ITV Choice
Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | Asia Africa Middle East |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | |
Ownership | |
Owner | ITV plc |
History | |
Launched | 1997 |
Closed |
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Links | |
Website | itvchoice |
ITV Choice (formerly Granada UKTV, Granada TV and ITV Granada) was a television channel owned and operated by ITV plc.
History
The channel was launched in 1997 by
The service was expanded and relaunched as Granada TV during 2008, when ITV announced plans to offer the channel to cable and satellite operators in Asia.[3]
On 1 November 2010, it was rebranded as ITV Granada.[4] The channel was renamed again as ITV Choice on 25 March 2013.[5]
On 20 August 2019, it suddenly ceased broadcasting in many markets across the Middle East, Malta and Asia, while transmission in South Africa was unaffected.[6] On 18 March 2020, it was announced that the channel would cease broadcasting in Africa on 4 June of that year.[7] Tipping Point was the last programme to be broadcast on the channel before closure in Africa.
In December 2022, an ITV Choice branded
Programming
It primarily carried
Availability
- Measat 3[10]
- Australia on Samsung TV Plus[11]
- Astro (channel 735, from 21 December 2009[12] until 16 January 2017)[citation needed]
- Sky Television (from January 1999 until 1 January 2002)[2]
- Taiwan on Chunghwa Telecom (channel 82, from 6 December 2010)[citation needed]
- Melita Cable (channel 309)[citation needed]
- The Middle East on Star TV's Star Select service, Orbit Showtime Network OSN channel 47 and Arab Digital Distribution[citation needed]
- Star TV (from January 1997 until 1 January 2002)[citation needed]
- TelkomVision (channel 503)[citation needed]
- India on Airtel digital TV (from 5 January 2012)[citation needed]
- mio TV (channel 23, from 15 July 2009 until 25 March 2013), StarHub TV (channel 523, from 1 December 2009 until 30 December 2013)[13] and Singtel TV (channel 337, from 1 July 2015 until 19 August 2019)[14]
- Thailand through Cable Thai Holding.[citation needed]
- Africa on DStv (from 5 May 2015 until 4 June 2020)[15][7]
References
- ^ Aviation Week & Space Technology, Volume 156, Issues 1-5, Penton Media, 2002, page 241
- ^ a b New Year Programme Changes For Sky Television, 10 December 2001
- ^ "ITV Worldwide previews entertainment channel in Asia". ITV plc. 23 June 2008. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
- ^ GRANADA TV rebrands to ITV GRANADA, C+T, 3 November 2010
- ^ "ITV Granada to rebrand as ITV Choice". Asia Today. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "ITV pulls pay TV channel from multiple countries". 20 August 2019. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ a b ITV Choice will no longer be available on DStv from 4 June, 18 March 2020
- ^ "ITV Studios sells 1000+ hours of content in APAC". 9 December 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "ITV Studios to launch new FAST channels internationally - Digital TV Europe". Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "ABS 1 at 75.0°E". LyngSat. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
- ^ "All Channels | Samsung TV Plus | Samsung Australia". Samsung au. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Astro adds Granada TV". Rapid TV News. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Granada TV to Launch on StarHub". WorldScreen.com. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ ITV re-launches channel in Singapore, Digital TV Europe, 1 July 2015
- ^ "ITV Choice heading to Africa". Advanced Television. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2019.