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2025 Lily Carter joins ITV News Channel TV, ITV News Meridian, ITV News West Country, and begins presenting ITV National Weather
January 30 2025 Reuters reported early-stage merger talks between RedBird IMI and ITV plc to combine All3Media and ITV Studios production businesses.
2024 Nick Miller begins presenting on ITV
November 23 2024 Sky News reported potential takeover interest from CVC Capital Partners, TF1, RedBird Capital Partners, and others for ITV plc.
May 31 2024 LittleBe preschool block ends its broadcast on ITVBe.
February 28 2024 ITV revealed a corporate brand refresh with a new logo representing ITVX, ITV 1, and ITV Studios.
2023 New breakfast shows hosted by Oti Mabuse and Laura Whitmore launched
September 2 2023 A daily CITV programming block introduced on ITV2 from 05:00 to 09:00.
September 2 2023 CITV moves from ITV to ITV2, broadcasting between 5am and 9am daily.
2022 Shireen Jordan begins and concludes presenting for ITV News Channel TV.
2022 Multiple new breakfast show hosts debut, including ITV News: Weekend Morning, Garraway's Good Stuff, Big Zuu's Breakfast Show, and Vick Hope's Breakfast Show
2022 Katie Piper's Breakfast Show begins and continues to present
December 8 2022 ITVX officially launched, offering archive programming, live events, and exclusive content with both free ad-supported and premium ad-free subscription tiers.
November 2022 ITV announced plans for a new streaming service called ITVX to replace ITV Hub.
June 20 2022 ITV became a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
June 1 2022 ITV was demoted from the FTSE 100 Index.
2021 Martin & Roman's Weekend Best! expands to full weekend programming
December 2021 Brief return of Good Morning Britain with Lorraine format in December.
March 2021 Piers Morgan departs from Good Morning Britain, ending his tenure as lead presenter.
2020 Martin & Roman's Sunday Best! launches as weekend breakfast show
2020 Good Morning Britain expands broadcasting time from 06:00-08:30 to 06:00-09:00. Lorraine show also shifts time slot from 08:30-09:25 to 09:00-10:00.
August 20 2020 Sale of Merit lifestyle channel to Sky.
January 24 2020 Closure of ITV Box Office pay-per-view sports channel.
2019 The Sara Cox Show takes over weekend breakfast programming
January 1 2019 Removal of The Store shopping channel from Freeview.
2018 Zoe Ball hosts Saturday and Sunday breakfast shows
September 3 2018 LittleBe preschool block launches on ITVBe, replacing Mini CITV.
May 1 2018 Closure of ITV Encore drama channel.
2017 Weekend talk show with Aled Jones does not return after the Christmas break.
2017 ITV acquired a majority stake in World Productions, the company behind the BBC series Line of Duty.
August 2017 Introduction of short-lived GMB Today segment, airing from 08:30 to 09:25.
2016 Jeremy Kyle joins the presenting team.
2016 UTV Media plc was acquired by ITV plc, bringing the Northern Ireland UTV service under full ITV plc ownership.
August 10 2016 Entertainment One rejected ITV's £1 billion acquisition offer.
July 2016 ITV sold UTV Ireland to Virgin Media.
2015 Piers Morgan begins his tenure as a presenter on Good Morning Britain.
November 23 2015 The ITV Player app and website were rebranded as ITV Hub, introducing a new digital streaming experience with paid subscription options.
October 19 2015 ITV purchased UTV for £100 million, gaining control of 13 out of 15 broadcasting licences.
July 2015 John Stapleton leaves the newsreader role on Good Morning Britain.
2014 Siân Lloyd concludes her presenting role for ITV National Weather.
2014 Alex Beresford starts presenting on Good Morning Britain
2014 Susanna Reid, Charlotte Hawkins, Sean Fletcher, and Andi Peters join the ITV Breakfast team.
2014 Weekend breakfast programming tenure begins for ITV Breakfast
October 8 2014 Launch of ITVBe, a channel specializing in reality TV and unscripted shows.
July 17 2014 BSkyB sold its 6.4% stake in ITV to Liberty Global for £481 million.
June 9 2014 Launch of ITV Encore, a drama channel.
April 2014 The final period of Daybreak's presenter lineup is documented, showing ongoing changes in the presenting team.
April 28 2014 Good Morning Britain replaces Daybreak, reviving a previous ITV early-morning programme title.
March 2014 Announcement made that Daybreak was being axed due to poor ratings.
January 7 2014 Mini CITV launches on the CITV Channel, with preschool programming.

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