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ITV 1

ITV1 is the most popular commercial television channel in Britain, watched on average by 45 million people every week. It has the largest programme budget of any commercial channel in Europe, currently at around £1 billion, which is spent on a mixed genre schedule made up of a range of high quality programmes.
ITV1 is also the UK’s regional channel, broadcasting well over 6,000 hours of original programming each year, and around half of all programmes broadcast on ITV1 are made outside the M25.

ITV is made up of a network of 15 different regional licences each with its own set of obligations and conditions designed to reflect the particular character of their region and the interests of their viewers. ITV plc owns twelve of the ITV licences. The remainder are owned by SMG, Ulster, and Channel .
Network programmes are commissioned by the ITV Network controllers purely on merit. At least 25% of programmes shown on ITV1 each year come from independent producers. Regional programmes are commissioned by each regional company.

ITV 2

ITV2 launched on 7 December 1998 and is ITV’s younger entertainment channel. It is available on Freeview (digital terrestrial), Sky Digital and Cable (analogue and digital) throughout the UK.

ITV2’s schedule is a mix of drama, comedy, sport, movies and events including original commissions, high profile ITV1 programming, events and brand extensions of popular ITV1 shows. ITV2 was the fastest growing digital channel in the UK in 2003 and is one of the UK's largest multi channel stations.

ITV 3

ITV3 launched on 1 November 2004 and shows the best of ITV drama with programmes complementing the schedules of both ITV1 and ITV2. The channel shows some of ITV’s most popular detective dramas, including Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders, Touch Of Frost, Prime Suspect and Foyle’s War; ITV classics including Maigret, Jeeves and Wooster and Henry VIII; acquired US series; films and catch-ups of ITV1 shows including The Bill, Parkinson and Heartbeat. ITV3 is available on Sky Digital 119; NTL Digital 8 and 118; Telewest Digital 116; and Freeview Channel 34.

ITV 4

ITV4 offers challenging drama; comedy that pushes boundaries; and movies that won’t stick to the mainstream as well as live and exclusive UEFA Champions League and World class boxing. ITV4 will see the first UK outings for many new series including Kojak starring Ving Rhames; puppets playing havoc with the American public in Crank Yankers and William Shatner sending up Hollywood with an outrageous hoax in Invasion Iowa.ITV4 broadcasts daily from 6pm onwards.