ITV plc
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ITV plc is the company formed from the merger of Carlton Communications and Granada, which began trading on 2 February 2004.

ITV plc currently owns the following ITV franchises in the UK:

Former Granada-owned franchises:

• Anglia Television: East of England franchise
• Border Television: English - Scottish border and Isle of Man franchise
• Granada Television: NW England franchise
• London Weekend Television (LWT): London Weekend franchise
• Meridian Television: South and south-east England franchise
• Tyne Tees Television: North-east England franchise
• Yorkshire Television: Yorkshire/Lincolnshire franchise

Former Carlton-owned franchises:

• Carlton: London weekday franchise
• Central Independent Television: Midlands franchise
• HTV: Wales and West of England franchise
• Westcountry Television SW England franchise

ITV plc also owns 50% of the ITV national breakfast television franchise GMTV, as well as interests in the Scottish Media Group, the Irish broadcaster TV3 and Granada Sky Broadcasting (a joint venture with BSkyB).

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