ITV

:This article is about the British television network. ITV (or iTV) can also mean interactive television, whilst Independent Television may also be used in reference to the i television network in the United States.

ITV companies: past and present

Former ITV contractors

• Associated British Corporation (ABC Television): North and Midlands weekend franchise (1956–1968)
• Associated-Rediffusion: London weekday franchise (1955–1968)
• Associated Television Network Limited (ATV): Midlands weekday franchise and London weekend franchise (1956–1968); Midlands (7 day) (1968–1981)
• Southern Television: South and South East England franchise (1958–1981)
• Thames Television: London weekday franchise (1968–1992)
• TSW SW England franchise (1982–1992)
• TVS: South and South East England franchise (1982–1992)
• TWW: Wales and West of England franchise (1958–1968). See also ITSWW (March–May 1968)
• Westward Television: SW England franchise (1961–1981)
• WWN: North and West Wales franchise (1962–1964)
• TV-am: National Breakfast Television franchise (1983–1992)
• ORACLE: National Teletext franchise (1977–1992)
• See also the ITV Emergency National Strike Service of August 1968

Current ITV franchise holders

• Owned by ITV plc:
• Anglia Television: East of England franchise (1959–)
• Border Television: English — Scottish border and Isle of Man franchise (1961–)
• Carlton: London weekday franchise (1993–)
• Central Independent Television: Midlands franchise (1981–)
• Granada Television: North of England weekday franchise (1956–1968); NW England franchise (1968–)
• HTV (originally "Harlech"): Wales and West of England franchise (1968–)
• London Weekend Television (LWT): London Weekend franchise (1968–)
• Meridian Broadcasting: South and south-east England franchise (1993–)
• Tyne Tees Television: North-east England franchise (1958–)
• Westcountry Television SW England franchise (1993–)
• Yorkshire Television: Yorkshire/Lincolnshire franchise (1968–)
• Owned by Scottish Media Group:
• Grampian Television: North-east Scotland franchise (1961–)
• Scottish Television: Central Scotland franchise (1957–)
• Other regional franchises:
• Channel Television: Channel Islands franchise (1962–)
• Ulster Television (UTV): Northern Ireland franchise (1959–)
• National franchises:
• GMTV: National Breakfast franchise (1993–)
• Teletext Ltd: National Teletext franchise (1993–)