97-429: ITV3 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels , a division of ITV plc . The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (previously known as G+). ITV3 is the sixth-largest UK television channel by audience share and the largest after the five main terrestrial services, the position which was previously held by its sister station ITV2 . The channel
194-510: A 4-channel service received via satellite. The channels at launch were Sky Channel , Sky News , Sky Movies and Eurosport . They were initially free to receive, and Sky Movies was the first to move to a subscription early in 1990. Sky News was the UK's first dedicated news channel. The new service was the UK's first consumer satellite TV service, beating rival BSB , with which Sky would later merge to become BSkyB. Sky's satellite service grew to become
291-554: A classical symphony composed by Wayne Hill and Earl Ward, which was used between 1971 and 1983. It originally featured on The British Isles , an LP of orchestral arrangements of traditional and characteristic national tunes of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The album was released on the De Wolf label in 1971. ITV's service for the UTV region is available in HD – like most other ITV regions – but UTV
388-500: A corporate reorganisation which saw UTV shareholders swap their shares for shares in a new holding company, UTV Media plc, which took over UTV plc's shareholdings in the new media and radio subsidiaries. UTV Ltd. – the original Ulster Television Limited, now a wholly owned subsidiary of UTV Media – returned to being solely the operating company for the ITV franchise. On 19 October 2015, UTV Media announced that it would sell its ITV franchise and
485-654: A deal with ITV Digital. UTV Ireland was a short-lived sister station to UTV's Northern Ireland service, broadcasting to the Republic of Ireland . The new channel launched on New Year's Day 2015, following approval by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland . UTV Ireland was broadcast from the company's Dublin base at Macken House and carried a large amount of ITV's networked programming (including Emmerdale and Coronation Street , previously broadcast by TV3) alongside some bespoke programming, including Ireland Live ,
582-410: A decision to switch permanently to network continuity. The last known announcement, voiced by Porter, aired at 5.59 am on Thursday 2 April 2020. In April 2021, a local voice-over started to be used over the ident before some local programmes. A new bumper with the UTV logo and the tagline "Part of ITV" was also shown for a short time before some – but not all – commercial breaks. In common with
679-517: A few months. See List of British television series . 100 Greatest British Television Programmes was a list compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute (BFI), chosen by a poll of industry professionals, to determine what were the greatest British television programmes of any genre ever to have been screened. Although not including any programmes made in 2000 or later, the list is useful as an indication of what were generally regarded as
776-558: A film consisting of thirty images from across Northern Ireland produced by John Loder (then- Governor of Northern Ireland and Lord Wakehurst ), followed by A Shilling for the Evil Day (a play by Irish writer Joseph Tomelty , as part of Armchair Theatre ). At launch, Ulster Television employed a staff of 100 people including six presenters: Ivor Mills and Anne Gregg were chosen as the presenters of local magazine programme Roundabout , Adrienne McGuill, James Greene and Brian Durkin were
873-607: A greater total number of regional news programmes. Ofcom sets a quota for the BBC and ITV on the amount of regional programming required. Advertising on ITV1/STV and Channel 4 is regional. Channel 4 is split into 6 advertising regions, but has no regional programming. BBC Scotland and the Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba target Scotland, and the Welsh-language channel S4C targets Wales. In Northern Ireland, channels originating in
970-576: A joint venture run by ITV and Sky which operated a suite of pay TV channels. ITV took full control of Granada Sky Broadcasting , and ceased broadcasting the Granada Plus channel, thereby allowing ITV3 to take the channel number, bandwidth, and programme rights, meaning all platforms could receive the channel from launch. ITV3 was also the only channel in the ITV brand not to simulcast CITV breakfast, until ITV launched two channels in 2014, ITVBe and ITV Encore . On 10 October 2006, ITV announced to launch
1067-529: A late minute decision to switch to Granada Television 's sustaining feed, Night Time , led to a month-long delay. At the company's annual general meeting in Belfast on 26 May 2006, the registered company name was changed from 'Ulster Television plc' to 'UTV plc'. The company believed that the existing name no longer reflected the full scope of the company's business. In a further change in October 2007, UTV underwent
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#17328521102081164-586: A multiplex carrying channels from the Republic of Ireland can reach 71% of Northern Irish households from 3 transmitters. Local TV and radio is available to 54% of households from an additional multiplex via 44 transmitters, and an extra multiplex is available to 54% of households in Greater Manchester. Multiple vendors sell hybrid set-top-boxes or smart TVs which combine terrestrial channels with streamed (Internet TV) content. Internet-based TV apps such as BBC iPlayer , ITVX and Channel 4 are available via
1261-571: A new broadcast centre at City Quays 2 in the Belfast Harbour Estate from 1 July 2018. Local continuity announcements ended in April 2020, effectively rebranding the channel as ITV in line with all other ITV plc regions. This change was made permanent in November 2020. The ITV channel (including UTV) rebranded as ITV1 in November 2022. The UTV name continues to be used for local programming, notably
1358-486: A new look on 14 January 2013. The channel was described as the "keeper of ITV's treasured and timeless drama", with a new "midnight blue" logo and idents that feature stories told in shadow-puppet style animation inside glass bell jars. In line with the launch of the streaming service ITVX , ITV3 received another new look on 15 November 2022. The logo is now coloured purple and uses idents that are cross-used across ITV1, ITV2, ITV4, and ITVBe with different views which reflect
1455-547: A non-exclusive deal, before being added to Virgin Media 's service on 14 March 2013. ITV3 HD offers most of the ITV3 catalogue of recent drama in high definition, including Lewis , Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Marple and factual series such as Joanna Lumley's Nile and Martin Clunes' Islands of Britain . On 1 November 2022, in the lead up to the launch of ITVX and as part of
1552-551: A one-hour timeshift service of ITV3, titled ITV3 +1. The channel launched on 30 October 2006 along with ITV2 +1. The channel had been available from launch on UPC Ireland, but was withdrawn on 22 March 2006. This is believed to have been at the request of ITV plc, which had previously barred Irish newspapers from publishing details of ITV channels and regions other than UTV and Men & Motors . The channel had already been (and remains) available to Irish viewers on free-to-air satellite for some time, however it has not been listed in
1649-427: A subscription platform through which Sky offer their own channels, pay-per-view services and channels from other broadcasters. Sky's digital platform launched in 1998, with the original analogue service closing in 2001. Sky was acquired by Comcast in 2018. Since 2012, Sky operate Now , an Internet TV streaming service offering subscriptions without a fixed-term contract. Sky's channel portfolio has grown greatly since
1746-513: A twice nightly national news programme airing at 5.30 pm and 10 pm. Ratings and advertising revenue were disappointing which meant the costs of the new station were greater than UTV Media had expected. This played a part in the company's decision to sell the whole television business to ITV plc. In July 2016, the channel was sold on by ITV to TV3 Group (now known as Virgin Media Television ) which then, effectively, closed it. It
1843-454: A wrestling programme, the 1949 American war film Task Force , and an episode of The Florian Zabach Show . Olivier would then close Ulster Television's inaugural broadcast with an excerpt from Joseph Addison's "The Spacious Firmament" . On that night, some residents from Dublin (which falls outside the station's intended broadcast area) called the station to report poor picture reception. The following evening, UTV aired Rich and Rare ,
1940-563: Is a list of the ten most watched broadcasts on ITV3 since launch, based on Live +7 data supplied by BARB . Television in the United Kingdom Television broadcasts in the United Kingdom began in 1932, however, regular broadcasts would only begin four years later. Television began as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently,
2037-500: Is a state-owned national broadcaster which is funded by its commercial activities (including advertising). Channel 4 has expanded greatly after gaining greater independence from the IBA , especially in the multi-channel digital world launching E4 , Film4 , More4 , 4Music , 4seven and various timeshift services . Since 2005, it has been a member of the Freeview consortium, and operates one of
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#17328521102082134-406: Is a subscription service operated by Sky Ltd , owned by Comcast , which launched in 1998 as SkyDigital. Compared to the previous analogue service which had launched in 1989, it provided more channels, widescreen, interactive TV and a near video-on-demand service using staggered start times for pay-per-view content. Innovations since have included high definition, 3D TV, a digital video recorder ,
2231-429: Is blown up from September 2005. The 40th Anniversary Live Episode from October 2012. Ending with the episodes Debbie and Pete Barton 's Wedding , The Helicopter Crash and Death of Val Pollard from August 2015. On 19 September 2022, ITV3 and other ITV digital channels simulcast ITV's coverage of the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey . ITV3 subsequently simulcast ITV1's airing of
2328-581: Is distributed as radio waves via terrestrial or satellite transmissions, or as electrical or light signals through ground-based cables. In the UK, these use the Digital Video Broadcasting standard. Most TVs sold in the UK (as well as much of the rest of Europe) come with a DVB-T (terrestrial) tuner. Set-top boxes are generally used to receive channels from other providers. All of the traditional services have integrated their broadcast TV with streamed channels or on-demand programmes when connected to
2425-436: Is free-of-charge to view. It replaced the subscription service named ONdigital or ITV Digital, which ran from 1998 to 2002. Digital terrestrial television was itself the replacement for analogue terrestrial TV , which ran from 1936 to 2012. As of March 2021 , Freeview provides over seventy TV and radio channels, which are received via an aerial. It is operated by Everyone TV and DTV Services Ltd., joint ventures between
2522-528: Is killed in a car crash from August 1986. The Crossgill Fire and aftermath of Annie Sugden 's rescue from May 1988. The Plane Crash episodes from December 1993. Biff and Linda Fowler 's Wedding and the following episode resulting in The Death of Dave Glover from December 1996. The New Year Storm resulting in The Woolpack collapsing on Tricia Dingle from January 2004, Zoe Tate 's exit and Home Farm
2619-513: Is known for repeats of ITV dramas, and including sequential reruns of Agatha Christie's Poirot , Classic Coronation Street , Classic Emmerdale , Heartbeat , Inspector Morse and A Touch of Frost , amongst others, as well as formerly showing repeats of Kojak , Numb3rs , Columbo , Cagney & Lacey and The Bill . ITV3 was launched on the terrestrial (Freeview), cable (NTL and Telewest), broadband (HomeChoice) and digital satellite (Sky) on 1 November 2004 at 9:00pm, with
2716-525: Is registered to broadcast within the European Union/EEA through ALIA in Luxembourg. It was announced by ITV on 20 September 2017 that reruns of classic episodes of Coronation Street will air twice on weekdays. The repeat run began on 2 October 2017 with the episodes originally broadcast on 15 and 20 January 1986. The episodes air from 2:40 pm on weekday afternoons and are repeated at 6:00 am
2813-406: Is responsible for the regional news service and programmes made principally for the area by the UTV production team. It currently uses the network ITV1 channel with an opt-out service for local advertising and on-air promos for local programming. The present day TV service, ITV1 , is directly descended from the ITV network, which originally consisted of independent regional companies which were once
2910-419: Is the name Ofcom uses. ITV plc or its predecessor companies created additional free or subscription channels, of which the oldest still running is ITV2 , having launched in 1998. Several older channels have since stopped broadcasting; the oldest of these is Super Channel which was launched by a consortium of ITV regional companies in 1987, was sold and eventually closed in 1998. Launched in 1982, Channel 4
3007-498: Is the oldest television society in the world. Free-to-air , free-to-view and subscription providers operate, with differences in the number of channels, capabilities such as the programme guide (EPG), video on demand (VOD), high-definition (HD), interactive television via the red button , and coverage across the UK. All providers make available the UK's five most-watched channels: BBC One , BBC Two , ITV ( ITV1 / STV ), Channel 4 and Channel 5 . Broadcast television
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3104-426: Is the world's oldest and largest broadcaster, and is the country's principal public service broadcaster of radio and television. BBC Television is funded primarily by a television licence and from sales of its programming to overseas markets. It does not carry advertising . The licence fee is levied on all households that watch or record TV as it is broadcast and the fee is determined by periodic negotiation between
3201-632: The Democratic Republic of the Congo . TV via the Internet can be streamed or downloaded, and consist of amateur or professionally produced content. In the UK, most broadcasters provide catch-up TV services which allow viewing of TV for a window after it was broadcast. Online video can be viewed via mobile devices, computers, TVs equipped with a built in Internet connection, or TVs connected to an external set-top-box, streaming stick or games console. Most of
3298-612: The Duke of Abercorn and the other led by the Earl of Antrim . The ITA eventually awarded the franchise to the Antrim consortium on 4 November by having the Whig and Telegraph among the franchise shareholders, while also having sufficient Roman Catholic representation. With a reluctant MacQuitty as the franchise's founding managing director, the newly-formed group, Ulster Television Limited, set out to launch
3395-581: The Internet . Since 2022, broadcast-like TV services can be wholly-received via Internet-connected devices, which don't require an aerial, satellite or a traditional cable TV connection. The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board publish quarterly statistics of the number of UK households per broadcast TV platform. Aggregating the statistics for Q1 2020 show that 56% subscribe to one or more broadcast TV services, vs 44% who receive free TV. The primary digital terrestrial TV service, Freeview , launched in 2002 and
3492-573: The King's Speech and the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla on 25 December 2022 & 6 May 2023 respectively in sign language. On 7 October 2022, the ITV3 Facebook account was replaced by a new ITVX Facebook page. The ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards were first held on 3 October 2008, and were broadcast on ITV3 three days later. ITV3 controller Emma Tennant devised the awards to "cement ITV3's reputation as
3589-495: The Pluto TV and Paramount+ Internet streaming services. Since 2012, additional local TV channels are available via Freeview channel 7 or 8. The channels are licensed by Ofcom, with 34 local TV channels licensed as of 2 July 2020. Nineteen of the licenses are held by That's TV, and eight are held by Made Television. The remainder are held independently. Each license contains the amount of local TV programming required. As an example,
3686-498: The Sky electronic programme guide since its removal on 25 January 2006. ITV3 returned to UPC Ireland in the Republic of Ireland on 4 January 2010. As Freeview announced plans for a retune on 30 September 2009, ITV3 moved to an alternative multiplex . Viewers in areas that have completed switchover who receive their signal from a local relay transmitter not carrying the commercial multiplexes were no longer be able to receive ITV3. It
3783-463: The 18th anniversary of ITV3 and 17th anniversary of ITV4, the encryption was dropped on ITV3 HD at around 11 am that day and so became free to air. Later that day, Freesat data had been added to ITV3 HD, indicating that the channel will be made available on Freesat soon. On 8 November 2022 the HD version replaced the SD version on Freesat channel 115. In line with the corporate rebranding of ITV, ITV3 received
3880-505: The BBC's commercial units. Originating in 1992 with UK Gold , UKTV expanded its channels from 1997 onwards, with the BBC taking full ownership in June 2019. Unlike the BBC's public service channels, the UKTV channels contain advertising. ITV, branded as ITV1 or STV, is the network of fourteen regional and one national commercial television franchise, founded in 1955 to provide competition to the BBC. ITV
3977-457: The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The transmitter network is predominately operated by Arqiva . The TV channels are transmitted in bundles, called multiplexes , and the available channels are dependent on how many multiplexes are transmitted in each area. The six national multiplexes are available to 90% of households from 92 transmitters; and three multiplexes are available to 9% of households from 1,067 transmitters. In Northern Ireland,
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4074-649: The ITV network but after an upgrade local material including adverts started to be played out in HD. In May 2011, the presentation infrastructure was upgraded to become fully HD-capable in readiness for the digital switchover in 2012. A delayed version of the full ITV1 service for the UTV region is available on Freeview and Virgin Media. The timeshift service – branded UTV+1 before the station adopted ITV branding in 2020 – launched at 8pm on 11 January 2011 on Freeview and Virgin Media . UTV +1 however didn't launch on Sky and Freesat until 21 May 2018. On 13 April 2021, ITV stopped broadcasting UTV +1 on satellite. ITV +1 Granada
4171-480: The Internet. In the article, Ofcom responded that the licensing scheme was inherited from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport . In April 2018, BBC News reported that "many of the stations have been ridiculed for the poor quality of their output or have been reported to Ofcom for breaching broadcasting rules". The local TV companies receive a subsidy from the BBC of £147.50 per local news story, funded by
4268-626: The Republic of Ireland are available, including RTÉ One , RTÉ2 and the Irish-language TG4 . British television differs from other countries, such as the United States , in as much that programmes produced in the United Kingdom do not generally have a long season run of around 20 weeks. Instead, they are produced in a series, a set of episodes varying in length, usually aired over a period of
4365-775: The UK, offering a combination of subscription, rental and purchase options for viewing online TV. Most are available via any Internet connection, however some require a specific broadband connection. Some services sell 3rd party services, such as Amazon's Prime Video. BARB tracks the number of households subscribing to Netflix, Prime Video and Now, referred to as SVOD households. Their statistics for Q1 2020 show that 53% of households subscribe to at least one of these, and 24% to at least two. Netflix has 13.01 million subscribers, Prime Video (Amazon) has 7.86 million, and Now has 1.62 million, according to BARB's figures for Q1 2020. BARB's equivalent figures for broadcast TV show that 56% of households subscribe. The table following summarises some of
4462-472: The UK. As of 2 January 2022, the average daily viewing time per home was 3 hours 8 minutes (of BARB-reported channels, includes broadcast and Internet viewings). 15 channels have a 4-week share of ≥ 1.0%. As of 2 January 2022 , there are 10 broadcaster groups with a four week share of ≥ 1.0% (although BARB reports sub-groups of BBC and Paramount individually, and it's unclear what the 'ITV' group refers to). The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC )
4559-506: The UKTV premiere of Ian Rankin's Rebus . It is also available on TalkTalk TV IPTV and Freesat. ITV3 was originally conceived as 'ITV Gold', when ITV was looking to maximise their multichannel presence due to the growth of digital TV and the Freeview platform, but was faced with lack of space on the Sky platform due to technical limitations and the rights to certain ITV programmes being held by GSkyB,
4656-493: The UTV brand to ITV plc for £100 million, subject to regulatory approval. ITV plc CEO Adam Crozier welcomed the news by saying: "UTV Television's strategic objectives are closely aligned with our own and we are very pleased that they are joining the ITV family." The acquisition was finalised the following February. ITV stated that they intended to retain the UTV brand in Northern Ireland. The former UTV Media group
4753-448: The United Kingdom has a collection of free-to-air , free-to-view and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channels for consumers as well as on-demand content. There are six main channel owners who are responsible for most material viewed. There are 27,000 hours of domestic content produced a year, at a cost of £2.6 billion. Since 24 October 2012, all television broadcasts in
4850-483: The United Kingdom have been in a digital format, following the end of analogue transmissions in Northern Ireland. Digital content is delivered via terrestrial, satellite and cable, as well as over IP. As of 2003, 53.2% of households watch through terrestrial, 31.3% through satellite, and 15.6% through cable. The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It
4947-534: The ability to view recordings on other devices, remote operation via the Internet to add recordings, and on-demand content via the satellite-receiver's broadband connection of both Sky and third-party TV. The Sky subscription also includes access to Sky Go , which allows mobile devices and computers to access subscription content via the Internet. Freesat is a free satellite service operated by Everyone TV, who also operate Freeview. Like Sky, it provides high-definition content, digital recording and video-on-demand via
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#17328521102085044-545: The afternoons between 2008-2012. ITV3 also broadcast Dickinson’s Real Deal between 2009-2012 at the same time although in late September and in November 2011, it was broadcast early in the morning and in July 2012, 2 episodes were broadcast back to back in the afternoon on Sunday. In 2012 ITV3 broadcast both Countrywise and Countrywise Kitchen but it was only in January and April. During the 2007 Rugby World Cup , ITV3 broadcast some of
5141-821: The available Internet TV services in the UK. For brevity, it does not include catch-up-only or amateur-only services, individual channels, distributors of illegal or adult content, services which solely redistribute free broadcast channels, portals, or services which don't target the UK. 'Free' refers to free at the point of consumption, not including fees for Internet connectivity or a TV licence. Other international streaming services with pricing in GBP include: Acorn TV, Arrow, BKTV, Crunchyroll, Dekkoo, Demand Africa, Docsville, Funimation Now, GuideDoc, Hayu, Hoichoi, Hotstar, iQiyi, iWantTFC, Mubi, NewsPlayer+, Revry, Shudder, Starz, True Story, WOW Presents Plus and ZEE5. The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) measures television ratings in
5238-456: The average viewership achieved by each broadcast during its run-time and do not include peak viewership. Notes : UTV (TV channel) UTV (formerly Ulster Television , branded on air as ITV1 since 2020) is the ITV region covering Northern Ireland , ITV subsidiary and the former on-air name of the free-to-air public broadcast television channel serving the area. It is run by ITV plc and
5335-513: The broadband connection of Freeview Play and Netgem devices. These also support optional subscription services such as Netflix and Prime Video. EE TV and TalkTalk TV offer additional subscription services for their respective broadband customers using Netgem or YouView devices. Saorview , the terrestrial TV service in the Republic of Ireland which launched in 2011, can be received in parts of Northern Ireland via overspill transmissions. Many regional companies developed cable-television services in
5432-460: The broadband connection. Freesat and Sky TV transmit from SES Astra satellites at 28.2° east ( Astra 2E / 2F / 2G ). As the satellites are in geostationary orbit , they are positioned above the earth 's equator ( 0°00′N 28°12′E / 0°N 28.2°E / 0; 28.2 ( Satellites transmitting Sky TV and Freesat to the UK and Ireland ) ) approximately 35,786 km above sea level ; this places them above
5529-425: The broadcast TV providers have integrated their set-top-boxes with Internet video to provide a hybrid broadcast and online service. Since 2006, UK channel owners and content producers have been creating Internet services to access their programmes. Often, these are available for a window after the broadcast schedule. These services generally block users outside of the UK. There are numerous online services targeting
5626-470: The channel name of STV for its two franchises in Scotland. ITV plc names the channel UTV in Northern Ireland, and ITV1 for the remaining regions, although UTV has used ITV or ITV1 branding since April 2020. The national breakfast-time franchise is held by ITV plc, which appears as an indistinguishable programming block across the network. Legally, the network has been known as Channel 3 since 1990, which
5723-496: The channel's image and programming output. The channel is mainly aimed at the over-35 audience, and its output consists of reruns of older ITV drama series, soap operas and sitcoms. The channel also broadcasts documentaries including programmes from Martin Clunes , Paul O'Grady and Food Travel show, World Kitchen. Between 2008 and 2012 in the daytime. ITV3 broadcast repeats of reality programmes which were originally broadcast on ITV1 . The channel broadcast Daily Cooks Challenge in
5820-456: The early 1980s it broadcast reduced hours when no schools programmes were being broadcast coming on air at 12 noon during the week, and closing down every evening at 23:30 – this remained in place until 1982. In October 1988, the station began 24-hour broadcasting – the last station in the ITV network to do so. UTV was originally scheduled to take a service provided by Central in Birmingham, but
5917-475: The end of 57 years of local transmission. Two of UTV's longest-serving announcers, Julian Simmons and Gillian Porter , were retained to pre-record out-of-vision continuity – with Aidan Browne providing relief cover – until 2 April 2020, when the channel began taking ITV-branded network presentation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . In November 2020, it was reported the announcing team had left UTV following
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#17328521102086014-707: The first continuity announcers , and former rugby union international Ernest Strathdee was recruited as the station's sports presenter. Coverage of UTV spread to Western areas of Northern Ireland when the Strabane transmitter opened in February 1963. Ulster Television's UHF PAL colour service was launched with the opening of the UHF transmitter Divis in September 1970. This was followed by two additional transmitters at Limavady (opened in 1975 ) and Brougher Mountain (in 1978 ). In
6111-664: The first person to appear. During its first minutes on air, it featured children engaging in Halloween festivities, an introduction to Northern Ireland "in words and music" by Richard Hayward , and prerecorded messages from ITV talent. The first programmes to air on Ulster Television are (in order) an episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood , an ITN bulletin, an episode of African Patrol , an episode of Boy Meets Girls (a music programme now wiped ), an episode of 77 Sunset Strip , an episode of The Jewel and Warriss Show, another ITN bulletin,
6208-472: The following day (except Friday's episodes, which are repeated on the following Monday). To mark the 60th Anniversary of Coronation Street between 7 and 11 December 2020 at 10:00 pm – 11:05 pm ITV3 re-aired special episodes of the soap including: Episode 1 (Coronation Street) , the tenth anniversary episode from December 1970, two episodes from the twentieth anniversary in December 1980, two episodes from
6305-523: The franchise contract), UTV would do so in stages, with the twenty-minute weekday magazine programme Roundabout being the first local programme to be produced. Ulster Television would sign an affiliation agreement with another broadcaster, Associated British Corporation (also known as ABC Television Limited) , to supply the former with programmes and advertising. Ulster Television went on air at 4:45pm on 31 October 1959, with Laurence Olivier (then of Henry V , Hamlet , and Richard III fame) being
6402-448: The frequency used by Channel 5's new broadcasts. Channel 5 was the first terrestrial channel to also broadcast via satellite. From 2006 onwards, Channel 5 launched new digital channels and an Internet on-demand service. After changing ownership several times, in May 2014 Channel 5 and its sister channels were acquired by Viacom, an American media conglomerate , known as Paramount since 2022. By
6499-504: The government and the BBC. Its first analogue terrestrial channel was launched by the BBC Television Service in 1936. It rebranded to BBC1 in 1964 following the launch of BBC2 , the UK's third analogue terrestrial channel after ITV. BBC News 24 launched as an analogue cable channel in 1997, later rebranding to BBC News in 2008. BBC Parliament , which was originally an analogue cable channel known as The Parliamentary Channel,
6596-500: The home of great storytelling and, in particular, great crime thrillers". In 2009, the awards were merged with the Crime Writers' Association Daggers. ITV launched a one-hour timeshift channel of ITV3 on Monday 30 October 2006, it was allocated channel number 213. The channel number was moved a few years later. ITV2 +1 was launched on the same day. This channel is often unable to broadcast certain programmes "for legal reasons", but
6693-570: The last moment in order to continue broadcasting the channels. ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 were restored to the UPC Ireland line-up on 20 December 2011. TV3 and its sister channel 3e already hold carriage agreement to air certain ITV content within the Republic of Ireland, alternatively UTV is available within the Republic. ITV2 is available along with ITV3 and ITV4 within Switzerland , all three channels are available on Swisscom TV and UPC Cablecom . ITV3
6790-620: The late 1980s and 1990s as licences for cable television were awarded on a city-by-city basis. The mid-1990s saw the companies start to merge and the turn of the century only three big companies remained. In 2007 Telewest and NTL merged, resulting in the formation of Virgin Media , which is available to 55% of households. Cable TV is a subscription service normally bundled with a phone line and broadband. There are two distinctly-marketed direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) services (also known as direct-to-home (DTH), to be distinguished from satellite signals intended for non-consumer reception). Sky TV
6887-448: The launch of digital TV. Sky make their channels available via rival cable and Internet services as well as their own satellite service and Now. Channel 5 was the fifth analogue terrestrial channel to launch, in March 1997. Due to constraints with the available UHF frequencies at the time, many households had to retune their video recorders , which shared the frequency on their RF output with
6984-465: The launch of new channel Merit, ITV3 +1 moved to channel 58 on Freeview swapping with ITVBe +1 which moved to channel 97. Since 30 November 2023, ITV3 +1 cut broadcasting hours to 2 hours each night from 4am - 6am, after ITV cleared a Freeview slot. A high-definition simulcast of ITV3, ITV3 HD , was launched on 15 November 2010 alongside the sister channel, ITV4 HD on Sky. The channel was initially available through Sky's pay subscription service in
7081-526: The launch of the country's first commercial television broadcaster, ITV (and subsequently, the beginning of commercial television broadcasts in the United Kingdom). On 2 September 1958, the ITA began searching for companies and entities interested in operating an ITV franchise for Northern Ireland. Among the candidates for the franchise are Associated-Rediffusion and Granada , as well as two consortia - one led by
7178-500: The license fee, paid whether the BBC uses the content or not. A June 2018 article on BuzzFeed claimed that That's TV was created "primarily to extract money from the BBC whilst delivering little content of useful value". BBC One, BBC Two and the ITV network (comprising ITV1 and STV) are split into regions in which regional news and other programming is broadcast. ITV1/STV is split into fourteen geographic licencees , with several of these split into two or three sub-regions, resulting in
7275-460: The license for Scarborough, which is held by That's TV, requires seven hours of local programming per week (one hour per day on average). Thirteen additional licenses were originally intended, but Ofcom decided not to advertise these in June 2018. The way Ofcom structured local television – being dependent on terrestrial transmission – was criticised in a Guardian article in 2015 for being "years behind in its thinking", as it does not account for
7372-771: The matches while ITV1 and ITV4 were showing live European football matches which were being played at the same time and in the days when ITV4 was an evenings-only service, ITV3 broadcast live weekend coverage of the Tour de France as well as the British Touring Car Championship , and more recently, the ITV Racing . In 2021, ITV3 broadcast the French Open Tennis while ITV4 shown British Touring Car Championship and while ITV4 shows EFL Highlights. ITV3 broadcasts some of ITV’s Snooker and Darts coverage. The following
7469-458: The most successful British programmes of the 20th century. The top 10 programmes are: 100 Greatest TV Moments was a list compiled by Channel 4 in 1999. The top 10 entries are: The majority of special events attracting large audiences are often carried on more than one channel. The most-watched programme of all time on a single channel is the 1973 wedding ceremony of The Princess Anne , shown only on BBC1. The figures in these tables represent
7566-474: The new station on Halloween 1959, giving them less than a year to construct facilities and hire needed personnel within a tight budget. The group would purchase Havelock House , then an abandoned linen factory on the Ormeau Road , for £17,000 and convert it into a television studio complex. Instead of providing six hours a week of local programming (inclucing a full news service) within year one (as stipulated in
7663-454: The news service UTV Live , and in on-air promotions for local non-news programmes. UTV's focus has always been on programmes made explicitly for viewers in Northern Ireland. But until the 1990s it also made a number of contributions to the ITV network and Channel 4 – many of which were in some way about the province. Before ITV branding was introduced in 2020, UTV/Ulster Television used a number of different logos, or idents on-screen over
7760-473: The only commercial TV broadcasters in their area. UTV held the licence for Northern Ireland and first went on the air on 31 October 1959. The company itself was formed in November 1958 to apply for the licence – advertised by the Independent Television Authority – and became the first indigenous broadcaster in Northern Ireland. The company later diversified and the UTV television operation
7857-540: The practice was restored to weekday evenings and presented by the entire announcing team. Following the sale of UTV, ITV plc transferred most of the station's presentation operations from the Havelock House studios in Belfast to Red Bee Media in Chiswick , which provides playout services for most of ITV's channels. The last live in-vision announcement was made by Simmons at 11.15 pm on Sunday 16 October 2016, marking
7954-708: The programme in question might still be listed on the EPG . The channel launched on Freeview on 15 October 2013 using downtime from ITV-owned shopping channel The Store . Initially on Freeview, ITV3 +1 broadcast from 1am till 6am – these hours were extended and brought forward in February 2014, now airing from 6pm till midnight in the higher EPG slot of channel 34. On 25 August 2015, ITV3 +1 extended its hours on Freeview to 6pm till 6am and then in March 2016 it went back to closing at midnight. On 26 September 2018. To coincide with CITV broadcasting until 9pm on Freeview. ITV3 +1 started to broadcast on Freeview from 9pm - 12am. In 2020. To coincide
8051-504: The rest of the ITV Network, the station aired specially composed signature tunes as part of its daily start-up routine. From launch until 1971, the opening theme was Seamus by the American musician, composer and bandleader Van Phillips, who had earlier written the theme tune of the popular 1950s BBC radio science fiction drama Journey into Space . UTV's best-known theme was The Antrim Road ,
8148-500: The six digital terrestrial multiplexes with ITV as Digital 3&4 . Since the advent of digital television, Channel 4 is now also broadcast in Wales across all digital platforms. Channel 4 was the first British channel not to carry regional variations for programming, however it does have six set advertising regions. Sky is a European broadcaster owned by global American media conglomerate Comcast . Sky Television launched in 1989, with
8245-504: The thirtieth anniversary in December 1990, the Coronation Street Live (2000 episode) from the fortieth anniversary in December 2000, and the fiftieth-anniversary episode Coronation Street Live (2010 episode) which was re-transmitted after a repeat of The Road to Coronation Street . On 18 April 2022 Easter Monday, at 10:25 am until 2:35 pm. Eight special Coronation Street episodes featuring Ken Barlow , were shown to mark
8342-485: The time it acquired Channel 5, Paramount already operated a large number of subscription channels in the UK, including the MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central channels, which are available via Sky TV, Virgin Media and Now. In terms of viewing share, the combined viewing across Paramount's channels make the group the UK's fifth largest broadcaster, according to BARB's viewing figures for 1 March 2020. Paramount additionally operates
8439-475: The upcoming 90th birthday of William Roache . The episodes shown were '' Episode 1 from December 1960, Ken and Deirdre Tie the Knot from July 1981, Ken's Affair from December 1989, Deirdre's Fling from January 2003, Steve and Karen 's Wedding Shocker from February 2004, Ken and Deirdre's Second Wedding from April 2005. Ken and Deirdre's Holiday from August 2014, and Deirdre's Death from July 2015. It
8536-483: The years. Until April 2020, UTV was one of two stations in the ITV network – and the only one owned by ITV plc – to have its own continuity announcers. UTV was also the last company in the network to retain in-vision continuity links, where the duty announcer appeared on-camera to introduce the evening's programmes. In later years, local continuity was generally restricted to evenings with in-vision links presented at weekends by senior announcer Julian Simmons . In 2009,
8633-447: Was acquired by the BBC in 1998. From 1998 onwards the BBC started digital TV transmissions, launching new channels and broadcasting via satellite in addition to terrestrial and cable. The BBC's Internet-based service iPlayer contains content from the BBC's TV channels, the Welsh-language public-service broadcaster S4C, as well as videos created from BBC radio programmes. UKTV is a commercial broadcaster owned by BBC Studios , one of
8730-512: Was added to Sky in Northern Ireland to replace UTV +1. The channel was launched on June 28, 1999, originally named TV You. In 2000, it was rebranded as UTV2. Its programming mainly featured simulcasts with ITV2, which was broadcast in England, Wales, and the Scottish Borders. Additionally, the channel aired archive programs from UTV. It was free from advertising and eventually closed following
8827-442: Was announced by ITV on 5 January 2019 that reruns of classic episodes of Emmerdale will air twice on weekdays. Two classic episodes were retransmitted between Mondays to Fridays at 1:45 pm until 2:40 pm from 21 January 2019. They are repeated at 7:00 am the following day (except Friday's episodes, which are repeated on the following Monday) The reruns began with episode 1403 (originally shown on 14 November 1989) which
8924-459: Was moved back on 28 March 2018. On 1 April 2011, ITV3 was removed from UPC Ireland along with ITV2 and ITV4 due to the expiry of a carriage agreement between UPC and ITV. UPC Ireland claim that ITV is not in a position to renegotiate the deal because ITV had struck a deal with another channel provider to provide it with exclusive rights to air certain content from the channels. Conversely, UPC Ireland also claims to have been in discussions right up to
9021-428: Was one of the first stations in the ITV network to offer a full HD simulcast in its days as an independent company. UTV HD , a simulcast of UTV in high-definition , was launched on Virgin Media on 5 October 2010. It became available on Freeview when the digital switchover took place on 24 October 2012 and on Sky and Freesat on 4 November 2013. For the first few months, the only true HD content came from
9118-673: Was restructured and rebranded as the Wireless Group , retaining its radio assets until June 2016, when the company was bought by Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp . On 11 July 2016, ITV plc announced that was selling the UTV Ireland service to Virgin Media Ireland for €10 million. Virgin Media Ireland was a subsidiary of Liberty Media and had already bought Ireland's TV3 in 2015). In October 2016, ITV announced plans to close UTV's Havelock House studios. UTV began broadcasting from
9215-567: Was sold by parent UTV Media plc (now known as Wireless Group and part of News UK ) to ITV plc in February 2016. In 1953, the BBC began its first television broadcasts in Northern Ireland, from a temporary relay transmitter in Glencairn that was hastily set up in time for the coronation of Elizabeth II . The following year, the UK Parliament passed the Television Act of 1954 , which led to
9312-437: Was the country's first commercial television provider funded by advertisements . Each region was originally independent and used its own on-air identity . Through a series of mergers following relaxation of regulation in 1990, thirteen of the franchises are now held by ITV plc , and the remaining two by STV Group . Since 2012, ITV plc produces the network nationally, with STV Group acting as an affiliate . STV Group uses
9409-507: Was when the title changed from Emmerdale Farm to Emmerdale . To mark the 50th Anniversary of Emmerdale between 17 and 21 October 2022 at 10:00 pm – 12:05 am ITV3 re-aired special episodes of the soap including: Episode 1 from October 1972, The Train Crash resulting in the deaths of the Skilbeck twins from January 1976, The two episodes of The Mine Explosion from March 1978, Pat Sugden
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