Sunrise Television',<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but as <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a>' breakfast programming also went by that name (and did so until 2019), Sky protested, resulting in the change of name.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1992, GMTV was criticised after unveiling its plans for a more family orientated format with business and city news being dropped. Director of Programmes Lis Howell stated: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The structure of the programme will be fundamentally different from <a href="/wiki/TV-am" title="TV-am">TV-am</a>. It will be a rolling programme, with two presenters in which the news will be long or as short as the news dictates. It's in a sense a news programme but it's a very soft news agenda, although if there is a big story we will ditch everything and cover it better than TV-am would have.</p></blockquote> <p>GMTV also turned down an offer from David Frost to continue with his Sunday morning programme, instead choosing to introduce a new leisure programme about family matters, as it believed 'TV-am flung its audience away on Sundays'.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GMTV&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_GMTV_programmes" title="List of GMTV programmes">List of GMTV programmes</a></div> <p>The first edition of <a href="/wiki/List_of_GMTV_programmes#GMTV" title="List of GMTV programmes">GMTV</a> was broadcast on 1 January 1993, presented by <a href="/wiki/Eamonn_Holmes" title="Eamonn Holmes">Eamonn Holmes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anne_Davies_(British_journalist)" title="Anne Davies (British journalist)">Anne Davies</a>. Its main weekday presenters at its launch were Fiona Armstrong and Michael Wilson (Monday to Thursday), broadcast from Studio 5 at <a href="/wiki/The_London_Studios" title="The London Studios">The London Studios</a> on the <a href="/wiki/South_Bank" title="South Bank">South Bank</a>. </p><p>Within six weeks of broadcasting, the station had lost 2 million viewers. Mark Lawson of <i>The Independent</i> dubbed the new franchise 'Grinning Morons Television'.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Dyke" title="Greg Dyke">Greg Dyke</a> was appointed chairman of the GMTV board and tasked with overhauling the station format, which included 'more popular journalism'. His role was primarily to bring new and imaginative ideas to the station without taking on full day-to-day running.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within three days, Howell had resigned; Dyke had refused to endorse any of her programming strategy for GMTV. Her replacement was Peter McHugh.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 February,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following continued poor ratings, Wilson had moved to present a new 'news-focused' slot from 6 to 7am (which in 1994 became the "Reuters News Hour"). Armstrong continued to co-present with Holmes until 12 March,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armstrong was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Lorraine_Kelly" title="Lorraine Kelly">Lorraine Kelly</a>, with her former position as presenter of the post 9am slot <i>Top of the Morning</i> taken up by <a href="/wiki/Fern_Britton" title="Fern Britton">Fern Britton</a>. </p><p>On 19 April, GMTV was revamped, including a new set that mimicked that of TV-am.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sally Meen become the new weather presenter while Penny Smith became the main newsreader, joining from <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within the first six months, GMTV had reported £10 million losses which was double that it initially budgeted for.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early September, GMTV approached the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Commission" title="Independent Television Commission">Independent Television Commission</a> (ITC) regarding the possibility of decreasing its quota of news. Just two months earlier, the ITC had criticised the company for being 'too entertainment-led', expressing concerns about other programme areas. The ITC said: 'They [GMTV] will have to put forward a strong case for changing the licence based on the viewers' preferences.'<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The request was denied, and by the end of its first year on air, the ITC had issued GMTV a formal warning for its 'unsatisfactory performance'.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A final warning was given in May 1994; GMTV would face a fine of £2 million unless standards improved. The ITC acknowledged that considerable improvements had taken place up to the start of that year, but its news bulletins continued to be 'unsatisfactory, and initially too short to cover depth or authority', adding: 'its current affairs and children's material did not meet the aspirations... in terms of quality or production.' As part of the package to rectify the issues, American children's television series <i><a href="/wiki/Barney_%26_Friends" title="Barney & Friends">Barney & Friends</a></i> was introduced, in addition to the "Reuters News Hour" and an upmarket Sunday morning programme.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1994, GMTV had achieved high enough standards to avoid the fine<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for the first time, had made a profit.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1994, <a href="/wiki/Anthea_Turner" title="Anthea Turner">Anthea Turner</a> joined GMTV to present - along with <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Evans_(fitness_instructor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Derrick Evans (fitness instructor)">Mr. Motivator</a> - the summer holiday feature <i>Fun in the Sun</i>, before being paired up with Holmes to present the main programme shortly afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Turner left the station on 24 December 1996, after a dramatic falling out between the pair, which finally resulted in Holmes publicly calling her 'Princess Tippy Toes'. However, management denied she was 'squeezed out', with Turner claiming she had left on her own accord. <a href="/wiki/Fiona_Phillips" title="Fiona Phillips">Fiona Phillips</a> took over her role on 6 January 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, GMTV returned into the red, with losses of £12 million and a turnover of £80 million <sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November of that year, GMTV finally received a windfall: the ITC reduced the amount the station had to pay to the treasury from £50 million to £20 million - the most dramatic reduction of all the licenses. The ITC believed this would allow GMTV the money to invest in more programming.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>GMTV continued to strengthen its output, receiving further praise from the ITC in its Annual Performance Review of 1999: 'The overall programme quality improved...with more feature items and greater breadth of coverage, better journalistic and technical resources.' This led to increased audience share for GMTV among adult viewers; the weekend output for children was also strengthened. The ITC praised GMTV's greater emphasis on overseas coverage and access to key figures in the news, particularly for live interviews. </p><p>Social action programming was particularly successful. There were signs of improvement in the information content of the magazine programme for older children, Diggit (previously criticised by the ITC). The ITC proposed improvements in two areas to be made priorities for the year ahead: '... In Sunday programming for adults, where there is scope for better background and analysis to key political stories alongside the major interviews, and in information content in programming for school age children.'<sup id="cite_ref-guardian.co.uk_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian.co.uk-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GMTV&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During 1999, the <a href="/wiki/STV_Group_(Scotland)" class="mw-redirect" title="STV Group (Scotland)">STV Group</a> held talks into buying out the other shareholders in GMTV, with <a href="/wiki/Disney" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney">Disney</a> believed to be keen on the idea.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By September, an agreement had been reached to acquire Guardian Media Group's 15% stake for £20 million, but both Carlton and Granada objected to the deal.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guardian Media Group concluded in selling off its 15% stake in GMTV for £18 million in January 2000, with all three companies receiving 5% - allowing the four remaining stakeholders to have an equal 25% stake in the company.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian.co.uk_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian.co.uk-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2003, STV made public its interest in acquiring Carlton and Granada's stakes in GMTV. Andrew Flanagan, chief executive, was quoted as saying: 'We would be interested in buying GMTV. You need a trigger to try to do something and that's what we have tried to engineer.' STV believed having a controlling stake in GMTV would allow an effective command against the newly formed ITV sales department.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2004, <a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a> purchased <a href="/wiki/STV_Group_(Scotland)" class="mw-redirect" title="STV Group (Scotland)">STV Group</a>'s 25% in the company for £31 million<sup id="cite_ref-http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/may/10/smg.citynews_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/may/10/smg.citynews-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after being given the go ahead from the Office of Fair Trading - despite advertisers' fears it could give ITV influence over pricing. SMG said: '[We] are pulling out of GMTV because it did not want to hold a minority interest in someone else's media business.'<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, Holmes left the station.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later exposed he was deeply unhappy with the 'dumbing down and commercialisation', which resulted in him hating his bosses.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phone-in_scandal">Phone-in scandal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GMTV&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Phone-in scandal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2007_British_premium-rate_phone-in_scandal" title="2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal">2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal</a></div> <p>In April 2007, <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>'s programme <i>Panorama</i> made claims that Opera - a company dealing with GMTV's phone-in competitions - were finalising shortlists of potential winners 'long before' lines closed, which resulted in viewers wasting an estimated £10 million a year since April 2003 on entering premium rate phone competitions. Paul Corley, managing director of GMTV, said: 'I'd just like to apologise for everything that's gone on. GMTV had trusted Opera, but, the fact is it appears two or three people at this telecoms company were taking it upon themselves to do this even without the knowledge of the management.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This contradicted claims made by <i>Panorama</i> that in 2003, sales director Mark Nuttall at Opera had discovered the situation and sent an e-mail to staff, saying: 'Make sure they never find out you are picking the winners early.'<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two senior executives resigned: Controller of Enterprises Kate Fleming, and Managing Director Paul Corley.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 September that year, Opera was fined £250,000, while GMTV was fined £2 million by <a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a>, who stated: 'the breaches constituted a substantial breakdown in the fundamental relationship of trust between a public service broadcaster and its viewers. The breaches were extremely serious as they involved longstanding and systematic failures in the conduct of broadcast competitions.'<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GMTV pledged to refund a total of £35 million to all viewers affected.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A month later, the Serious Fraud Office took the decision to review the evidence from Ofcom into the phone-in scandal. An SFO spokeswoman said: 'Following media reports and some complaints received from the general public about GMTV's use of premium rate telephone services, we are in touch with Ofcom although no SFO investigation is under way...furthermore, the SFO will await the outcome of Ofcom's investigation into ITV's use of premium rate telephone services as highlighted in the Deloitte report.'<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 March 2008, the Serious Fraud Office decided not to investigate the phone-in scandal, stating it did not meet its criteria for an investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008–09"><span id="2008.E2.80.9309"></span>2008–09</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GMTV&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2008–09"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A major overhaul of GMTV output took place during the summer of 2008 - resulting in part from the loss of viewers to new competition from other digital channels, and to counter criticism that its output had become too lightweight. Red Bee Media was brought in as a consultant, with a view to refreshing the station's on-screen look, which had changed very little since 1993. ITV and Disney agreed a £4.5 million investment to modernise the production of the programme, including new equipment such as Avid editing suites.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This then led to the relaunch of GMTV on 5 January 2009, introducing <a href="/wiki/Emma_Crosby" title="Emma Crosby">Emma Crosby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kirsty_McCabe" title="Kirsty McCabe">Kirsty McCabe</a>, who themselves replaced <a href="/wiki/Fiona_Phillips" title="Fiona Phillips">Fiona Phillips</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrea_McLean" title="Andrea McLean">Andrea McLean</a>. </p><p>In July 2008, it was announced that McLean would quit working on GMTV to focus on her role on <i><a href="/wiki/Loose_Women" title="Loose Women">Loose Women</a></i>, to share the permanent host job with <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Brambles" title="Jackie Brambles">Jackie Brambles</a>. On 31 December that year, McLean left GMTV after 11 years as a weather presenter. </p><p>Phillips left GMTV on 18 December that same year, after 12 years as its main presenter. She told viewers that leaving was 'one of the hardest decisions I've ever made'.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ITV_plc_ownership">ITV plc ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GMTV&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: ITV plc ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Prose plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-Prose" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>is in <a href="/wiki/MOS:LIST" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:LIST">list</a> format but may read better as <a href="/wiki/MOS:PROSE" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:PROSE">prose</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GMTV&action=edit">converting this section</a>, if appropriate. <a href="/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">Editing help</a> is available.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2014</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a> attempted to buy out <a href="/wiki/Disney" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney">Disney</a>'s stake in GMTV, following its gaining of 75% control, in order to secure <a href="/wiki/24-hour_clock" title="24-hour clock">24-hours</a> control of Channel 3 in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>; it eventually paid £18m for the remaining 25% on 25 November 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result, many changes were made shortly after: </p> <ul><li>The editor of GMTV, Martin Frizell, was sacked in December 2009<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Sue Walton temporarily replacing him.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 4 March 2010, it was announced that presenter and newsreader <a href="/wiki/Penny_Smith" title="Penny Smith">Penny Smith</a> was leaving GMTV, with presenter <a href="/wiki/John_Stapleton_(English_journalist)" title="John Stapleton (English journalist)">John Stapleton</a> being redeployed as special correspondent.<sup id="cite_ref-Penny_and_John_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penny_and_John-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith presented her final broadcast on 4 June 2010.</li> <li>Also announced on that same day was the decision of political correspondent <a href="/wiki/Gloria_De_Piero" title="Gloria De Piero">Gloria De Piero</a> to quit GMTV in February 2010, to stand as a Labour Party parliamentary candidate.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>On 6 March, GMTV Kids presenters <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Rickers" title="Jamie Rickers">Jamie Rickers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anna_Williamson" title="Anna Williamson">Anna Williamson</a> were made redundant.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_and_Jamie_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna_and_Jamie-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They appeared for the last time on the programme in May 2010, meaning no presenter linked between programmes in the <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_GMTV_programmes#Toonattik" title="List of GMTV programmes">Toonattik</a></i> strand.</li> <li>In early April, there was speculation that <a href="/wiki/Eamonn_Holmes" title="Eamonn Holmes">Eamonn Holmes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kate_Thornton" title="Kate Thornton">Kate Thornton</a> were in the running to present the new revamp programme.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A source said: 'With Eamonn and Kate, it will almost be like a pilot. If it works, they will be licking their lips. It has not been signed but all sides are actively considering it. There is still some work to do but it is looking very likely.'<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 19 April, it was announced <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> presenter <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Chiles" title="Adrian Chiles">Adrian Chiles</a> was quitting his roles with the corporation, to join <a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a> on a six-year contract,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> co-presenting on GMTV and casting doubt over the futures of incumbent male hosts <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Castle" title="Andrew Castle">Andrew Castle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Shephard" title="Ben Shephard">Ben Shephard</a>.</li> <li>On 21 April, it was confirmed that Ben Shephard was leaving GMTV after 10 years, after earlier telling management he would not be renewing his contract.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 7 May, it was announced that former <i><a href="/wiki/The_One_Show" title="The One Show">The One Show</a></i> editor Ian Rumsey would take editorial control of the programme from June, with Paul Connolly as his deputy, taking over the temporary placement of Sue Walton, as she moved to tackling the move of <i><a href="/wiki/GMTV_with_Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="GMTV with Lorraine">GMTV with Lorraine</a></i> to a new stand-alone programme.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 10 June, it was confirmed that Andrew Castle would leave GMTV after 10 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrew's_Departure_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrew's_Departure-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same day, ITV plc. announced that they would be dropping the GMTV brand name from the breakfast franchise in favour of a relaunched format later in the year.<sup id="cite_ref-gmbroad_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gmbroad-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 20 June, ITV plc. announced that <a href="/wiki/Christine_Bleakley" class="mw-redirect" title="Christine Bleakley">Christine Bleakley</a> would join Chiles as lead female host, after signing an exclusive three-year deal to present on the breakfast slot, and other prime-time entertainment shows. The pair had previously worked together on the BBC's <i><a href="/wiki/The_One_Show" title="The One Show">The One Show</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>As of July, GMTV came from Studio 3 at TLS (where <i><a href="/wiki/Loose_Women" title="Loose Women">Loose Women</a></i> came from); this move was because Al Jazeera Sports, which originally came from Studio 7, had to move to Studio 5, so that Studio 7 could be made ready for <i>Daybreak</i>. (This was also where the final programme was broadcast from.)</li> <li>On 9 July it was confirmed that the new ITV plc. breakfast programme, from 6 September, would be named <i><a href="/wiki/Daybreak_(2010_TV_programme)" title="Daybreak (2010 TV programme)">Daybreak</a></i> and that <i><a href="/wiki/GMTV_with_Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="GMTV with Lorraine">GMTV with Lorraine</a></i> was set to become a standalone programme with the title <i><a href="/wiki/Lorraine_(TV_programme)" title="Lorraine (TV programme)">Lorraine</a></i>, while 'GMTV Limited' was rebranded <a href="/wiki/ITV_Breakfast" title="ITV Breakfast">ITV Breakfast Limited</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 20 July, it was confirmed that <a href="/wiki/Kate_Garraway" title="Kate Garraway">Kate Garraway</a> would move from a presenting position on <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_GMTV_programmes#GMTV" title="List of GMTV programmes">GMTV</a></i> to the role of entertainment editor on <i><a href="/wiki/Daybreak_(2010_TV_programme)" title="Daybreak (2010 TV programme)">Daybreak</a></i>. Other members of the team, moving over from <i>GMTV</i>, were confirmed as <a href="/wiki/John_Stapleton_(English_journalist)" title="John Stapleton (English journalist)">John Stapleton</a> continuing in the role of special correspondent, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Lobb" title="Dan Lobb">Dan Lobb</a> as sports editor, <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Jones_(doctor)" title="Hilary Jones (doctor)">Dr. Hilary Jones</a> becoming health editor, and Richard Gaisford continuing in the role of chief correspondent.<sup id="cite_ref-Daybreak_Press_1_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daybreak_Press_1-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 20 July, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Arnold_(TV_presenter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Arnold (TV presenter)">Richard Arnold</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carla_Romano" title="Carla Romano">Carla Romano</a> announced they would be leaving GMTV, after 10 years with the company, to pursue their careers elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 1 August, <a href="/wiki/Emma_Crosby" title="Emma Crosby">Emma Crosby</a> confirmed that she would not be part of the new programme.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/GMTV_with_Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="GMTV with Lorraine">GMTV with Lorraine</a></i> aired for the last time, with <a href="/wiki/Myleene_Klass" title="Myleene Klass">Myleene Klass</a> presenting on 2 September, whilst <a href="/wiki/List_of_GMTV_programmes#GMTV" title="List of GMTV programmes">GMTV</a> came to an end with Andrew Castle and Emma Crosby presenting the next day.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GMTV&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_GMTV_programmes" title="List of GMTV programmes">List of GMTV programmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_GMTV_presenters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of GMTV presenters">List of GMTV presenters</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daybreak_(2010_TV_programme)" title="Daybreak (2010 TV programme)">Daybreak</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lorraine_(TV_programme)" title="Lorraine (TV programme)">Lorraine</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GMTV&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Andrew Culf Media Correspondent The Guardian (1959–2003); 20 February 1993;</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Programmes director quits beleaguered GMTV. Andrew Gulf Media Correspondent The Guardian (1959–2003); 23 February 1993;</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">GMTV brings in new chief to halt slide. 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<li><a href="/wiki/The_Rank_Organisation" title="The Rank Organisation">The Rank Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Film_Distributors" title="General Film Distributors">General Film Distributors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_%26_Dean_Ireland" title="Pearl & Dean Ireland">Carlton Screen Advertising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital Ltd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident_Television" title="Trident Television">Trident Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/News_Broadcasting" title="News Broadcasting">UTV Media plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire-Tyne_Tees_Television" title="Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television">Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Divisions,<br />brands and<br />services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0"><a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios" title="ITV Studios">ITV Studios</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios_Australia" title="ITV Studios Australia">ITV Studios Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Yard" title="12 Yard">12 Yard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Talk_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Talk Productions">Big Talk Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattleya_(production_company)" title="Cattleya (production company)">Cattleya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartswood_Films" title="Hartswood Films">Hartswood Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Screen" title="Mammoth Screen">Mammoth Screen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multistory_Media" title="Multistory Media">Multistory Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Scientific_Films" title="Oxford Scientific Films">Oxford Scientific Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potato_(production_company)" title="Potato (production company)">Potato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/So_Television" title="So Television">So Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twofour" title="Twofour">Twofour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Productions" title="World Productions">World Productions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CITV" title="CITV">CITV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LittleBe" title="LittleBe">LittleBe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Daytime" title="ITV Daytime">ITV Daytime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Food" title="ITV Food">ITV Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_News" title="ITV News">ITV News</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">ITN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Weather" title="ITV Weather">ITV Weather</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Sport" title="ITV Sport">ITV Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITVX" title="ITVX">ITVX</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Itv.com" title="Itv.com">itv.com</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BritBox" title="BritBox">BritBox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Player" title="STV Player">STV Player</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Studios" title="STV Studios">STV Studios</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friends_Reunited" title="Friends Reunited">Friends Reunited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Day" title="ITV Day">ITV Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Local" title="ITV Local">ITV Local</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Play" title="ITV Play">ITV Play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Schools" title="ITV Schools">ITV Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.tv" title="U.tv">u.tv</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ITV_regions" title="List of ITV regions">ITV<br /><i>(network)</i><br />franchises<br />and<br />regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">National<br />franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Breakfast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TV-am" title="TV-am">TV-am</a> (1983–1992)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">GMTV</a> (1993–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Breakfast" title="ITV Breakfast">ITV Breakfast</a> (2010–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Teletext</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ORACLE_(teletext)" title="ORACLE (teletext)">ORACLE</a> (1974–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teletext_Ltd." title="Teletext Ltd.">Teletext Ltd.</a> (1993–2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Current<br />regional<br />franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">ITV plc</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Anglia" title="ITV Anglia">Anglia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Border" title="ITV Border">Border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Channel_Television" title="ITV Channel Television">Channel TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Cymru_Wales" title="ITV Cymru Wales">Cymru Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_London" title="ITV London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Meridian" title="ITV Meridian">Meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Tyne_Tees" title="ITV Tyne Tees">Tyne Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UTV_(TV_channel)" title="UTV (TV channel)">UTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_West_Country" title="ITV West Country">West Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Yorkshire" title="ITV Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">STV Group</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Television" title="Scottish Television">STV Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grampian_Television" title="Grampian Television">STV North</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Former<br />regional<br />franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">"Big 4 / 5"</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABC_Weekend_TV" title="ABC Weekend TV">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Television" title="Associated Television">ATV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Weekend_Television" title="London Weekend Television">LWT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated-Rediffusion" title="Associated-Rediffusion">Rediffusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Yorkshire" title="ITV Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Television" title="Carlton Television">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Wales_%26_West" title="ITV Wales & West">HTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Service_for_Wales_and_the_West" title="Independent Television Service for Wales and the West">ITSWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Westcountry" title="ITV Westcountry">ITV Westcountry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Television" title="Southern Television">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_South_West" title="Television South West">TSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">TVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Wales_and_the_West" title="Television Wales and the West">TWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westward_Television" title="Westward Television">Westward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_West_and_North_Television" title="Wales West and North Television">WWN/Teledu Cymru</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Unsuccessful<br />franchise bids</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CPV-TV" title="CPV-TV">CPV-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemsley-Winnick_Television" title="Kemsley-Winnick Television">Kemsley-Winnick Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lime_Pictures#North_West_Television_franchise_bid" title="Lime Pictures">North West Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Non-franchise<br />regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Thames_Valley" title="ITV Thames Valley">ITV Thames Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Tyne_Tees_%26_Border" title="ITV Tyne Tees & Border">ITV Tyne Tees & Border</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Timelines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Franchises<br />and regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ABC_Weekend_TV" title="Timeline of ABC Weekend TV">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Anglia_Television" title="Timeline of Anglia Television">Anglia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ATV" title="Timeline of ATV">ATV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Border_Television" title="Timeline of Border Television">Border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Carlton_Television" title="Timeline of Carlton Television">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Central_Independent_Television" title="Timeline of Central Independent Television">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Channel_Television" title="Timeline of Channel Television">Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Grampian_Television" title="Timeline of Grampian Television">Grampian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Granada_Television" title="Timeline of Granada Television">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_HTV_West" title="Timeline of HTV West">HTV West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_in_Wales" title="Timeline of ITV in Wales">ITV in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_London_Weekend_Television" title="Timeline of London Weekend Television">LWT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Meridian_Broadcasting" title="Timeline of Meridian Broadcasting">Meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Scottish_Television" title="Timeline of Scottish Television">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Southern_Television" title="Timeline of Southern Television">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Thames_Television" title="Timeline of Thames Television">Thames & Associated-Rediffusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TSW" title="Timeline of TSW">TSW & Westward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TV-am" title="Timeline of TV-am">TV-am</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TVS" title="Timeline of TVS">TVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Tyne_Tees_Television" title="Timeline of Tyne Tees Television">Tyne Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Ulster_Television" title="Timeline of Ulster Television">UTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Westcountry_Television" title="Timeline of Westcountry Television">Westcountry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Yorkshire_Television" title="Timeline of Yorkshire Television">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV" title="Timeline of ITV">ITV <i>(network)</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_children%27s_television_on_ITV" title="Timeline of children's television on ITV">ITV children's TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_Digital_Channels" title="Timeline of ITV Digital Channels">ITV Digital Channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_News" title="Timeline of ITV News">ITV News</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITN" title="Timeline of ITN">ITN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_regional_news_on_ITV" title="Timeline of regional news on ITV">Regional news</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_Sport" title="Timeline of ITV Sport">ITV Sport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Regulators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Authority" title="Independent Television Authority">ITA</a> (1954–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Independent Broadcasting Authority">IBA</a> (1972–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Commission" title="Independent Television Commission">ITC</a> (1991–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a> (2003–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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