ITV - Current Licensees

Current Licensees

There are at present fourteen regional licenses and one national license for the breakfast service. Other licenses exist to provide specific programming services, such as Teletext and national news, but are not listed here. All licenses listed here were renewed until the end of 2014. Licences in England and Wales were held by the individual regional ITV plc owned companies prior to November 2008.

In 2012 it was announced that the licences will get renewed for the next ten years.

Licence Service Area Licence Holder Licence held since Parent Company Service Name On Air Name
Regional Channel 3 Licences
Northern Scotland STV North Limited 1961 STV Group plc STV North STV
Central Scotland STV Central Limited 1957 STV Group plc STV Central STV
Northern Ireland UTV Limited 1959 UTV Media plc UTV UTV
Channel Islands Channel Television Limited 1962 ITV plc ITV1 Channel Television ITV1 Channel Television
English-Scottish border ITV Broadcasting Limited November 2008 ITV plc ITV1 Border ITV1
North East England ITV Broadcasting Limited November 2008 ITV plc ITV1 Tyne Tees ITV1
Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk ITV Broadcasting Limited November 2008 ITV plc ITV1 Yorkshire ITV1
North West England and Isle of Man ITV Broadcasting Limited November 2008 ITV plc ITV1 Granada ITV1
Wales and West of England ITV Broadcasting Limited November 2008 ITV plc ITV1 Wales
ITV1 West
ITV1 Wales
ITV1
Midlands ITV Broadcasting Limited November 2008 ITV plc ITV1 Central ITV1
East of England ITV Broadcasting Limited December 2006 ITV plc ITV1 Anglia ITV1
London Weekday ITV Broadcasting Limited November 2008 ITV plc ITV1 London (Carlton) ITV1
London Weekend ITV Broadcasting Limited November 2008 ITV plc ITV1 London (LWT) ITV1
South and South East England ITV Broadcasting Limited November 2008 ITV plc ITV1 Meridian ITV1
South West England ITV Broadcasting Limited November 2008 ITV plc ITV1 Westcountry ITV1
National Channel 3 Licences
National breakfast time ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited 1993 ITV plc ITV Breakfast ITV1

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