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div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the American anthology for children, see <a href="/wiki/ABC_Weekend_Special" title="ABC Weekend Special">ABC Weekend Special</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"ABC Television Limited" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/ABC_Television_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="ABC Television (disambiguation)">ABC Television</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">ABC Weekend Television<br />ABC Television Limited</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Associated_British_Corporation_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cd/Associated_British_Corporation_logo.svg/150px-Associated_British_Corporation_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cd/Associated_British_Corporation_logo.svg/225px-Associated_British_Corporation_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cd/Associated_British_Corporation_logo.svg/300px-Associated_British_Corporation_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="386" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Logo 1964–1968</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ABC_Weekend_TV_until_1968_coverage_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/ABC_Weekend_TV_until_1968_coverage_map.svg/150px-ABC_Weekend_TV_until_1968_coverage_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/ABC_Weekend_TV_until_1968_coverage_map.svg/225px-ABC_Weekend_TV_until_1968_coverage_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/ABC_Weekend_TV_until_1968_coverage_map.svg/300px-ABC_Weekend_TV_until_1968_coverage_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="995" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The two ABC regions when it lost its franchises in 1968</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Region of <a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">television network</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Branding</th><td class="infobox-data">ABC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline;" class="country-name">United Kingdom</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>18 February 1956<span class="noprint">; 68 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1956-02-18</span>)</span> in the Midlands</li> <li>5 May 1956 in the North</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">TV transmitters</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winter_Hill_transmitting_station" title="Winter Hill transmitting station">Winter Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emley_Moor_transmitting_station" title="Emley Moor transmitting station">Emley Moor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lichfield_transmitting_station" title="Lichfield transmitting station">Lichfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Membury_transmitting_station" title="Membury transmitting station">Membury</a></li> <li>Scarborough</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Theatre,_Manchester" title="Capitol Theatre, Manchester">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpha Studios">Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddington_Studios" title="Teddington Studios">London</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Broadcast area</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#984ea3; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/The_Midlands,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="The Midlands, England">Midlands</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff8900; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">North</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Associated_British_Picture_Corporation" title="Associated British Picture Corporation">Associated British Picture Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data">28 July 1968<span class="noprint">; 56 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1968-07-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former names</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Associated British Cinemas (Television) Limited</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Picture format</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/405-line_television_system" title="405-line television system">405-line</a> black and white</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">Affiliation(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>As ITV franchisee:</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granada_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Granada Television">Granada Television</a> (North West)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Yorkshire Television">Yorkshire Television</a> (Yorkshire)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Television" title="Associated Television">ATV</a> (Midlands)</li> <li><b>As company:</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>ABC Television Limited</b>, popularly known as <b>ABC Weekend TV</b>, was a British broadcaster which provided the weekend service in the <a href="/wiki/Midlands" title="Midlands">Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">Northern England</a> regions of the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">Independent Television</a> (ITV) network from 1956 to 1968. It was one of the "<a href="/wiki/History_of_ITV#The_Big_Four_and_Big_Five" title="History of ITV">Big Four</a>" companies that between them produced the majority of ITV networked programmes during this period. </p><p>Originally created as <b>Associated British Cinemas (Television) Ltd</b>, ABC was one of a number of commercial television companies established during the 1950s by cinema chain companies, in an attempt to safeguard their business by becoming involved with television, which was taking away their cinema audiences. In this case, the parent company was the <a href="/wiki/Associated_British_Picture_Corporation" title="Associated British Picture Corporation">Associated British Picture Corporation</a> (ABPC)—owner of <a href="/wiki/ABC_Cinemas" title="ABC Cinemas">ABC Cinemas</a>—which initially did not wish to become involved with the new broadcasting system, but was persuaded to do so by the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Authority" title="Independent Television Authority">Independent Television Authority</a> (ITA) and the manager of its <a href="/wiki/Path%C3%A9_News" title="Pathé News">Pathé News</a> subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Howard_Thomas_(producer)" title="Howard Thomas (producer)">Howard Thomas</a>, who became the new company's managing director. </p><p>ABC operated two franchises, one in the Midlands, which was the fourth ITA franchise to go on air, in 1956, and the other in the North of England, which was the sixth franchise to go on air, later the same year. It lost both its franchises in 1968, but merged with another franchisee to form <a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames Television</a>, which held the London weekday franchise for 24 years. </p><p>From 1967, ABC's sister company, ABC Television Films, used the name <b>Associated British Corporation</b> on its exports to the US, such as the last two series of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The Avengers (TV series)">The Avengers</a></i>. </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=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Kemsley-Winnick" class="mw-redirect" title="Kemsley-Winnick">Kemsley-Winnick</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Consortium" title="Consortium">consortia</a> that had been awarded two <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_right" title="Exclusive right">franchises</a> in the new <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">Independent Television</a> network in 1954, collapsed, the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Authority" title="Independent Television Authority">ITA</a> approached <a href="/wiki/Associated_British_Picture_Corporation" title="Associated British Picture Corporation">ABPC</a> to step into the breach. The Corporation agreed to assume the franchises to broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays to the Midlands and the North of England. The contract agreeing to do so was signed on 21 September 1955, the day before Independent Television (ITV) began in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. </p><p>This left the new ABC five months to begin broadcasting in the Midlands, the service beginning on 18 February 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-screenonline_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-screenonline-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon afterwards, it was also up and running in the North; it began broadcasting in the North West on 5 May 1956,<sup id="cite_ref-mb21_Winter_Hill_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb21_Winter_Hill-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in Yorkshire on 3 November 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-mb21_Yorkshire_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb21_Yorkshire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was aided in part by the failure of the original contractor; Kelmsley-Winnick had ordered over £1 million (equivalent to £33.1 million today)<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of production equipment from manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Pye_Ltd." class="mw-redirect" title="Pye Ltd.">Pye</a>, which it sold to ABC at a much-discounted price.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relations_with_ITA,_ITN_and_ATV"><span id="Relations_with_ITA.2C_ITN_and_ATV"></span>Relations with ITA, ITN and ATV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Relations with ITA, ITN and ATV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="ATV">ATV</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: ATV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The London weekend contractor had launched under the name "Associated Broadcasting Company" (ABC), but ABPC wanted to use the ABC brand for its own service, to match its existing <a href="/wiki/ABC_Cinemas" title="ABC Cinemas">ABC Cinemas</a> brand, so it took legal action against the Associated Broadcasting Company who subsequently agreed to rename as <a href="/wiki/Associated_Television" title="Associated Television">Associated Television</a> (ATV) after broadcasting for three weeks as "ABC".<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> This allowed ABPC to launch its own station as "ABC". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="ITN">ITN</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: ITN"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ABC's late entry into Independent Television meant that some of the details of how the new system would run were already agreed between the ITA regulator and the other three contractors. ABC felt that some of these details were unfair on itself as the smallest contractor, and the only contractor that broadcast only at weekends.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard6_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In particular, ABC objected to paying one-quarter of the costs for <a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Television News">ITN</a>, provider of national news broadcasts for the network, as there would be fewer news programmes at the weekend than on weekdays. ABC's managing director Howard Thomas, former head of <a href="/wiki/Path%C3%A9_News" title="Pathé News">Pathé News</a>, felt that ABC could provide its own news for a fraction of ITN's price, but the ITA would not allow this: regional companies were responsible only for regional news, and national news should be independent of the regional companies. ABC lobbied both ITN and the ITA for change, which eventually resulted in a cutback to the amount of programming to be provided by ITN to the network and a substantial reduction in ITN's costs.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard6_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Presentation">Presentation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Presentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Once the "Big Four" companies were in profit, the ITA reviewed the performance each of them. ABC escaped with little criticism, except for its presentation, which was considered to be dull and too closely aligned with its sister "ABC Cinemas" brand. ABC took this to heart and launched a new look in September 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard6_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Indepth_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indepth-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="ATV_again">ATV again</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: ATV again"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Of the original four ITV contractors, ABC had difficulty getting its programmes shown in the London region, which was hampering its reputation. Two of the other contractors had London franchises, and <a href="/wiki/Granada_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Granada Television">Granada</a> seemed to have a good working relationship with <a href="/wiki/Associated-Rediffusion" title="Associated-Rediffusion">Associated-Rediffusion</a> to show its programmes. ABC found itself in a head-to-head battle with ATV, as, in the early years, these were the only two companies whose franchises operated at the weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard6_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ATV had close connections with the <a href="/wiki/Moss_Empires" title="Moss Empires">Moss Empires</a> theatre chain (through ATV's <a href="/wiki/Val_Parnell" title="Val Parnell">Val Parnell</a>) and the Grade Organisation theatrical talent agency (through ATV's <a href="/wiki/Lew_Grade" title="Lew Grade">Lew Grade</a> and his brother <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Grade" title="Leslie Grade">Leslie</a>) and felt they had the expertise to make expensive, high-status drama, variety and comedy shows, and leave the cheaper "provincial" off-peak weekend programming to ABC. This would have been to ABC's financial disadvantage, since ABC (with its two regions to ATV's one region at the weekends) would have to pay two-thirds of the expensive costs of ATV London's shows, while ATV would pay only one-third of the costs of ABC's cheaper shows.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard7_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard7-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ABC fought back, first of all, by selling some of its pre-recorded shows to <a href="/wiki/Associated-Rediffusion" title="Associated-Rediffusion">Associated-Rediffusion</a> (instead of ATV) to broadcast to London on weekdays. Secondly, it refused to buy some of ATV's top-rated shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Night_at_the_London_Palladium" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday Night at the London Palladium">Sunday Night at the London Palladium</a></i> and broadcast its own alternatives such as <i>Blackpool Night Out</i>. Eventually ATV gave way and agreed to buy more of ABC's shows.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard7_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard7-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Loss_of_franchise">Loss of franchise</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Loss of franchise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Structural changes in the regional contract areas meant that ABC no longer had a contract to reapply for in 1967. The Northern area (split into North West and Yorkshire) was to become a seven-day operation, as would the Midlands. Existing weekday contractors (<a href="/wiki/Granada_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Granada Television">Granada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Associated_Television" title="Associated Television">ATV</a> respectively) were correctly considered the favourites. ABC consequently submitted two applications: one for the service for London at the weekend, the other for the Midlands seven-day operation, although it favoured the first contract. </p><p>It was expected that ABC would be awarded the weekend London licence, but the strength of another application (from the <a href="/wiki/London_Weekend_Television" title="London Weekend Television">London Weekend Television consortium</a>) ruled this out. This led to a situation where a successful company could be closed down through no fault of its own. To prevent this, the governing body of ITV, the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Authority" title="Independent Television Authority">Independent Television Authority</a>, ordered a merger with the existing London weekday company <a href="/wiki/Associated-Rediffusion" title="Associated-Rediffusion">Rediffusion</a>, with ABC having majority control of the new operation. </p><p>Despite protests from Rediffusion, the two companies eventually became <a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames Television</a>. ABC ceased weekend broadcasting in the North and Midlands regions on Sunday 28 July 1968 and resumed on Tuesday 30 July in the London region as weekday company Thames. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Studios">Studios</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Studios"><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:Thames_Television_and_ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Teddington_London_Redvers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Thames_Television_and_ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Teddington_London_Redvers.jpg/220px-Thames_Television_and_ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Teddington_London_Redvers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Thames_Television_and_ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Teddington_London_Redvers.jpg/330px-Thames_Television_and_ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Teddington_London_Redvers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Thames_Television_and_ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Teddington_London_Redvers.jpg/440px-Thames_Television_and_ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Teddington_London_Redvers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1668" data-file-height="1092" /></a><figcaption>ABC's former studios in <a href="/wiki/Teddington" title="Teddington">Teddington</a>, Greater London.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Didsbury_Manchester.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Didsbury_Manchester.jpg/220px-ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Didsbury_Manchester.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Didsbury_Manchester.jpg/330px-ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Didsbury_Manchester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Didsbury_Manchester.jpg/440px-ABC_Weekend_TV_studios_in_Didsbury_Manchester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1618" data-file-height="1056" /></a><figcaption>ABC's former studios in <a href="/wiki/Didsbury" title="Didsbury">Didsbury</a>, Manchester</figcaption></figure> <p>ABC operated three production sites and had a further sales office. The main production facilities were the <a href="/wiki/Teddington_Studios" title="Teddington Studios">former Warner Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Teddington" title="Teddington">Teddington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a>. Although this was outside its contract area, ABC wanted a <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> base, as many performers could not venture outside of the capital to record programmes because they were often committed to runs of theatre plays in the <a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End</a>. Upon the merger with <a href="/wiki/Rediffusion" title="Rediffusion">Rediffusion</a>, this site became the main production base for the new company <a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames Television</a>. </p><p>In the Midlands, ABC formed a joint venture with Midlands weekday licensee <a href="/wiki/Associated_Television" title="Associated Television">ATV</a> to oversee the running of a production and transmission facility to be used by both. <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Television" title="Alpha Television">Alpha Television</a> purchased a former cinema in <a href="/wiki/Aston" title="Aston">Aston</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, and extended it by the construction of additional studios and office space; the site was known as the Alpha Studios. </p><p>ABC operated a northern studio centre in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> and a sales office based in Television House in the city centre. The production facility was converted from a <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Theatre,_Manchester" title="Capitol Theatre, Manchester">former Capitol cinema</a> in <a href="/wiki/Didsbury" title="Didsbury">Didsbury</a>. ABC vacated both premises during 1968. ABC also made some entertainment shows such as <i>Blackpool Night Out</i> and <i>The Blackpool Show</i> at the <a href="/wiki/ABC_Blackpool" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Blackpool">ABC Theatre in Blackpool</a> (owned by ABC-TV's sister company ABC Cinemas). For its pre-filmed series, such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The Avengers (TV series)">The Avengers</a></i> (from 1965), ABC used its parent company's <a href="/wiki/Associated_British_Elstree_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated British Elstree Studios">Associated British Elstree Studios</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Identity">Identity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Identity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Original_research plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Original_research" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>possibly contains <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">original research</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit">improve it</a> by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifying</a> the claims made and adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Inline_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">inline citations</a>. 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Please do not remove this message until <a href="/wiki/Template:POV#When_to_remove" title="Template:POV">conditions to do so are met</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2014</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>When ABC first went on the air, it used the branding of its sister company <a href="/wiki/ABC_Cinemas" title="ABC Cinemas">ABC Cinemas</a>. This featured a triangular shield with the letters ABC upon it, and a bar across it with the caption 'Television'.<sup id="cite_ref-625_animation_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-625_animation-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This lasted from the station's launch in 1956 until September 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-Indepth_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indepth-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ITA had criticised ABC's original presentation style for being bland and too much attached to the existing ABC Cinemas chain.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard6_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result, ABC created a new brand ident featuring three arrows pointing to the bottom of the screen to reveal the letters ABC in turn and leaving a triangle behind and on top of the letters. At the end of this, the three triangles would snap together into the new ABC logo. This ident lasted until 1964 when the lettering font was altered slightly from a serif font to the latest bold used by the company, this revision lasting until the company's demise.<sup id="cite_ref-625_animation_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-625_animation-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TVARK_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVARK-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The logo uses the notion of threes, three triangles making another triangle, with the points of a triangle often being labelled 'A', 'B' and 'C' in geometry. The tune that was used for all of ABC's idents was a vibraphone playing the notes A-B-C (<a href="/wiki/Solf%C3%A8ge#Fixed_do_solfège" title="Solfège">la-te-doh</a>). Out of this look, ABC Television developed a strong corporate identity<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="The material near this tag possibly contains original research. (May 2014)">original research?</span></a></i>]</sup>, effectively becoming the first British TV station to recognise the importance of corporate branding.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The company itself was originally called <i>Associated British Cinemas (Television) Limited</i>,<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> which by 1957 had been shortened to <i>A.B.C. Television Limited</i>. However, from about 1967, on exports made by its sister company A.B.C. Television Films Ltd. (such as the last two series of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The Avengers (TV series)">The Avengers</a></i>), the name 'Associated British Corporation' was used, to avoid confusion with the US <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC network</a>.<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> As for on-air, the name was for a few months 'Associated British', before becoming 'ABC Television', or just 'ABC'. The names 'ABC Television Network' and 'ABC Weekend Network' were also used, for example in <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="TV Times">TV Times</a></i> listings.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station received a joke nickname from <a href="/wiki/Bob_Monkhouse" title="Bob Monkhouse">Bob Monkhouse</a>, namely "All Bloody Commercials".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The station's spoken slogan varied through time, starting off as "ABC – Associated British in the North/Midlands" before being replaced in 1958 to "ABC, your weekend TV" and again changed in 1964 to "ABC, your weekend television in the North/Midlands".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Continuity_announcers">Continuity announcers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Continuity announcers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following who have served as announcers for ABC Weekend TV include: </p> <ul><li>Jill Bechley,</li> <li>John Benson</li> <li>Sidonie Bond</li> <li>John Braban</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Duncanson_(broadcaster)" title="John Duncanson (broadcaster)">John Duncanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edmunds_(presenter)" title="John Edmunds (presenter)">John Edmunds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Elsmore" title="Philip Elsmore">Philip Elsmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hamilton_(broadcasting)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Hamilton (broadcasting)">David Hamilton</a></li> <li>Sheila Kennedy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Martin_(broadcaster)" title="Keith Martin (broadcaster)">Keith Martin</a></li> <li>John McGavin</li> <li>Mel Oxley</li> <li>Owen Oyston</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Steel" title="Bill Steel">Bill Steel</a></li> <li>Julie Stevens</li> <li>Clifford Swindells</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Networked programmes from ABC included the drama series <i><a href="/wiki/Police_Surgeon_(British_TV_series)" title="Police Surgeon (British TV series)">Police Surgeon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Human_Jungle_(TV_series)" title="The Human Jungle (TV series)">The Human Jungle</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Undermind_(TV_series)" title="Undermind (TV series)">Undermind</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Redcap_(TV_series)" title="Redcap (TV series)">Redcap</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The Avengers (TV series)">The Avengers</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Armchair_Theatre" title="Armchair Theatre">Armchair Theatre</a></i> series of single plays, the <i>Habatales</i> cartoons, the popular shows <i><a href="/wiki/Thank_Your_Lucky_Stars_(TV_series)" title="Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)">Thank Your Lucky Stars</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Opportunity_Knocks_(British_TV_series)" title="Opportunity Knocks (British TV series)">Opportunity Knocks</a></i>, <i>Big Night Out</i>, <i>Doddy's Music Box</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Oh_Boy!_(TV_series)" title="Oh Boy! (TV series)">Oh Boy!</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Cooper" title="Tommy Cooper">Tommy Cooper</a>'s shows <i>Cooperama</i> and <i>Life with Cooper</i>, the children's science fiction serials <i><a href="/wiki/Emerald_Soup" title="Emerald Soup">Emerald Soup</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Target_Luna" title="Target Luna">Target Luna</a></i> and its sequels <i>Pathfinders in Space</i>, <i>Pathfinders to Mars</i> and <i>Pathfinders to Venus</i>, and the gritty drama series <i><a href="/wiki/Callan_(TV_series)" title="Callan (TV series)">Callan</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Public_Eye_(TV_series)" title="Public Eye (TV series)">Public Eye</a></i> (both of which continued as Thames productions after 1968). ITV's first weekly series devoted to the arts, <i>Tempo</i>, was introduced by ABC, as was its first hidden camera show, <i><a href="/wiki/Candid_Camera" title="Candid Camera">Candid Camera</a></i>, and its first attempt to challenge the BBC's dominance of television sport, with <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Sport_(British_TV_programme)" title="World of Sport (British TV programme)">World of Sport</a></i>. ABC also introduced British television's first late night chat show, <i>The <a href="/wiki/Eamonn_Andrews" title="Eamonn Andrews">Eamonn Andrews</a> Show</i><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> and, together with ATV, British television's first regular weekly series of adult education programmes.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_areas">Service areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Service areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Areas are described in terms of the county boundaries at the time. After ABC's closure there were significant county boundary changes in 1974, and ITV's regional boundaries have also changed over time. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Franchise </th> <th>Start date </th> <th>Transmitter </th> <th>Principal service area </th> <th>Significant overlap into adjacent regions </th> <th>Studios </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#984ea3; color:white;"> </span> Midlands</div></span> </td> <td>18 February 1956<sup id="cite_ref-mb21_Midlands_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb21_Midlands-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lichfield_transmitting_station" title="Lichfield transmitting station">Lichfield</a><br />Channel 8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(region)" title="West Midlands (region)">West Midlands</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a> </td> <td>Parts of <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Anglia_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglia Television">Anglia</a>)</i><hr /><a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a> <i>(ABC North)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpha Studios">Alpha Studios</a>, Birmingham </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 April 1965<sup id="cite_ref-mb21_Midlands_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb21_Midlands-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Membury_transmitting_station" title="Membury transmitting station">Membury</a><br />Channel 12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thames_Valley" title="Thames Valley">Thames Valley</a> </td> <td>Parts of <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Southern_Television" title="Southern Television">Southern</a>)</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff8900; color:black;"> </span> North</div></span> </td> <td>5 May 1956<sup id="cite_ref-mb21_Winter_Hill_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb21_Winter_Hill-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winter_Hill_transmitting_station" title="Winter Hill transmitting station">Winter Hill</a><br />Channel 9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a> coast <i>(<a href="/wiki/Teledu_Cymru" class="mw-redirect" title="Teledu Cymru">Teledu Cymru</a>)</i><hr /><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a> <i>(ABC Midlands)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Theatre,_Manchester" title="Capitol Theatre, Manchester">Didsbury Studios</a>, Manchester </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 November 1956<sup id="cite_ref-mb21_Yorkshire_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb21_Yorkshire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Emley_Moor_transmitting_station" title="Emley Moor transmitting station">Emley Moor</a><br />Channel 10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">West Riding of Yorkshire</a>, parts of <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="North Riding of Yorkshire">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="East Riding of Yorkshire">East Ridings</a> </td> <td>Parts of <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="East Riding of Yorkshire">East Riding</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Anglia_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglia Television">Anglia</a>)</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 June 1965<sup id="cite_ref-mb21_Yorkshire_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb21_Yorkshire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Scarborough<br />Channel 6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire" title="Scarborough, North Yorkshire">Scarborough</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:silver"> </td> <td>1959<sup id="cite_ref-screenonline_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-screenonline-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:silver"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teddington_Studios" title="Teddington Studios">Teddington Studios</a>, London </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>ABC's two franchise regions each had their own continuity announcers, advertisements and regional programmes (mainly news and weather, and the magazine shows <i>ABC of the Midlands</i> and <i>ABC of the North</i>). Apart from those exceptions, both regions usually showed the same programmes simultaneously. </p> <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=ABC_Weekend_TV&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ABC_Weekend_TV" title="Timeline of ABC Weekend TV">Timeline of ABC Weekend TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Television" title="Associated Television">Associated Television</a> – ABC's successor in the Midlands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granada_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Granada Television">Granada Television</a> – ABC's successor in the North West</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Yorkshire Television">Yorkshire Television</a> – ABC's successor in Yorkshire</li> <li><a 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 August</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=ABC&rft.pub=TVARK&rft.aulast=Barnes&rft.aufirst=Steve&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.tv-ark.org.uk%2Fitvmidlands%2Fabc_idents.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AABC+Weekend+TV" class="Z3988"></span> Contains videos of the ABC idents.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSendall1955" class="citation journal cs1">Sendall, Bernard (29 September 1955). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.transdiffusion.org/2022/02/14/independent-television-present-and-future-policy-on-development">"Independent Television: Present and future policy on development"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Kinematograph_Weekly" title="Kinematograph Weekly">Kinematograph Weekly</a></i>. 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<td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Midlands (weekends) </b><br />18 February 1956 – 28 July 1968 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Associated_Television" title="Associated Television">ATV Network</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Midlands (7-day)</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"><b>New service </b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"><b> North of England (weekends) </b><br />5 May 1956 – 28 July 1968 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Granada_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Granada Television">Granada Television</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">North West (7-day)</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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Ireland">Carlton Screen Advertising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital Ltd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident_Television" title="Trident Television">Trident Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/News_Broadcasting" title="News Broadcasting">UTV Media plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire-Tyne_Tees_Television" title="Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television">Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Divisions,<br />brands and<br />services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0"><a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios" title="ITV Studios">ITV Studios</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios_Australia" title="ITV Studios Australia">ITV Studios Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Yard" title="12 Yard">12 Yard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Talk_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Talk Productions">Big Talk Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattleya_(production_company)" title="Cattleya (production company)">Cattleya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartswood_Films" title="Hartswood Films">Hartswood Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Screen" title="Mammoth Screen">Mammoth Screen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multistory_Media" title="Multistory Media">Multistory Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Scientific_Films" title="Oxford Scientific Films">Oxford Scientific Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potato_(production_company)" title="Potato (production company)">Potato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/So_Television" title="So Television">So Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twofour" title="Twofour">Twofour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Productions" title="World Productions">World Productions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CITV" title="CITV">CITV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LittleBe" title="LittleBe">LittleBe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Daytime" title="ITV Daytime">ITV Daytime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Food" title="ITV Food">ITV Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_News" title="ITV News">ITV News</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">ITN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Weather" title="ITV Weather">ITV Weather</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Sport" title="ITV Sport">ITV Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITVX" title="ITVX">ITVX</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Itv.com" title="Itv.com">itv.com</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BritBox" title="BritBox">BritBox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Player" title="STV Player">STV Player</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Studios" title="STV Studios">STV Studios</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friends_Reunited" title="Friends Reunited">Friends Reunited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Day" title="ITV Day">ITV Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Local" title="ITV Local">ITV Local</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Play" title="ITV Play">ITV Play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Schools" title="ITV Schools">ITV Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.tv" title="U.tv">u.tv</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ITV_regions" title="List of ITV regions">ITV<br /><i>(network)</i><br />franchises<br />and<br />regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">National<br />franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Breakfast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TV-am" title="TV-am">TV-am</a> (1983–1992)</li> <li><a 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Television" title="Associated Television">ATV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Weekend_Television" title="London Weekend Television">LWT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated-Rediffusion" title="Associated-Rediffusion">Rediffusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Yorkshire" title="ITV Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Television" title="Carlton Television">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Wales_%26_West" title="ITV Wales & West">HTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Service_for_Wales_and_the_West" title="Independent Television Service for Wales and the West">ITSWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Westcountry" title="ITV Westcountry">ITV Westcountry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Television" title="Southern Television">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_South_West" title="Television South West">TSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">TVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Wales_and_the_West" title="Television Wales and the West">TWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westward_Television" title="Westward Television">Westward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_West_and_North_Television" title="Wales West and North Television">WWN/Teledu Cymru</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Unsuccessful<br />franchise bids</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CPV-TV" title="CPV-TV">CPV-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemsley-Winnick_Television" title="Kemsley-Winnick Television">Kemsley-Winnick Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lime_Pictures#North_West_Television_franchise_bid" title="Lime Pictures">North West Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Non-franchise<br />regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Thames_Valley" title="ITV Thames Valley">ITV Thames Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Tyne_Tees_%26_Border" title="ITV Tyne Tees & Border">ITV Tyne Tees & Border</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Timelines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Franchises<br />and regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ABC_Weekend_TV" title="Timeline of ABC Weekend TV">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Anglia_Television" title="Timeline of Anglia Television">Anglia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ATV" title="Timeline of ATV">ATV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Border_Television" title="Timeline of Border Television">Border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Carlton_Television" title="Timeline of Carlton Television">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Central_Independent_Television" title="Timeline of Central Independent Television">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Channel_Television" title="Timeline of Channel Television">Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Grampian_Television" title="Timeline of Grampian Television">Grampian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Granada_Television" title="Timeline of Granada Television">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_HTV_West" title="Timeline of HTV West">HTV West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_in_Wales" title="Timeline of ITV in Wales">ITV in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_London_Weekend_Television" title="Timeline of London Weekend Television">LWT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Meridian_Broadcasting" title="Timeline of Meridian Broadcasting">Meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Scottish_Television" title="Timeline of Scottish Television">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Southern_Television" title="Timeline of Southern Television">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Thames_Television" title="Timeline of Thames Television">Thames & Associated-Rediffusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TSW" title="Timeline of TSW">TSW & Westward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TV-am" title="Timeline of TV-am">TV-am</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TVS" title="Timeline of TVS">TVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Tyne_Tees_Television" title="Timeline of Tyne Tees Television">Tyne Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Ulster_Television" title="Timeline of Ulster Television">UTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Westcountry_Television" title="Timeline of Westcountry Television">Westcountry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Yorkshire_Television" title="Timeline of Yorkshire Television">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV" title="Timeline of ITV">ITV <i>(network)</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_children%27s_television_on_ITV" title="Timeline of children's television on ITV">ITV children's TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_Digital_Channels" title="Timeline of ITV Digital Channels">ITV Digital Channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_News" title="Timeline of ITV News">ITV News</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITN" title="Timeline of ITN">ITN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_regional_news_on_ITV" title="Timeline of regional news on ITV">Regional news</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_Sport" title="Timeline of ITV Sport">ITV Sport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Regulators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Authority" title="Independent Television Authority">ITA</a> (1954–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Independent Broadcasting Authority">IBA</a> (1972–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Commission" title="Independent Television Commission">ITC</a> (1991–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a> (2003–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freely" title="Freely">Freely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freesat" title="Freesat">Freesat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_ITV" title="History of ITV">History of ITV <i>(network)</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_ITV_television_idents" title="History of ITV television idents">Idents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Emergency_National_Service" title="ITV Emergency National Service">ITV Emergency National Service (1968)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Telethon" title="ITV Telethon">ITV Telethon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Network" title="Night Network">Night Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Nightscreen" title="ITV Nightscreen">ITV Nightscreen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ITV_journalists_and_newsreaders" title="List of ITV journalists and newsreaders">Journalists and newsreaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_programmes_broadcast_by_ITV" title="List of television programmes broadcast by ITV">Programmes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_programmes_broadcast_by_ITV2" title="List of television programmes broadcast by ITV2">ITV2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_House" title="Television House">Television House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Independent_Broadcasting" title="United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting">United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_advertising_operations" title="ITV advertising operations">ITV advertising operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_50" title="ITV 50">ITV 50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginx_TV" title="Ginx TV">Ginx TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3SixtyMedia" title="3SixtyMedia">3SixtyMedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quibi" title="Quibi">Quibi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #D0E0E0;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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