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It provides the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> service for the Channel Islands. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1960s">1960s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Channel_Television&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>1960</b> <ul><li>Channel Television is awarded the contract to provide ITV television in the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a>. However, the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Authority" title="Independent Television Authority">Independent Television Authority</a> pointed out that the <a href="/wiki/Television_Act_1954" title="Television Act 1954">Television Act 1954</a> that established ITV did not include provision for the Channel Islands and as a result, if the ITA was to operate an ITV service there, it would have to be permitted by means of extending the Act to the islands with an <a href="/wiki/Order_in_Council" title="Order in Council">Order in Council</a>.<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></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1961</b> <ul><li>September – Channel gets permission to install a microwave relay station on the northern island of <a href="/wiki/Alderney" title="Alderney">Alderney</a> that would connect with another ITV station, initially <a href="/wiki/Westward_Television" title="Westward Television">Westward Television</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1962</b> <ul><li>1 September – <a href="/wiki/Channel_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel Television">Channel Television</a> begins broadcasting.<sup id="cite_ref-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1963</b> <ul><li>3 March – Channel launches a children's series called <i><a href="/wiki/Puffin%27s_Pla(i)ce" class="mw-redirect" title="Puffin's Pla(i)ce">Puffin's Pla(i)ce</a></i>. It is broadcast each week for the next 50 years, until it was moved online in 2013.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1964</b> <ul><li>Channel is given a three-year extension to its licence. This is later extended by a further year.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1965</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1966</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1967</b> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Authority" title="Independent Television Authority">Independent Television Authority</a> renews Channel's licence for a further seven years.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1968</b> <ul><li>2 August – A technicians strike forces ITV off the air for several weeks although management manage to launch a temporary <a href="/wiki/ITV_Emergency_National_Service" title="ITV Emergency National Service">ITV Emergency National Service</a> with no regional variations.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1969</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1970s">1970s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Channel_Television&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>1970</b> <ul><li>Channel formalises its relationship with <a href="/wiki/Westward_Television" title="Westward Television">Westward Television</a> allowing a greater share of programming between the two franchise holders.<sup id="cite_ref-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1971</b> <ul><li>Channel enables a microwave link between <a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a> and Channel's headquarters on <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a>. This means that live studio contributions from the island to be broadcast for the first time.</li> <li>Channel's listings magazine <i>Channel Viewer</i> is closed and is replaced by a localised version of <i><a href="/wiki/TVTimes" title="TVTimes">TVTimes</a></i>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1972</b> <ul><li>16 October – Following a law change which removed all restrictions on broadcasting hours, ITV is able to launch an afternoon service. Channel does launch an afternoon service but it continues to restrict its broadcasting hours and it isn't until the middle of the 1980s that Channel broadcasts all day, every day.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1973</b> <ul><li>17 December – The British government imposes early close downs on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC1</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC2</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> in order to save electricity during the <a href="/wiki/Three-Day_Week" title="Three-Day Week">Three-Day Week</a> crisis. This meant Channel Television would have to end its broadcast day at around 10:30pm. The restrictions were lifted from Christmas Eve 1973 until 6 January 1974, allowing people to enjoy the festive season programmes. The restrictions returned on Monday 7 January 1974.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1974</b> <ul><li>8 February – The required early close downs of all UK television channels is lifted. Channel had been badly affected by the restrictions due to the loss of advertising revenue caused by the early close downs.</li> <li>The 1974 franchise round sees no changes in ITV's contractors as it is felt that the huge cost in switching to colour television would have made the companies unable to compete against rivals in a franchise battle.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1975</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1976</b> <ul><li>5 January – <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_Channel_TV" title="ITV News Channel TV">Channel Report</a></i> is broadcast for the first time. The name continues to be used until 2013.</li> <li>26 July – Channel begins broadcasting in colour, seven years after colour first started to be broadcast elsewhere in the UK. Delays were due to the cost of upgrading the studios and purchasing new equipment and due to the technical difficulties in providing a UHF link from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK mainland</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</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></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1977</b> <ul><li>All local programming is now made in colour.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1978</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1979</b> <ul><li>Channel becomes the first ITV region to introduce <a href="/wiki/Electronic_news-gathering" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic news-gathering">electronic news-gathering</a> (ENG) to its local news operation.<sup id="cite_ref-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August to October – Channel is the only ITV region to continue to broadcast during the ten-week <a href="/wiki/History_of_ITV#1979_dispute" title="History of ITV">ITV strike</a> because the unions realised action there could force the station out of business as its audience was so small it was vulnerable to any loss of advertising revenue, which would therefore act against the interests of a trade union's purpose of maintaining employment for its members. Channel provided a service based mainly on films, imports, extended local news coverage and regional programming.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1980s">1980s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Channel_Television&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>1980</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1981</b> <ul><li>October – Channel launches a local service for the <a href="/wiki/ORACLE_(teletext)" title="ORACLE (teletext)">Oracle</a> teletext service.<sup id="cite_ref-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1982</b> <ul><li>1 January – <a href="/wiki/Television_South_West" title="Television South West">TSW</a> replaces <a href="/wiki/Westward_Television" title="Westward Television">Westward Television</a> as the franchise holder for south west England and Channel receives its feed of the ITV network from the new licensee.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1983</b> <ul><li>1 February – ITV's national breakfast television service launches. However, Channel continues not to broadcast during the morning when <a href="/wiki/ITV_Schools" title="ITV Schools">ITV Schools</a> is not on air, resulting in a closedown period between the end of <a href="/wiki/TV-am" title="TV-am">TV-am</a>'s programming and the start of Channel's broadcasts at around lunchtime.</li> <li>Channel's <a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a> base moves to larger facilities at St George's Esplanade.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1984</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1985</b> <ul><li>3 January – The last day of transmission using the <a href="/wiki/405-line_television_system" title="405-line television system">405-lines</a> system.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1986</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel Television">Channel Television</a> switches its feed of the ITV network from <a href="/wiki/Television_South_West" title="Television South West">TSW</a> to <a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">TVS</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1987</b> <ul><li>7 September – Following the transfer of <a href="/wiki/ITV_Schools" title="ITV Schools">ITV Schools</a> to <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>, ITV provides a full morning programme schedule, with advertising, for the first time. By 1987, Channel had finally started to broadcast programmes on weekday mornings throughout the year and therefore broadcasts the new programmes.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1988</b> <ul><li>30 May – Channel begins 24-hour broadcasting, and simulcasts TVS' night-time service <i>Late Night Late</i>.</li> <li>Channel moves into larger facilities at La Pouquelaye, converted from the former offices of <a href="/wiki/Rediffusion" title="Rediffusion">Rediffusion</a>'s Jersey operation.<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><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></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1989</b> <ul><li>1 September – ITV introduces its first official logo as part of an attempt to unify the network under one image whilst retaining regional identity. Channel does not adopt the logo, instead launching a computerised version of the logo it has been using since 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-TV_Live_Channel_Television_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TV_Live_Channel_Television-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1990s">1990s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Channel_Television&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>1990</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1991</b> <ul><li>16 October – Channel retains its licence to broadcast when it bids the lowest amount allowed - £1,000. There had been a rival application, CI3 Group, formed in part by former Channel TV employees, which had tabled a higher bid, but it was dismissed due to it failing the quality threshold test.</li> <li>19 October – The final edition of <i>CTV Times</i> is published. It had remained on sale long after the other ITV regions had replaced their listings magazine with the <i><a href="/wiki/TVTimes" title="TVTimes">TVTimes</a></i> as it was feared that the company might cease trading without the revenue from its own magazine.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1992</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1993</b> <ul><li>Channel refreshes its on-screen logo.<sup id="cite_ref-tv-live.co.uk_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tv-live.co.uk-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1994</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1995</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1996</b> <ul><li>Channel launches a subtitling service for its local programmes.<sup id="cite_ref-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1997</b> <ul><li>Channel moves its <a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a> base to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Sampson,_Guernsey" title="Saint Sampson, Guernsey">St. Sampson</a>, including a small multi-camera studio.<sup id="cite_ref-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITV_Channel_TV_History_50-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1998</b> <ul><li>Channel launches a new onscreen ident but retains its current logo on endcaps.<sup id="cite_ref-TV_Live_Channel_Television_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TV_Live_Channel_Television-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1999</b> <ul><li>Channel launches a brand new ident.<sup id="cite_ref-TV_Live_Channel_Television_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TV_Live_Channel_Television-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2000s">2000s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Channel_Television&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>2000</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2001</b> <ul><li>Channel Television is bought by the <a href="/wiki/Yattendon_Group" title="Yattendon Group">Yattendon Investment Trust</a>, although the buy-out did not lead to a noticeable change on screen.<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></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2002</b> <ul><li>28 October – ITV's <a href="/wiki/History_of_ITV_television_idents#October_2002_–_October_2004" title="History of ITV television idents">2002 celebrity ident package</a> is launched and Channel begins using a variation of this look whereby the left side of the screen is taken up by its logo. A number of idents are used featuring different celebrities and some local ones made by Channel themselves are also used.<sup id="cite_ref-TVARK_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVARK-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The change also sees ending of the use of an on-screen clock - Channel had been one of the last regions to stop using an on-screen clock.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2003</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2004</b> <ul><li>January – The final two remaining English ITV companies, <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Communications" title="Carlton Communications">Carlton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Granada_plc" title="Granada plc">Granada</a>, merge to create a single <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> ITV company called <a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a>. However, Channel remains separate from the newly formed ITV plc.<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></li> <li>In late 2004 Channel used idents of scenes from around the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a>, with the logo in a stripe down the left side of the screen. Some elements of the network branding were also used.<sup id="cite_ref-TVARK_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVARK-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2005</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2006</b> <ul><li>16 January – Channel adopts the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV (TV channel)">ITV1</a> logo but shows a localised version of the national ident.<sup id="cite_ref-tv-live.co.uk_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tv-live.co.uk-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2007</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2008</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2009</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2010s_and_2020s">2010s and 2020s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Channel_Television&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2010s and 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>2010</b> <ul><li>17 November – The Channel Islands completes <a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television_in_the_United_Kingdom#Digital_switchover" title="Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom">digital switchover</a>.<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></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2011</b> <ul><li>23 November – <a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a> buys Channel Television from the Yattendon Group.<sup id="cite_ref-ChannelSaleComplete_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChannelSaleComplete-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2012</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2013</b> <ul><li>14 January – Following ITV's 2013 rebrand, Channel's presentation is brought into line with the other ITV regions.<sup id="cite_ref-tv-live.co.uk_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tv-live.co.uk-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rebrand also sees the name of Channel's news service change from <i><a href="/wiki/Channel_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel Report">Channel Report</a></i> to <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_Channel_TV" title="ITV News Channel TV">ITV News Channel TV</a></i>.</li> <li>15 September – After 50 years on air, children's programme <i><a href="/wiki/Puffin%27s_Pla(i)ce" class="mw-redirect" title="Puffin's Pla(i)ce">Puffin's Pla(i)ce</a></i> is broadcast for the final time, although it continued to be shown on Channel's website for a short time.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2014</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2015</b> <ul><li>June – Channel moves to its current, smaller premises at Castle Quay.<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></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2016</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2017</b> <ul><li>March – Channel's licence is transferred to ITV Broadcasting Limited.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2018 to 2022</b> <ul><li>No events.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2023</b> <ul><li>12 December – ITV1 Channel Television begins broadcasting in HD on <a href="/wiki/Freesat" title="Freesat">Freesat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky</a>.</li></ul></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=Timeline_of_Channel_Television&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_ITV" title="History of ITV">History of ITV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_ITV_television_idents" title="History of ITV television idents">History of ITV television idents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV" title="Timeline of ITV">Timeline of ITV</a></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=Timeline_of_Channel_Television&action=edit&section=8" 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 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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 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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