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27 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1997-01-15</span>)</span> as <b>British Digital Broadcasting</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">18 October 2002<span class="noprint">; 22 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2002-10-18</span>)</span> as <b>ITV Digital</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Bankruptcy, liquidation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a> (terrestrial broadcaster) <a href="/wiki/Top_Up_TV" title="Top Up TV">Top Up TV</a> (pay TV service)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_House" title="Marco Polo House">Marco Polo House</a>, <div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Battersea" title="Battersea">Battersea</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">United Kingdom</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Pay TV services and programming</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Communications" title="Carlton Communications">Carlton Communications</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Granada_plc" title="Granada plc">Granada</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br /><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></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>ITV Digital</b> was a British <a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">digital terrestrial television</a> <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting" title="Broadcasting">broadcaster</a> which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network. Its main shareholders were <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Communications_plc" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlton Communications plc">Carlton Communications plc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Granada_plc" title="Granada plc">Granada plc</a>, owners of multiple licences of the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> network. Starting as <b>ONdigital</b> in 1998, the service was rebranded as <b>ITV Digital</b> in July 2001. </p><p>Low audience figures, piracy issues and an ultimately unaffordable multi-million pound deal with the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a> led to the broadcaster suffering large losses, and it entered <a href="/wiki/Administration_(law)" title="Administration (law)">administration</a> in March 2002. Pay television services ceased permanently on 1 May of that year, but carriage of the remaining free-to-air channels such as <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> and <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> continued. In October, ITV Digital’s former terrestrial <a href="/wiki/Multiplex_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiplex (TV)">multiplexes</a> were taken over by <a href="/wiki/Crown_Castle" title="Crown Castle">Crown Castle</a> and the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> to create the <a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a> free-to-air service. </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=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Digital_Broadcasting_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/British_Digital_Broadcasting_logo.png" decoding="async" width="88" height="22" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="88" data-file-height="22" /></a><figcaption>British Digital Broadcasting logo (1997–1998)</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television_in_the_United_Kingdom#History" title="Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom">Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom § History</a></div> <p>On 31 January 1997, <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Television" title="Carlton Television">Carlton Television</a>, <a href="/wiki/Granada_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Granada Television">Granada Television</a> and satellite company <a href="/wiki/British_Sky_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="British Sky Broadcasting">British Sky Broadcasting</a> (BSkyB) together created British Digital Broadcasting (BDB) as a <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a>, and applied to operate three <a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">digital terrestrial television</a> (DTT) licences.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They faced competition from a rival, Digital Television Network (DTN), a company created by cable operator CableTel (later known as <a href="/wiki/NTL_Incorporated" title="NTL Incorporated">NTL</a>).<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> On 25 June 1997, BDB won the auction and the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Commission" title="Independent Television Commission">Independent Television Commission</a> (ITC) awarded the sole broadcast licence for DTT to the consortium. Then on 20 December 1997, the ITC awarded three <a href="/wiki/Pay_television" title="Pay television">pay-TV</a> digital multiplex licences to BDB. </p><p>That same year, however, the ITC forced BSkyB out of the consortium on competition grounds; this effectively placed Sky in direct competition with the new service as Sky would also launch its digital satellite service in 1998, although Sky was still required to provide key channels such as <a href="/wiki/Sky_Movies" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Movies">Sky Movies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> to BDB.<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> With Sky as part of the consortium, British Digital Broadcasting would have paid discounted rates to carry Sky's television channels. Instead, with its positioning as a competitor, Sky charged the full market rates for the channels, at an extra cost of around £60million a year to BDB.<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> On 28 July 1998, BDB announced the service would be called ONdigital,<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> and claimed it would be the biggest television brand launch in history.<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> The company would be based in <a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_House" title="Marco Polo House">Marco Polo House</a> (since demolished) in Battersea, south London, which was previously the home of BSkyB's earlier rival, <a href="/wiki/British_Satellite_Broadcasting" title="British Satellite Broadcasting">British Satellite Broadcasting</a> (BSB). </p><p>Six <a href="/wiki/Multiplex_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiplex (TV)">multiplexes</a> were set up, with three of them allocated to the existing <a href="/wiki/Analog_television" title="Analog television">analogue</a> broadcasters. The other three multiplexes were auctioned off. ONdigital was given one year from the award of the licence to launch the first DTT service. In addition to launching audio and video services, it also led the specification of an industry-wide advanced interactive engine, based on <a href="/wiki/MHEG-5" title="MHEG-5">MHEG-5</a>. This was an open standard that was used by all broadcasters on DTT. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_launch">The launch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The launch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ondigitallogo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Ondigitallogo.svg/150px-Ondigitallogo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Ondigitallogo.svg/225px-Ondigitallogo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Ondigitallogo.svg/300px-Ondigitallogo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="167" data-file-height="67" /></a><figcaption>ONdigital logo from 1998 to 2001</figcaption></figure> <p>ONdigital was officially launched on 15 November 1998 amid a large public ceremony featuring celebrity <a href="/wiki/Ulrika_Jonsson" title="Ulrika Jonsson">Ulrika Jonsson</a> and fireworks around the <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_transmitting_station" title="Crystal Palace transmitting station">Crystal Palace transmitting station</a>.<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> Its competitor <a href="/wiki/Sky_Digital_(UK_%26_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)">Sky Digital</a> had already debuted on 1 October.<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> The service launched with 12 primary channels, which included the new <a href="/wiki/BBC_Choice" title="BBC Choice">BBC Choice</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV2" title="ITV2">ITV2</a> channels; a subscription package featuring channels such as <a href="/wiki/Sky_One" title="Sky One">Sky One</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cartoon_Network" title="Cartoon Network">Cartoon Network</a>, <a href="/wiki/E4_(TV_channel)" title="E4 (TV channel)">E4</a>, <a href="/wiki/UKTV" title="UKTV">UKTV</a> channels and many developed in-house by Carlton and Granada such as <a href="/wiki/Carlton_World" title="Carlton World">Carlton World</a>; premium channels including <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> 1, 2, 3, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Cinema" title="Sky Cinema">Sky Premier and Sky MovieMax</a>; and the newly launched <a href="/wiki/FilmFour" class="mw-redirect" title="FilmFour">FilmFour</a>.<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><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>From the beginning, however, the company was quickly losing money. Supply problems with set-top boxes meant that the company missed Christmas sales and retailers had to wait several months for the customers to receive their boxes. Meanwhile, aggressive marketing by BSkyB for Sky Digital made the ONdigital offer look unattractive. The new digital satellite service provided a dish, <a href="/wiki/Digibox_(Sky_Digital)" class="mw-redirect" title="Digibox (Sky Digital)">digibox</a>, installation and around 200 channels for £159, a lower price than ONdigital at £199. Sky had also launched earlier, meaning they had a head start over the ONdigital service. ONdigital's subscription pricing had been set to compare with the older Sky <a href="/wiki/Analogue_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Analogue television">analogue</a> service of 20 channels.<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> In 1999, digital cable services were launched by <a href="/wiki/NTL_Incorporated" title="NTL Incorporated">NTL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telewest" title="Telewest">Telewest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cable_%26_Wireless_plc" title="Cable & Wireless plc">Cable & Wireless</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1999, <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> secured the rights for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> football matches for four years,<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> which would partly be broadcast through ONdigital.<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> Two sports channels were added to the platform, Champions ON 28 and Champions ON 99 (later renamed ONsport 1 and ONsport 2 when it secured the rights to <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals" title="Association of Tennis Professionals">ATP</a> tennis games), the latter of which timeshared with <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Cinema_(TV_channel)" title="Carlton Cinema (TV channel)">Carlton Cinema</a>. Throughout 1999, channels including <a href="/wiki/MTV_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Eurosport" class="mw-redirect" title="British Eurosport">British Eurosport</a> launched on the platform.<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> The exclusive <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Kids" title="Carlton Kids">Carlton Kids</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carlton_World" title="Carlton World">Carlton World</a> channels closed in 2000 to make way for two <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Channel_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Discovery Channel (British and Irish TV channel)">Discovery</a> channels.<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> </p><p>ONdigital reported in April 1999 that it had 110,000 subscribers, while Sky Digital had over 350,000 by that time.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By March 2000, there were 673,000 ONdigital customers.<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> </p><p>The first interactive digital service was launched in mid-1999, called ONgames. On 7 March 2000, <a href="/wiki/ONmail" title="ONmail">ONmail</a> was launched which provided an interactive <a href="/wiki/E-mail" class="mw-redirect" title="E-mail">e-mail</a> service.<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> A deal with multiplex operator <a href="/wiki/S4C_Digital_Networks" title="S4C Digital Networks">SDN</a> led to the launch of <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a> service ONrequest on 1 May 2000. In June 2000, ONoffer was launched. On 18 September 2000, the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">internet</a> TV service ONnet was launched.<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> </p><p>On 17 June 2000, ONdigital agreed to a £315 million three-year deal with the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a> to broadcast 88 live Nationwide League and <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">Worthington Cup</a> matches from the 2001–02 season.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Setbacks">Setbacks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Setbacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, Sky started to give away their digiboxes for free whilst the customer subscribed. This was a problem for ONdigital, as they had no choice but to sell prepaid set top boxes to win customers back from rival services.<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> Even when they decided to sell prepaid set top boxes (under the ONprepaid brand), they could not easily compete with Sky. </p><p>ONdigital's growth slowed throughout 2000, and by the start of 2001 the number of subscribers was no longer increasing; meanwhile, its competitor Sky Digital oversaw a dramatic increase in subscribers, spearheaded by the launch of interactive services, such as <a href="/wiki/Open..." class="mw-redirect" title="Open...">Open...</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sky_Gamestar" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Gamestar">Sky Gamestar</a>, and the launch of rival cable digital services from the likes of NTL and Telewest ate into ONdigital's subscriber numbers. The ONdigital management team responded with a series of free set-top box promotions, initially at retailers such as <a href="/wiki/Currys" title="Currys">Currys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dixons_(online)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dixons (online)">Dixons</a>, when ONdigital receiving equipment was purchased at the same time as a television set or similarly priced piece of equipment. These offers eventually became permanent, with the set-top box loaned to the customer at no charge for as long as they continued to subscribe to ONdigital, an offer that was matched by Sky. ONdigital's <a href="/wiki/Churn_rate" title="Churn rate">churn rate</a>, a measure of the number of subscribers leaving the service, reached 28% during 2001.<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> </p><p>Additional problems for ONdigital were the choice of <a href="/wiki/64QAM" class="mw-redirect" title="64QAM">64QAM</a> broadcast mode, which when coupled with far weaker than expected broadcast power, meant that the signal was weak in many areas; a complex pricing structure with many options; a poor-quality subscriber management system (adapted from <a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_(French_TV_channel)" title="Canal+ (French TV channel)">Canal+</a>); a paper magazine TV guide whereas BSkyB had an <a href="/wiki/Electronic_program_guide" title="Electronic program guide">electronic programme guide</a> (EPG); insufficient technical customer services; and much <a href="/wiki/Pirate_decryption" title="Pirate decryption">signal piracy</a>. While there was a limited return path provided via an in-built 2400 baud <a href="/wiki/Modem" title="Modem">modem</a>, there was no requirement, as there was with BSkyB, to connect the set-top box's modem to a phone line.<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. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>With this combination of factors contributing to the service's lack of popularity, in 2001, executives at ONdigital management wrote a letter to the government, asking for emergency funding to finance the service in order to keep it alive due to a lack of customers and paying members.<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. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Loaned_equipment">Loaned equipment</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Loaned equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ONdigital began to sell prepaid set-top boxes (under the name ONprepaid) from November 1999 in order to win customers, especially at the launch of other digital services from the likes of <a href="/wiki/NTL_Incorporated" title="NTL Incorporated">NTL</a> and <a href="/wiki/Telewest" title="Telewest">Telewest</a>. This bundle sold in high street shops and supermarkets at a price that included the set-top box (which was technically on loan) and the first year's subscription package.<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> These prepaid boxes amounted to 50% of sales in December 1999.<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> Thousands of these packages were also sold at well below retail price on auction sites such as the then-popular <a href="/wiki/Tradus" title="Tradus">QXL</a>. As the call to activate the viewing card did not require any bank details, many ONdigital boxes which were supposed to be on loan were at unverifiable addresses. This was later changed so a customer could not buy a box without ONdigital verifying their address. Many customers did not activate the viewing card at all, although where the viewer's address was known, ONdigital would write informing them that they must activate before a certain deadline.<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. (February 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Piracy">Piracy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Piracy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ONdigital <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a> channels were encrypted using a system – <a href="/wiki/Nagra_France" title="Nagra France">SECA</a> <a href="/wiki/MediaGuard" class="mw-redirect" title="MediaGuard">MediaGuard</a> – which had subsequently been cracked by hackers working for NDS Group, the makers of the <a href="/wiki/VideoGuard" title="VideoGuard">VideoGuard</a> system that Sky Digital used. ONdigital did not update this system, therefore it was possible to produce and sell counterfeit subscription cards which would give access to all the channels.<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> About 100,000 pirate cards were in circulation by 2002, and these played a role in the demise of the broadcaster that year.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rebranding">Rebranding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rebranding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2001 it was said that ONdigital would be 'relaunched' to bring it closer to the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> network and to better compete with Sky.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 July 2001 Carlton and Granada rebranded ONdigital as <b>ITV Digital</b>.<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> </p><p>Other services were also rebranded, such as ONnet to ITV Active.<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> A rebranding campaign was launched, with customers being sent ITV Digital stickers to place over the ONdigital logos on their remote controls and set top boxes. The software running on the receivers was not changed, however, and continued to display 'ON' on nearly every screen. However, iDTVs made after the rebrand removed the 'ON' prefix from their software. Option 7 on the main menu on iDTVs was also renamed from "ONdigital Updates" to "Subscription Information". </p><p>The rebrand was not without controversy, as <a href="/wiki/STV_Group" title="STV Group">SMG plc</a> (owner of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Television" title="Scottish Television">Scottish Television</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grampian_Television" title="Grampian Television">Grampian Television</a>), <a href="/wiki/UTV_(TV_channel)" title="UTV (TV channel)">UTV</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Channel_Television" title="ITV Channel Television">Channel Television</a> pointed out that the ITV brand did not belong solely to Carlton and Granada. SMG and UTV initially refused to carry the advertising campaign for ITV Digital and did not allow the ITV Sport Channel space on their multiplex, thus it was not available at launch in most of Scotland and Northern Ireland. The case was resolved in Scotland<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> and the Channel Islands and later still in Northern Ireland, allowing ITV Sport to launch in the non-Carlton and Granada regions, although it was never made available in the Channel Islands, where there was no DTT or cable,<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. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and it never appeared on Sky Digital. </p><p>Later in 2001, <a href="/wiki/ITV_Sport_Channel" title="ITV Sport Channel">ITV Sport Channel</a> was announced. This would be a premium sport channel, and would broadcast English football games as per the company's deal with the Football League in 2000, as well as ATP tennis games and Champions League games previously covered by ONsport 1 and ONsport 2. The channel launched on 11 August of that year, and was also carried on cable by <a href="/wiki/NTL_Incorporated" title="NTL Incorporated">NTL</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Downfall">Downfall</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Downfall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The service reached 1 million subscribers by January 2001, whereas Sky Digital had 5.7 million. Granada reported £69 million in losses in the first six months of 2001, leading some investors to urge it to close or sell ONdigital/ITV Digital.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ITV Digital was unable to make a deal to put the ITV Sport Channel on Sky, which could have given the channel access to millions of Sky customers and generated income; the channel was only licensed to cable company <a href="/wiki/NTL_Incorporated" title="NTL Incorporated">NTL</a>. Subscriptions for ONnet/ITV Active, its internet service, peaked at around 100,000 customers.<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> ITV Digital had a 12% share of digital subscribers as of December 2001.<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> ITV Digital and Granada cut jobs that month.<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><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> By 2002, the company was thought to be losing up to £1 million per day.<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> </p><p>In February 2002, Carlton and Granada said that ITV Digital needed an urgent "fundamental restructuring".<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> The biggest cost the company faced was its three-year deal with the Football League,<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><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> which had been deemed too expensive by critics when agreed, as it was inferior to the top-flight <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premiership</a> coverage from <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a>.<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> It was reported on 21 March 2002 that ITV Digital had proposed paying only £50 million for the remaining two years of the Football League deal, a reduction of £129m. Chiefs from the League said that any reduction in the payment could threaten the existence of many football clubs, which had budgeted for large incomes from the television contract.<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="Administration">Administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 27 March 2002, ITV Digital was placed in <a href="/wiki/Administration_(law)" title="Administration (law)">administration</a> as it was unable to pay the full amount due to the Football League.<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> Later, as chances of its survival remained bleak, the Football League sued Carlton and Granada, claiming that the firms had breached their contract in failing to deliver the guaranteed income. On 1 August the league lost the case, with the judge ruling that it had "failed to extract sufficient written guarantees".<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> The league then filed a negligence claim against its own lawyers for failing to press for a written guarantee at the time of the deal with ITV Digital. From this, in June 2006, it was awarded a paltry £4 in damages of the £150m it was seeking.<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> The collapse put in doubt the government's ambition to switch off analogue terrestrial TV signals by 2010.<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> </p><p>Despite several interested parties, the administrators were unable to find a buyer for the company and effectively put it into <a href="/wiki/Liquidation" title="Liquidation">liquidation</a> on 26 April 2002.<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> Most subscription channels stopped broadcasting on ITV Digital on 1 May 2002 at 7 am, with only free-to-air services continuing.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, ITV chief executive <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Prebble" title="Stuart Prebble">Stuart Prebble</a> quit.<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> In all, 1,500 jobs were lost by ITV Digital's collapse.<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> ITV Digital was eventually placed into liquidation on 18 October, with debts of £1.25 billion.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-collapse">Post-collapse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-collapse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 30 April 2002, the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Commission" title="Independent Television Commission">Independent Television Commission</a> (ITC) had revoked ITV Digital's broadcasting licence and started looking for a buyer. A consortium made up of the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crown_Castle" title="Crown Castle">Crown Castle</a> submitted an application on 13 June,<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> later joined by BSkyB, and were awarded the licence on 4 July.<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> They launched the <a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a> service on 30 October 2002, offering 30 free-to-air TV channels and 20 free-to-air radio channels including several interactive channels such as <a href="/wiki/BBC_Red_Button" title="BBC Red Button">BBC Red Button</a> and <a href="/wiki/Teletext" title="Teletext">Teletext</a>, but no subscription or premium services.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those followed on 31 March 2004 when <a href="/wiki/Top_Up_TV" title="Top Up TV">Top Up TV</a> began broadcasting 11 <a href="/wiki/Pay_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pay TV">pay TV</a> channels in <a href="/wiki/Timeshare" title="Timeshare">timeshared</a> broadcast slots. </p><p>From 10 December 2002, ITV Digital's liquidators started to ask customers to return their set top boxes or pay a £39.99 fee.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Had this been successful, it could have threatened to undermine the fledgling Freeview service, since at the time most digital terrestrial receivers in households were ONdigital and ITV Digital legacy hardware. In January 2003, Carlton and Granada stepped in and paid £2.8m to the liquidators to allow the boxes to stay with their customers, because at the time the ITV companies received a discount on their broadcasting licence payments based on the number of homes they had converted to digital television. It was also likely done to avoid further negativity towards the two companies.<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> </p><p>During the time under administration, Carlton and Granada were in talks regarding a merger, which was eventually cleared in 2004.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Effect_on_football_clubs">Effect on football clubs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Effect on football clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Valley_Parade_Mainstand_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Valley_Parade_Mainstand_2016.jpg/220px-Valley_Parade_Mainstand_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Valley_Parade_Mainstand_2016.jpg/330px-Valley_Parade_Mainstand_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Valley_Parade_Mainstand_2016.jpg/440px-Valley_Parade_Mainstand_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>ITV Digital's collapse contributed to Bradford City F.C. being put into administration</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the proposed Football League merger, with the lucrative finances it proposed, ITV Digital's collapse had a large effect on many football clubs. <a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Bradford City F.C.">Bradford City F.C.</a> was one of the affected, and its debt forced it into administration in May 2002<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><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, followed by <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester City">Leicester City</a> in <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Leicester_City_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Leicester City F.C. season">October</a>.<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> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley F.C.</a> also entered administration in October 2002, despite the club making a profit for the twelve years prior to the collapse of ITV Digital.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BarnsleyRecord_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BarnsleyRecord-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barnsley had budgeted on the basis that the money from the ITV Digital deal would be received, leaving a £2.5 million shortfall in their accounts when the broadcaster collapsed.<sup id="cite_ref-BarnsleyRecord_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BarnsleyRecord-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clubs were forced to slash staff, and some players were forced to be sold as they were unable to pay them. Some clubs increased ticket prices for fans to offset the losses.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The rights to show <a href="/wiki/Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League">Football League</a> matches were resold to <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> for £95 million for the next four years compared to £315 million over three years from ITV Digital, leading to a reduction from £2 million per season to £700,000 in broadcasting revenue for First Division clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Earthquake_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Earthquake-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In total, fourteen <a href="/wiki/Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League">Football League</a> clubs were placed in administration within four years of the collapse of ITV Digital, compared to four in the four years before.<sup id="cite_ref-Earthquake_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Earthquake-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="News_Corporation_hacking_allegations">News Corporation hacking allegations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: News Corporation hacking allegations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 31 March 2002, French cable company <a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_(French_TV_channel)" title="Canal+ (French TV channel)">Canal+</a> accused <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a>'s <a href="/wiki/News_Corporation_(1980%E2%80%932013)" class="mw-redirect" title="News Corporation (1980–2013)">News Corporation</a> in the United States of extracting the UserROM code from its <a href="/wiki/MediaGuard" class="mw-redirect" title="MediaGuard">MediaGuard</a> encryption cards and leaking it onto the internet.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canal+ brought a lawsuit against News Corporation alleging that it, through its subsidiary <a href="/wiki/NDS_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="NDS Group">NDS</a> (which provides encryption technology for Sky and other TV services from Murdoch), had been working on breaking the MediaGuard smartcards used by Canal+, ITV Digital and other non-Murdoch-owned TV companies throughout Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The action was later partially dropped after News Corporation agreed to buy Canal+'s struggling Italian operation <a href="/w/index.php?title=Telepiu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Telepiu (page does not exist)">Telepiu</a>, a direct rival to a Murdoch-owned company in that country.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other legal action by <a href="/wiki/EchoStar" title="EchoStar">EchoStar</a>/NagraStar was being pursued as late as August 2005, accusing NDS of the same wrongdoing.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, NDS was found to have broken piracy laws by hacking EchoStar Communications' smart card system, however only $1,500 in statutory damages was awarded.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rupertmurdoch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Rupertmurdoch.jpg/170px-Rupertmurdoch.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Rupertmurdoch.jpg/255px-Rupertmurdoch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Rupertmurdoch.jpg/340px-Rupertmurdoch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>Rupert Murdoch possibly used hacking to indirectly weaken ITV Digital</figcaption></figure> <p>On 26 March 2012, an investigation from BBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Panorama_(British_TV_programme)" title="Panorama (British TV programme)">Panorama</a></i> found evidence that one of News Corporation's subsidiaries sabotaged ITV Digital. It found that NDS hacked ONdigital/ITV Digital smartcard data and leaked them through a pirate website under Murdoch's control – actions which enabled pirated cards to flood the market.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The accusations arose from emails obtained by the BBC, and an interview with Lee Gibling, the operator of a hacking website, who claimed he was paid up to £60,000 per year by Ray Adams, NDS's head of security.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This would mean that Murdoch used computer hacking to directly undermine rival ITV Digital. Lawyers for News Corporation claimed that these accusations of illegal activities against a rival business are "false and libellous".<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2013 the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan Police</a> decided to look into these allegations following a request by <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson_(Labour_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Watson (Labour politician)">Tom Watson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marketing">Marketing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Marketing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ITV Digital ran an advertising campaign involving the comedian <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Vegas" title="Johnny Vegas">Johnny Vegas</a> as Al and a knitted monkey simply called <a href="/wiki/Monkey_(character)" title="Monkey (character)">Monkey</a>, voiced by <a href="/wiki/Ben_Miller" title="Ben Miller">Ben Miller</a>. A knitted replica of Monkey could be obtained by signing up to ITV Digital. Because the monkey could not be obtained without signing up to the service, a market for second-hand monkeys developed. At one time, original ITV Digital Monkeys were fetching several hundred pounds on <a href="/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and knitting patterns delivered by email were sold for several pounds. The campaign was created by the advertising agency <a href="/wiki/Mother_(advertising_agency)" title="Mother (advertising agency)">Mother</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2002, following ITV Digital's collapse, Vegas claimed that he was owed money for the advertisements.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early 2007, Monkey and Al reappeared in an advert for <a href="/wiki/PG_Tips" title="PG Tips">PG Tips</a> tea, which at first included a reference to ITV Digital's downfall. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Set_top_boxes">Set top boxes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Set top boxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ONdigitalcard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/ONdigitalcard.jpg/220px-ONdigitalcard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/ONdigitalcard.jpg/330px-ONdigitalcard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/ONdigitalcard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="252" /></a><figcaption>ONdigital viewing card</figcaption></figure> <p>The set-top boxes used for ITV Digital and ONdigital were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nokia" title="Nokia">Nokia</a> Mediamaster 9850T</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pace_Micro_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Pace Micro Technology">Pace Micro Technology</a> DTR-730, DTR-735</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philips" title="Philips">Philips</a> DTX 6370, DTX 6371, DTX 6372</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Corporation" title="Pioneer Corporation">Pioneer</a> DBR-T200, DBR-T210</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> VTX-D500U</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiba" title="Toshiba">Toshiba</a> DTB2000</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VTX-D500U_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/VTX-D500U_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-VTX-D500U_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/VTX-D500U_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-VTX-D500U_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/VTX-D500U_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-VTX-D500U_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="682" /></a><figcaption>Sony VTX-D500U Set Top Box</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Carlton/Granada_digital_television_channels"><span id="Carlton.2FGranada_digital_television_channels"></span>Carlton/Granada digital television channels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Carlton/Granada digital television channels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carlton and Granada (later <a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital_Channels" title="ITV Digital Channels">ITV Digital Channels Ltd</a>) created a selection of channels which formed some of the core content available via the service. These were: </p> <table class="wikitable toccolours" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:94%;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10%;">Channel name </th> <th style="width:5%;">Channel no. </th> <th style="width:5%;">Year removed </th> <th style="width:50%;">Reason/Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Kids" title="Carlton Kids">Carlton Kids</a> </td> <td>34 </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>Timeshared with <a href="/wiki/Carlton_World" title="Carlton World">Carlton World</a>. Replaced by a timeshare of <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Kids" title="Discovery Kids">Discovery Kids</a> and <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Wings_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Discovery Wings (UK)">Discovery Wings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_World" title="Carlton World">Carlton World</a> </td> <td>34 </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>Timeshared with <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Kids" title="Carlton Kids">Carlton Kids</a>. Replaced by a timeshare of <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Wings_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Discovery Wings (UK)">Discovery Wings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Kids" title="Discovery Kids">Discovery Kids</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Select" title="Carlton Select">Carlton Select</a> </td> <td>35 </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>Timeshared with <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Food_Network" title="Carlton Food Network">Carlton Food Network</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>First ONdigital </td> <td>20 </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>Provided exclusive coverage of sports events, concerts and ONdigital features/channels. </td></tr> <tr> <td>ONoffer </td> <td>20 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Provided offers on products. Was replaced by Wellbeing. </td></tr> <tr> <td>ONsport 1 </td> <td>99 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Originally known as Champions ON 99. Replaced by ITV Sport Channel, ITV Sport Extra and ITV Sport Select. </td></tr> <tr> <td>ONsport 2 </td> <td>28/98 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Originally known as Champions ON 28, then Champions ON 98. Timeshared with Carlton Cinema. Replaced by ITV Sport Channel, ITV Sport Extra and ITV Sport Select. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Taste_CFN" class="mw-redirect" title="Taste CFN">Taste CFN</a> </td> <td>35 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Known as Carlton Food Network until 1 May 2001. Timeshared with Carlton Select before extending hours until closure. </td></tr> <tr> <td>ONview </td> <td>20 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Served as a portal to the ONdigital service, containing services like ONoffer, ONsport results and ONrequest movie showing times. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Granada_Breeze_(UK_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Granada Breeze (UK TV channel)">Granada Breeze</a> </td> <td>31 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Known as Granada Good Life until 1 May 1998. Timesharing with <a href="/wiki/Men_%26_Motors" title="Men & Motors">Men & Motors</a> (Known as Granada Men & Motors until 2001, ceased during 2010). </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_Select" title="ITV Select">ITV Select</a> </td> <td>50 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Known as ONrequest until 22 August 2001. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_Sport_Channel" title="ITV Sport Channel">ITV Sport Channel</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Replaced ONsport 1 and was also available on NTL's service. Closed due to ITV Digital's liquidation. </td></tr> <tr> <td>ITV Sport Plus </td> <td>99 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Replaced ONsport 2, but it is unknown if it was on rival digital services like <a href="/wiki/ITV_Sport_Channel" title="ITV Sport Channel">ITV Sport Channel</a>. Closed due to ITV Digital's liquidation. </td></tr> <tr> <td>ITV Sport Select </td> <td>98 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Provided a pay-per-view service for sports events, in the same way as ONrequest/ITV Select. Closed due to ITV Digital's liquidation. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shop! </td> <td>19 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Joint venture between Granada and <a href="/wiki/Littlewoods" title="Littlewoods">Littlewoods</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wellbeing </td> <td>47 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Joint venture between Granada and <a href="/wiki/Boots_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Boots UK">Boots</a>. Replaced ONoffer service. </td></tr> <tr> <td>ITV Text+ </td> <td>16 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Operated mostly in the same way as BBC Text, but provided ITV programme information. Closed due to ITV Digital's liquidation. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Cinema_(TV_channel)" title="Carlton Cinema (TV channel)">Carlton Cinema</a> </td> <td>28 </td> <td>2003 </td> <td>Timeshared with Champions ON 28/98, then timeshared with ONsport 2. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Plus_(British_TV_channel)" title="Plus (British TV channel)">Plus</a> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>Known as Granada Plus until 1998, then G Plus until 2002. Closed due to launch of <a href="/wiki/ITV3" title="ITV3">ITV3</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_Channel" title="ITV News Channel">ITV News Channel</a> </td> <td>48 </td> <td>2005 </td> <td>Known as ITN News Channel until after the collapse of ITV Digital. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV2" title="ITV2">ITV2</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>Still broadcasting. </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Up_TV" title="Top Up TV">Top Up TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Freeview_UK" title="History of Freeview UK">History of Freeview UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NDS_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="NDS Group">NDS Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom">Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ITV_Digital&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><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 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style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Former</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/CITV" title="CITV">CITV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Box_Office" title="ITV Box Office">ITV Box Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Encore" title="ITV Encore">ITV Encore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_Channel" title="ITV News Channel">ITV News Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Play" title="ITV Play">ITV Play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Select" title="ITV Select">ITV Select</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Sport_Channel" title="ITV Sport Channel">ITV Sport Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merit_(TV_channel)" title="Merit (TV channel)">Merit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S2_(TV_channel)" title="S2 (TV channel)">S2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV2" title="STV2">STV2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JML_Direct_TV#JML_Store" title="JML Direct TV">The Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UTV2" title="UTV2">UTV2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_Three" title="Virgin Media Three">UTV Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Companies</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"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Group" title="STV Group">STV Group plc</a></li></ul> </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-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Television" title="Alpha Television">Alpha Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Communications" title="Carlton Communications">Carlton Communications plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granada_plc" title="Granada plc">Granada plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITC_Entertainment" title="ITC Entertainment">ITC Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Studios_Home_Entertainment#2_Entertain/BBC_Studios_Home_Entertainment" title="BBC Studios Home Entertainment">Video Collection International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios#Distribution" title="ITV Studios">Pickwick Video Group</a></li> <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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/GMTV" title="GMTV">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> 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